Tag: Martin Luther King Jr.

• TV Celebrates Juneteenth

  

  Both CBS and ABC are airing specials to celebrate and observe Juneteenth over the weekend.

  Jeffrey Totey

  June 16, 2021

  TV

  ABC, CBS, CBS Sunday Night Movie, David Oyelowo, Juneteenth, Martin Luther King Jr., Michael Strahan, President Barack Obama, Selma

• This Day in Pop Culture for August 28

  

  It was on this day that Martin Luther King Jr. shared his dream with the world and Pepsi-Cola first got its name.

  Jeffrey Totey

  August 28, 2020

  This Day in Pop Culture

  August 28, Martin Luther King Jr., Pepsi

• This Day in Pop Culture for April 4

  

  One year to the day after delivering his Beyond Vietnam speech, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot while standing outside of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee on this day in 1968.

  Jeffrey Totey

  April 4, 2020

  This Day in Pop Culture

  April 4, Martin Luther King Jr., Microsoft, The Beatles

• This Day in Pop Culture for January 20

  

  The first federal Martin Luther King Jr. Day was observed on this day in 1986. It wasn’t until 2000 when it was observed by all 50 states.

  Jeffrey Totey

  January 20, 2020

  This Day in Pop Culture

  Breaking Bad, January 20, Martin Luther King Jr., Marvin Gaye, National Negro Network, Ozzy Osbourne, Radio

• This Day in Pop Culture for January 18

  

  On this day in pop culture history, “The Six Million Dollar Man” began to air on TV in 1974. In 2000, Michael J. Fox left “Spin City” to help raise awareness about Parkinson’s disease.

  Jeffrey Totey

  January 19, 2020

  This Day in Pop Culture

  January 18, Martin Luther King Jr., Michael J. Fox, Spin City, The Six Million Dollar Man