MLK Day

Following the recent celebration of MLK Day, we must sadly report the King family has experienced another loss with Dexter Scott King.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry honored Martin Luther King Jr. Day by providing meals for volunteers and staff organizing Monday’s MLK Day events at The King Center in Atlanta

Singer and music producer Pharrell Williams is challenged corporate America to “do more” by supporting entrepreneurs economic equity of color and adopting economic equity measures during the Urban League of Hampton Roads’ annual Martin Luther King Jr. awards program.

A tenured science teacher in Missouri has been fired after he allegedly referred to MLK Day as “Black Privilege Day” during his classes.

Yesterday was Martin Luther King Jr. Day and many people around the country paid their respects to Dr. King. But, Donald Trump and Mike Pence paid their “disrespect” to the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in D.C. when they took a photo and left. They were attempting to look like they commemorated the day, but […]

Yesterday we celebrated the birth of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, to celebrate many people were off from work. Russ finds it interesting that racists, open and otherwise, took the day off. But they also went to protest for their gun rights and did it peacefully…almost as if they took a page out of King’s […]

A Memphis pastor is speaking out against MLK Day, claiming the annual tradition of honoring the civil rights icon does not reflect the everyday actions of many Americans. “You have to hold people’s feet to the fire to practice what they’re preaching,” said Earle Fisher, Abyssinian Baptist Church Pastor and Up the Vote 901 Founder. SIGN UP FOR […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Democratic presidential contenders celebrated Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy at a Baptist church Monday and linked arms with each other and civil rights leaders in a march of tens of thousands to the Statehouse. At Zion Baptist Church before the march, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren engaged in the handshake that […]

DETROIT (AP) — To commemorate the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Nicholas Thomas and more than 100 other volunteers will board up vacant houses, install school safety signs and make other improvements to a Detroit neighborhood. Their mission is to celebrate King’s legacy by being good neighbors and helping lift up a primarily black school […]

I am in Durham, North Carolina this morning, on my way back to New York, after speaking last night at Duke University – and I even had a chance to meet a few of our listeners in North Carolina as well. I know some of the morning show crew have been doing this for long […]

Monday was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Reverend Al Sharpton spent it honoring Dr. King. He got a chance to meet Dr. King’s granddaughter and enjoyed spending time with his family. Sharpton believe Trump had anything planned. He says he knows Trump didn’t plan anything because there was nothing on his schedule. Which […]

Lately more and more people have been shifting away from cable television and to streaming services like Netflix and Hulu. Roland Martin talks to Mario Armstrong of the Today Show. Who says “more and more people are glowingly cutting their cable,” including him. The question is where are we in this? Where are the Black […]