Martin Luther King III pays tribute to Gandhi

Martin Luther King III paid tribute to India's pacifist icon Mohandas Gandhi on Sunday, commemorating the 50th anniversary of his father's pilgrimage to the country to study nonviolence.

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Obama urges US to honor King by serving others

President-elect Barack Obama is appealing to the nation that he will soon lead to honor slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King by making a commitment to serve others.

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History links King holiday, Obama inauguration

Martin Luther King's flame has always burned brightest in Atlanta, but in a real sense, the torch is being passed to Washington, D.C., with his birthday and holiday taking on dual meaning for many Americans because it falls on the eve of Barack Obama's inauguration.

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Inaugural committee promotes service for MLK Day

Gen. Colin Powell asked Americans to consider their day off on Martin Luther King Day a "day on" instead.

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Yale poet prepares for inauguration

Elizabeth Alexander was a toddler in a baby stroller when her parents took her to hear Martin Luther King's historic "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington.

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Obama to arrive in Washington by train

President-elect Barack Obama will kick off his inaugural celebration on Jan. 17 — the weekend before his swearing in as the country's 44th president — by traveling on a train to the nation's capital.

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Folk music, civil rights legend Odetta dies at 77

Odetta's monumental voice rang out in August 1963 when she sang "I'm on My Way" at the historic March on Washington, where Martin Luther King gave his "I Have a Dream" speech.

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White Supremacist Protest in Jena, La.

A crowd mostly made up of members of the media listened as four white separatists demanded white rights, severe prosecution of six black teens accused of beating a white classmate and an end to the Martin Luther King holiday.

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Clinton Tries to Mend Ties to Blacks

Hillary Rodham Clinton and her campaign tried to mend ties to black voters Thursday when a key supporter apologized to her chief rival, Barack Obama, for comments that hinted at Obama's drug use as a teenager. The candidate herself, meanwhile, praised the Rev. Martin Luther King and promised to assist with the rebirth of this troubled, largely black city.

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Clinton, Obama Vow to Bury Race Debate

Democratic presidential rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama blamed aides and campaign surrogates Tuesday night for fueling a campaign controversy over race, jointly pledging on the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. to put the matter behind them.

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Clinton, Obama Clash Over Race Issue

Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton suggested Sunday that Barack Obama's campaign had injected racial tension into the presidential contest, saying he had distorted for political gain her comments about Martin Luther King's role in the civil rights movement.

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Clinton Says Rival Raising Race Issue

Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton suggested Sunday that Barack Obama's campaign had injected racial tension into the presidential contest, saying her comments about Martin Luther King's role in the civil rights movement had been "distorted" by Obama's supporters.

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Army War Objector Returns to Base

Shortly after returning from Iraq last year, Army Sgt. Ricky Clousing gathered a few belongings and sneaked out of Fort Bragg, leaving only a note quoting Martin Luther King.

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A movie is under production regarding one of the pivotol moments of the Civil Era: the historic march in Selma, Alabama.

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Michael Moore's sells out to the Obama agenda on Huffington Post article

I take offense at Michael Moore's attempt to facilitate the establishment's NWO agenda and ingratiate himself with the Obama administration,trying to draw us in to his mindset of subservience with the propaganda article he wrote:

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After more than 14 hours of discussion, the heirs of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. reached a settlement late Monday that will keep the family from a public jury trial.

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Incredible circumstances overcome!

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Absolutely great web site, timely, infirmative, interesting!

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"The lesson that Israel must learn from the Holocaust is that it can never get security through fences, walls and guns," Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu of South Africa told Haaretz Thursday. Commenting on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's statement in Germany Thursday  …

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The Ms. Missouri Nursing Home Pageant plans to crown its 29th annual champion Wednesday. Organizers of the three-tiered, statewide competition say such pageants help make residents' lives "meaningful until the very end."

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Texas to Revise History Books - Out with G Washington Replaced by N Gingrich?

I don't understand what is going on in Texas and their curriculum. Beginning this year the information about the bible will be included in their text books. Now the Texas School Board is proposing revision to their history books and biographies of people worth learning about.

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"Daddy King and Me"

"Daddy King and Me," is a unique and historic story dedicated to honoring the memory of our "Daddy King," filled with rare photographs and previously unpublished events involving several national leaders." - Martin Luther King, III. With that brief foreword, this critically accl …

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Murray M. Silver, Esq., addresses Havergal College, Toronto,Canada!

Internationally famous trial attorney, Murray M. Silver, Esq., presented the first video-conference with the students and faculty at Havergal College, Toronto, Canada; a leading independent boarding and day school for girls.

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It must really suck to be an African-American in the GOP these days. Not because of your values or beliefs or core ideology.

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Excerpt, From the Nation: "Simply put a national civil rights organization that takes a "neutral position" on an issue of basic civil rights does not deserve to exist.

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The Billboard was created to help create Debate, which it's done.

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"Let us close the springs of racial poison", on the signing the Civil Rights Act, this day in 1964. Has that racial poison been stemmed? (Poll)

July 2, 1964 was a landmark day in American history. Engineered by Martin Luther king and signed by President Lyndon B Johnson, the Civil Rights Act effectively swept away the second class citizenship of Black people in his country.

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Coming after a day of sightseeing that took first lady Michelle Obama and her daughters to Westminster Abbey, the pre-birthday party settled into special seats in a private box at the Lyceum Theater in London's West End, where the Disney stage musical is playing.

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Coming after a day of sightseeing that took first lady Michelle Obama and her daughters to Westminster Abbey, the pre-birthday party settled into special seats in a private box at the Lyceum Theater in London's West End, where the Disney stage musical is playing.

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The media reform movement is an offshoot and part of the civil rights movement. It was born in 1963, when Dr. Martin Luther King and Rev.

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Vice President Joe Biden told more than 3,000 college graduates that they are at a watershed moment with a chance to shape history that few generations ever encounter.

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Tens of thousands of immigrants spilled into the streets of Atlanta and other cities Monday in a national day of action billed as a "campaign for immigrants' dignity."

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Today is the 41st anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. April 4th is associated with two of King's most memorable speeches.

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Life Magazine has published Martin Luther King assassination aftermath photos on their website. Most of you associate the now famous photograph...

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On April 4, 1968, LIFE photographer Henry Groskinsky and writer Mike Silva, on assignment in Alabama, learned that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., had been shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis.

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In an ongoing series for the BBC News website, celebrities and news-makers get grilled in exactly five minutes by Matthew Stadlen.

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Poll: Obama Exhibits First Sign of Cultural Poisoning

I voted for the President but what he said regarding the disabled community was a non-traditional symptom of Cultural Poisoning that should be looked at closer.

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