Hawaii Displays Historic Photos of Martin Luther King Jr. Wearing Flower Lei During Selma March

Photographs of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wearing lei from Hawaii during the Selma-to-Montgomery marches are now on ...

PHOTOS: Martin Luther King Jr. exhibit features civil rights marchers in lei

Starting June 30, a piece of civil rights history will be on display in Hawaiʻi for a temporary exhibit. It was 61 years ago ...
WAPT

America 250: Reflecting on the March on Washington and how it shaped the Civil Rights Movement

Courtland Cox, a key organizer of the March on Washington in 1963, shares his memories of the historic event that reshaped ...

Photo exhibit shares Hawaii’s role in 1965 Selma-Montgomery march

A collection of rare historic photographs of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march were unveiled in a ceremony Tuesday at the state Capitol to honor Hawaii’s role in one of the most defining moments of ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Excluded at the March on Washington, Dorothy Height Went on to Become the ‘Godmother of the Civil Rights Movement.’ See How She Built a Movement with Wo…

As one of the only women planning the March on Washington, Dorothy Height organized the logistics, mobilized the crowds, and ...
Hawaii Public Radio

Hawaiʻi displays photos of Martin Luther King Jr. wearing lei during Selma march

Photographs of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. adorned with flower lei from Hawaiʻi residents who traveled to Selma, Alabama, to join him on a pivotal Civil Rights march went on public display Tuesday ...