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  • MLK’s dreams are still unfulfilled, Salem State professor shares in Gloucester

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    GLOUCESTER — Many of Martin Luther King Jr.’s dreams for America are still just that, a biographer of the Civil Rights leader explained to a crowd at the Gloucester Universalist Unitarian Church on Monday afternoon.

    “Over a half century after his death, King matters because his social and political agenda has largely been unfulfilled,” said Salem State University Professor Jamie Wilson, the author of “Martin Luther King Jr.: A Life in American History.”

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  • ‘No Kings’ protests to be held across region Saturday

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    Numerous North Shore and Cape Ann communities will take part in mass protests planned to be held across the country this Saturday in opposition to President Donald Trump and his administration — the same day the president will host a military parade to celebrate the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary that also falls on Trump’s birthday.

    For one, Cape Ann Indivisible plans to stage a protest at Stage Fort Park on Hough Avenue this Saturday from noon to 2 p.m. for a “No Kings” rally in Gloucester.


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  • History Happenings: Sept. 3, 2024

    History Happenings: Sept. 3, 2024

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    “70 to face court in Hampton rumble” was front-page news on this day in 1963. Although Hampton was a dry town, at least 70 of the estimated 100,000-person crowd, mostly out-of-state college students, were charged with drunkenness, disorderly conduct and disturbing the peace. Thousands of dollars in damage was done to motels, homes and businesses, with police deploying tear gas and firehoses to disperse the crowd.

    — Museum of Old Newbury

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