The City of Tacoma presents the 2022 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration. For more information visit: cityoftacoma.org/mlk. (1 hour) source Related Posts Martin Luther King, Jr. — Beyond Vietnam In this sermon, delivered in April 1967 at Riverside Church in New York City, Martin Luther King, Jr. lays out Read more Will you […]
Rosa Franklin, who was the first Black female senator in the state of Washington, is now being celebrated with a park named in her honor, King 5 News reported. The Tacoma, Washington’s Franklin park was originally named after Benjamin Franklin, but will now be known as Senator Rosa Franklin Park to paying tribute to the […]
SEATTLE (AP) — Five weeks after ex-Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin was convicted of murdering George Floyd, three Washington state police officers pleaded not guilty Friday in the death of Manuel Ellis, another Black man who pleaded for breath under an officer’s knee. Tacoma police officers Christopher Burbank, Matthew Collins and Timothy Rankine appeared in orange […]