On April 4, 1968 – 50 years ago this week – a shot rang out aimed at the second-floor balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn. Civil rights leader
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![Editorial: 50 years after Dr. King’s death, the dream lives](https://wschronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/MLK-505x306_c.jpg)
Most of us know the story. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was in Memphis, Tennessee, to support the sanitation workers there, who were going on strike. King was
![Commentary: Remembering King’s Legacy and women of the movement](https://wschronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/MLK-505x306_c.jpg)
By Julianne Malveaux Hattie Carroll (1911-1963) was a 51-year-old restaurant server who was murdered by a White aristocrat, 24-year-old William Devereux Zantzinger (1939-2009) who struck her with a cane, because she
![Dodge chided for using King voiceover in Super Bowl ad](https://wschronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/MLK-Ford-505x306_c.jpg)
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire There were ads with Morgan Freeman rapping and ads with babies from around the world
![WSSU, Wake Forest honor several with awards](https://wschronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/MLK-awards-WFU-WSSU-505x306_c.jpg)
By Kim McGrath Special to The Chronicle For 18 years, Wake Forest University and Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) have collaborated
![Divinity school holds walk for justice](https://wschronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/walk-for-justice-505x306_c.jpg)
The legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was honored this week on the campus of Wake Forest University. Prior
![Turning a day of service into a day of fun](https://wschronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/read-in-505x306_c.jpg)
By Busta Brown This past Saturday morning, Jan. 20, HandsOn Northwest North Carolina helped turn a day of service into
![‘Young Dreamers’ honored](https://wschronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/MLK-city-awards-505x306_c.jpg)
The Winston-Salem City Council and the Human Relations Commission honored two city residents as the 2018 recipients of the Martin