During the 1894 congressional elections, McKinley made 371 speeches for party candidates and emerged as the most prominent candidate for the presidential nomination in 1896. When …

Jan 17, 2014 · In March 1968, William Branch was responsible for driving Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from Eutaw to Greensboro to take part in a voting rights march. It would be the last time he …

Jan 16, 2014 · The Rev. William McKinley Branch, an iconic figure in the 1960s-era civil rights movement in Alabama, has died. He was 95. A champion for the rights of black residents …

Branch marched from Selma to Montgomery with Martin Luther King Jr. in 1965. In March, 1968, Branch transported King from Eutaw to Greensboro. King was in Greene County for a …

Branch, William McKinley, 1918- Biography: African American clergyman, civil rights worker, and the first African American probate judge in the U.S. Branch organized the Greene County, …

Jun 12, 2015 · June 9—President William McKinley (1843-1901) was the last American President to have fought for the Union in the Civil War. He was the last of the Republi - can Party …

Dec 25, 2024 · Martin Luther King, Jr. had been killed just two months prior, inciting riots across a country already embroiled by the Vietnam War. Robert Kennedy was a presidential candidate …

Jan 23, 2025 · When people contemplate Martin Luther King Jr.’s message to the world today, they recall the uplifting and inspired words of his most famous speeches, says Bishop William …

United States presidential election of 1896 was an election held on November 3, 1896, in which Republican William McKinley defeated Democrat-Populist William Jennings Bryan.

Jan 19, 2025 · Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks before a crowd of 25,000 civil rights marchers outside the state capitol building on March 25, 1965, in Montgomery, Alabama.