Martin Luther King Jr News
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Was the assassin of Martin Luther King Jr. after a $100,000 KKK bounty?
10:39 AM on 03/10/2010
Was James Earl Ray, the assassin of Martin Luther King Jr., motivated at least in part to kill the civil rights leader by a $100,000 bounty offered by a Mississippi Ku Klux Klan group?...
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In DC, blacks were crucial to gay marriage debate
6:14 PM on 03/04/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Gay and lesbian couples will soon be able to marry in Washington, but the debate over same-sex marriage has sounded different here...
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Utah lawmaker ends push to honor gun maker on MLK Day
8:00 AM on 02/23/2010
Civil rights leaders and gun makers don't mix - at least that's the message one Utah lawmaker is getting loud and clear...
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Malcolm X's legacy ignored 45 years after his murder
5:20 PM on 02/19/2010
OPINION - Malcolm's legacy has been treated like the neglected step-child of the African-American struggle for freedom and equality...
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Five black colleges that changed America
10:53 AM on 02/10/2010
February is Black History Month, and MonsterCollege is celebrating the event by taking a look at the most famous black colleges in the nation...
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Dr. King's dream will be realized
8:49 AM on 02/03/2010
OPINION - America still falls short of its high ideals, but today far more Americans believe that all men are created equal and--just as important--act on that belief...
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The sit-ins that changed America
12:06 PM on 02/02/2010
From The LA Times: Of the big events of the early civil rights movement, the sit-ins have always been the least understood and, yet, the most important for today's young activists...
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The pros and cons of Black History Month
7:47 AM on 02/02/2010
OPINION - Since most Americans are woefully uneducated on African-American history, it's clear that allocating one month to the topic is not enough...
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Cornel West urges people not to 'sanitize' King's legacy
10:47 AM on 01/19/2010
ATLANTA (AP) - Scholar and activist Cornel West invoked the fiery side of Martin Luther King Jr.'s rhetoric Monday...
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Video: ESPN's Mike Greenberg says Martin Luther 'coon' instead of 'King' on air
5:11 PM on 01/18/2010
From BlackSportsOnline: Mike Greenberg needs to address this immediately and not just with an apology, but an explanation of how it happened. Words like "Coon" are not the type that usually just "slip out". Nothing in Greenberg's history shows that he intentionally meant to do it, but an explanation and...
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What would Martin Luther King make of Twitter?
2:18 PM on 01/18/2010
From Vanity Fair: At this time every year, commentators across the United States engage in an exercise I'll call Hypothetical King, in which we try to imagine what Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would say about the war in Afghanistan, the bank bailouts, or Mo'Nique winning best supporting actress for...
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From King to Obama: Perceptions of progress in the black community
1:17 PM on 01/18/2010
OPINION - Dr. King's lessons of respect, unity, and community have become secondary to rife individualism...
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Would Martin Luther King support Obama?
1:15 PM on 01/18/2010
OPINION - Obama and MLK might be "frenemies": Distant friends in public, with a fractured relationship behind closed doors...
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'The dream' is still a dream
12:06 PM on 01/18/2010
OPINION - What many fail to realize is that Dr. King was no dreamer. He was a prophet and a true revolutionary...
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School scolded for offering fried chicken and greens for MLK Day
3:42 PM on 01/15/2010
Denver Public Schools experienced widespread backlash after announcing that it would serve fried chicken and collard greens in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr...
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Precious director may march to Selma
12:12 PM on 11/18/2009
FROM THE GUARDIAN> It is the Alabama town forever associated with the civil rights struggle after state troopers clubbed and tear-gassed activists as they tried to march on the state capital, Montgomery, 54 miles away. Now the story of the historic marches from Selma in 1965, which led to legislation...
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Museum to preserve Woolworth's lunch counter - and legacy of civil rights fight
9:00 AM on 11/17/2009
OPINION - Does the current rise of minorities in American society signify the end of a fight for civil equality?
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Bernice King elected first female president of SCLC
12:24 PM on 10/30/2009
ATLANTA (AP) -- The Rev. Bernice King has been chosen to head the civil rights organization co-founded by her father, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr...
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What you can learn from Dr. King's family squabble
9:30 AM on 10/13/2009
OPINION - There are lessons from the King Family lawsuit we can learn as parents when leaving wealth to our children.
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MLK's children settle lawsuit over estate
8:50 AM on 10/13/2009
ATLANTA (AP) - 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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Dems down to the wire lobbying for reform votes
VIDEO - They've made some progress. A fourth Democrat, John Boccieri of Ohio, has switched his vote from "no" to "yes."...
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