MLK Memorial Dedication Postponed Due to Hurricane Irene

Hurricane Postpones Martin Luther King, Jr Memorial Dedication The dedication of the Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial in Washington, D.C. was scheduled for Sunday, August 28. However, Hurricane Irene has also...

Colorful people for a Better World, Obama, King...

(Note: All the following images are portraits and illustrations of Obama I've been creating these past months/years)Martin Luther King "dream" lives on, 40 years after death By AFP WASHINGTON -- On April 4...

Martin Luther King Jr Was Conservative Republican

This is the part they forgot to mention in Civics class through out the south. Martin was a conservative ,many young people today do not know this little known fact about the charismatic civil rights leader.Martin...

Where were you when Michael Jackson Died?

Where were you when Michael Jackson died? By now the whole world knows that Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, has died in California at the age of 50 from suspected cardiac arrest. Regardless of peoples' personal...

GITMO Detainees Likely to Thank MLK, Allah

If President Barack Obama succeeds in shutting down Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility within 12 months, he will be tempted to describe himself as an emancipator in the mold of Abraham Lincoln.  Unfortunately,...

Obama: Competent Turk or Incompetent Christian?

Today is a day set aside to remember the work of Martin Luther King Jr.  It also marks the eve of Barack Obama’s inauguration as president of the United States.  Rather than look at the work of the late...

Name That African-American Republican!

Only one of the two African-American men dominating today’s news headlines ever had his name appear on the rolls of the Republican Party.  Do you know which one?  If not, let’s play “Name that...

Black Republicans Post 50 Billboards in Denver

The National Black Republican Association purchased 50 billboard spots around the Denver metro area to “welcome Senator Barack Obama to the Democratic National Convention.”The billboards feature the image of...

Inspiring Quotes by Martin Luther King Jr.

Most all of us have heard the famous "I Have a Dream" speech. This is taking nothing from that incredible moving speech which is an important piece of our history. Here are some other quotes by Dr King that...

In The Words of the Late Dr. King

With the widow of Martin Luther King Jr. absent for the first time in nearly four decades, preachers and politicians urged people Monday to continue the slain leader's lifelong pursuit of civil rights and nonviolence. On the holiday marking King's birth, some speakers used...

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