The youngest daughter of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. returned Tuesday to the place in Birmingham where her father penned his famous “Letter From a Birmingham Jail”, one the most significant documents generated during the turbulent civil rights movement of the 1960s. The experience for Elder Bernice King was much different from what her father […]
Back in the early 1940s, a pre-teen named Mike decided to sneak out of his house and attend a parade against his parents’ wishes. Now this was not good. In addition to disobeying his parents, he was supposed to be home watching his six-year old little brother. Unfortunately, for Mike and his family, the story […]
Roland Martin talks with AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders about the 45th Anniversary of Martin Luther King‘s assassination. Dr. King was killed while standing with AFSCME 1733 sanitation workers on April 4, 1968.
Roland Martin talks more about the MLK Foundation name change.
Ten years before he was assassinated, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life was almost taken by a woman named Izola Ware Curry. Curry was a 42-year-old mentally ill woman who stabbed Dr. King on September 20, 1958. The disturbed woman used a letter opener to brutally wound Dr. King during his New York book signing […]
Jesse Jackson Jr. betrayed his devoted black constituents, stuffed his pockets with campaign cash, and now, as a result of his greed and arrogance, his fate rests in the hands of a federal judge. The former congressman from Illinois, the son of icon Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., could spend several years in prison for repeated […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Police say five people have been wounded in a shooting near a New Orleans intersection where a parade passed earlier celebrating the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Police spokeswoman Remi Braden said the victims were all between 17 and 18 years old and investigators believe none of their wounds is life-threatening. […]
ATLANTA (AP) — The youngest daughter of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. hailed the inauguration of the nation’s first black president to a new term as one of the achievements made possible by the civil rights struggle her father helped lead decades ago. Bernice King spoke at an Atlanta service Monday on the federal […]
For those few African Americans who claim they don’t feel the same sense of euphoria, think again: Monday’s inauguration of President Barack Obama was still all about making history. I’ve overheard some black residents of Washington, D.C. talking about how Obama’s inauguration was no longer important, or somehow insignificant, because we’ve been there, done that […]
What do many Republicans, the spokesmen for NRA and Tavis Smiley have in common? Once they start down a road, no matter how dangerous or ridiculously wrong it is, they won’t turn back. Tavis’s commentary on CBS News Sunday Morning was both, a tribute to his hero Dr. King and a slam at his nemesis […]
The TJMS celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a special package.
Urban Mystic sings “A Change is Gonna Come” in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
