Ohio State Senator, Nina Turner talked to “The Rickey Smiley Morning Show” about the importance of August 28th. Not only does this day mark the…
According to TMZ, the family of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. got into an auto accident a short time ago after leaving the rally that commemorates the 50th anniversary of his “I Have a Dream” speech. Sources at the rally say several of the King siblings and grandchildren were on a charter bus leaving the […]
President Barack Obama purposefully placed a bronze bust of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the Oval Office to remind him of King’s non-violent movement for racial equality and social justice. On Wednesday, 50 years after King stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and delivered his soul-stirring “I Have a Dream” speech during […]
Don’t miss the famous speech of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. today on MSNBC at 4 p.m. eastern. CNN will also air the original video of the speech, but no air time has been announced. This week, America has celebrated the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, where King made his iconic and memorable […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama won’t need to mention race — a subject he doesn’t talk a lot about in public — when he stands at the Lincoln Memorial on the anniversary of the March on Washington. His presence at the commemorative ceremony Wednesday will embody the fulfilled dreams of the hundreds of thousands […]
Rev. Al Sharpton talks with the TJMS about continuing Dr. Martin Luther King‘s dream and the success of his celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mary-Pat Hector of Atlanta was operating much like a 1960s civil rights activist as she laid plans for the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. She was constantly on the phone as she confirmed event details, tweaked the draft of the speech she gave at Saturday’s rally at the Lincoln Memorial […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Chinese sculptor has removed a disputed inscription from the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial statue that he designed on the National Mall and said Thursday that he is working on a new finish for the side of the artwork. Plans call for sculptor Lei Yixin to carve grooves over the […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Park Service says it will begin work today to remove a disputed inscription from the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial. Contractors will start working to build scaffolding and get equipment in place. Then, on July 29, the sculptor of the memorial, Lei Yixin, will arrive. He will carve grooves over […]
ATLANTA (AP) – The youngest son of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King has gotten married. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Dexter Scott King married longtime fiancee Leah Weber in a private ceremony Friday in California. The bride, originally from New Orleans, is a former broadcast journalist and business owner. King […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Special thanks to Crystal Nickens Freeman of Atlanta, Ga., daughter of Barbara Pace Hunt for this submission. Barbara Pace Hunt was the lead plaintiff in a 1959 landmark case against the state of Georgia to fight school segregation. Though it was illegal after the 1954 ruling in Brown Vs. Board of Education, many […]
Rev. Al Sharpton talks with the crew about the need to continue the fight in this generation, saying, “the struggle is not over, the dream of Dr. King is not achieved, we have not lived to see the dream.”
