HOUSTON — The annual MLK Oratory competition crowned a winner Friday. And for the first time, the winner is a repeat. Montoia Murray, 10, took home first place again. She beat out 150 other HISD ...

Montoia Murray heard only her pounding heartbeat before she took to the stage to win her first Martin Luther King, Jr. Oratory competition last January. Now a fifth-grader at Blackshear Elementary, ...

Chicago Mayor's Youth Commission volunteers Elyani Martinez, right, and Addison Haywood pack apples in bags during an MLK Day of Service event at the Greater Chicago Food Depository in Archer Heights ...

The 9-year-old practiced the speech over and over, working on perfecting the tiniest details, including her stance, posture and hand gestures. Her tireless efforts ultimately paid off when she took ...

Speech competition honors legacy of late civil rights leader ahead of Inauguration Day DALLAS & HOUSTON & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The voices of tomorrow resonated with hope and inspiration today as ...

HOUSTON – Houston’s Antioch Missionary Baptist Church once again hosted one of the city’s most inspiring events—the Foley & Lardner LLP Annual MLK Jr. Oratory Competition. This year marks the 29th ...

Nine-year-old Montoia Murray wins Houston's Oratory Competition centered on Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech. A fourth grader won Houston’s Independent School District Oratory ...

HOUSTON — The powerful speeches delivered by fourth- and fifth-grade Houston students will echo through Antioch Missionary Baptist Church of Christ Friday. The students will speak for three to five ...

DALLAS & HOUSTON & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Elementary students from Dallas, Houston, and Chicago schools echoed inspirational words of wisdom, all while paying tribute to the late Dr. Martin Luther ...

HOUSTON — This year, first-place honors for Houston's 28th Annual MLK Jr. Oratory Competition went to an impassioned student of Houston ISD's Blackshear Elementary. Montoia Murray was seemingly ...

ORANGEBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — The Orangeburg County School District is set to host its fourth annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Oratory Competition, themed “Building Capacity, Sustaining Success!” ...

Front row from left: Solieh McKnight, Montoia Murray (winner). and Iisa Lucia Aguilar. Top row, HISD Super. Mike Miles, and Claude Treece, partner with the law firm that hosts the annual event.