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… rights March on Washington led by A. Philip Randolph and Martin Luther King, Jr., fixed our positive impression of such …

… in judging how the American people’s attitudes have been taking shape for decades.   Polls released in October suggest … many voters were willing to make the “dream” that Martin Luther King Jr. described in a memorable speech 45 years ago …

… of despotism, is taken by the statue of the benevolent king Louis XVI in this engraving. Louis XVI was indeed … from food shortages and the weight of taxes used to pay King Louis XVI’s vast debts. And they found themselves in … which was stored in the Bastille. In this painting , the King (the lion) is constitutionally tamed, while the First …

… class often determining the religion of the state. Before Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the church doors of … to re-Catholicize the territory by Ferdinand II, Habsburg King and Emperor. Consequently, the predominantly Protestant …

… monuments memorializing the heroes of their conquests, working to promote stories about the past that legitimize their … The Reformation Statuary in the Cathedral of Saint Martin in Utrecht. The heads of these saints were … the Ten Commandments’ restriction of idolatry. After Martin Luther initiated what would become the Protestant …

… down. When an assassin fired at him in 1954, Nasser was speaking at Manshiya Square in the Mediterranean city of … struggle with Egypt’s military government, which was seeking to eliminate its political opponents one by one. From … to move against him. Nasser’s speech during the failed assassination attempt was soon broadcast by radio throughout …

… senior senator from South Carolina. "Longevity," as Martin Luther King said, "has its place." It is due some respect. Or Lott …

… housing, education, and welfare as the remedy for riots. Looking back on that report, Stephen Gillon argues in Separate … findings, cities erupted in rage over the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr. The real novelty of Separate and Unequal …

… of the modern Middle East had forerunners in the kingdoms and empires that ruled in Europe in the … in theory.  In practice, citizens face the problem that Martin Luther King once highlighted in a different context in his …

… by an as-yet unknown promoter from Cleveland named Don King, a former numbers banker whose only previous fight … exhibition featuring Ali on behalf of a Cleveland hospital. King was charming and charismatic enough to convince each … fighter to sign a fight guarantee for $5 million apiece. King obtained these signatures without having yet obtained …

… lands for his empire. When Süleyman was made sultan, his kingdom encompassed the peoples and territories of the … In 1526, he also scored a decisive victory against the Kingdom of Hungary and its allies at the Battle of Mohács, during which Hungary's King Louis the Second (r.1516-1526) lost his life. His death …

… of the Congo (IAC) was a vehicle for Leopold II, the second king in the young Belgian monarchy, and his entourage to … the Congo Free State (CFS), ruled and owned by the Belgian king.  With ambitions that far outmeasured his small kingdom, he had his sights set on lifting the profile and …

… Hesse were not major powers of the Confederation, like the Kingdom of Prussia and the Austrian Empire. And yet, in … its patchwork arrangement of territories ruled by various kings, princes, and dukes, and a handful of independent … Paris, where in late February 1848 protests erupted against King Louis Philippe, who came to power after the 1830 …

… the government and declared himself ruler of a new Kingdom of Albania.  Given the country’s turbulent and … the Premier as his party maintained power. Zog survived an assassination attempt in 1924, but he was severely wounded … 1, 1928, Zog dissolved the republic and declared himself King, creating the Kingdom of Albania.  Zog fashioned …

… eight million Spaniards succumbed to the disease. Even the King of Spain, Alfonso XIII, caught influenza in 1918. King Alfonso XIII of Spain (r. 1886-1931) The standard … an important legacy in the history of medicine. Beyond shocking tolls, the pandemic inspired a surge in biomedical …

… like crazy men. What could they possibly gain from provoking the United States? In military terms it makes as much sense as poking a 500-pound gorilla with a cocktail stick. The problem … less than everlasting glory. For hundreds of years the kings of Europe sought glory through a combination of …