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Americans Gather to ‘March for Jobs & Justice’ on ML King Day
Many hundreds of everyday Americans – struggling to keep their heads above water in a jobless recovery and fed up with political gridlock – plan to gather at the pedestal of Martin Luther King Jr. on...
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MLK Parade Pipe Bomb: Race Connection ‘Inescapable’, FBI Says
Federal investigators are looking at race as a possible motive in the attempted bombing of a Martin Luther King Day parade in Spokane, Wash., as they hunt “armed and dangerous” suspects. “I think the...
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Best Buy Contributes $1 Million to Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial...
Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY) and Best Buy Children’s Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the consumer electronics retailer, today announced a $1 million donation to the Martin Luther King, Jr....
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Martin Luther King III and Andrew Young to launch network for African Americans
Martin Luther King III has teamed up with Ambassador Andrew Young and Andrew “Bo” Young III, among others, to create Bounce TV, the first broadcast network tailored to African Americans, according to...
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MLK Jr. Memorial Confronts Controversy
Less than two months before the Aug. 28 dedication in Washington of a major memorial to Martin Luther King Jr., organizers of the 4-acre, $120 million site are working to assure the public that the...
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Martin Luther King III and Ambassador Andrew Young Announce Launch Date for...
Martin Luther King III and Ambassador Andrew Young announced today that Bounce TV (http://bouncetv.com), the first-ever over-the-air broadcast television network for African-American audiences, will...
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Public to Get First Glimpse of King Memorial
Tourists and Washingtonians were about to get their first up-close look Monday at the memorial to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The site was set to open without fanfare around 11 a.m. to kick off a...
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Dedication of MLK Memorial Postponed by Hurricane
With Hurricane Irene bearing down on the nation’s capital, organizers postponed a planned weekend dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall, dashing hopes of paying tribute...
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Jamie Foxx Celebrates MLK Jr. National Memorial on his SiriusXM Channel
Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) announced today that Academy Award®-winning actor and Grammy®-winning artist Jamie Foxx is taking his SiriusXM channel The Foxxhole to Washington, DC to broadcast live...
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Volkswagen Group of America Announces $1M Donation to MLK Memorial Foundation
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. today announced a $1 million gift to the Washington, DC Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation. The gift will support the memorial on the...
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Controversy Over King Memorial Inscription Isn’t the First
Poet and author Maya Angelou’s criticism of one of the inscriptions on the Martin Luther King Memorial isn’t the first flap over a national monument. King’s neighbors on the National Mall — the...
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Famous MLK Speech Has Roots in the Civil Rights Leader’s Childhood
You may know all or parts of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech by heart, but you may not know that famous speech contains striking parallels to an address about brotherly love and...
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Broadway Play Imagines Martin Luther King’s Last Moments
In April of 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave an eerily prescient speech. “I just want to do God’s will,” he said. “And He’s allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I’ve looked over. And I’ve...
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Large Crowd Honors King’s Dream At Memorial Dedication
Although it was decades in the making, the dedication Sunday of the $120 million memorial to Martin Luther King Jr. prompted only a few tears and cracking voices. Mostly, those who knew the Baptist...
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Obama Says Country Needs to Listen Again to MLK’s Teachings
Martin Luther King’s teachings are as relevant as ever, in this day when politics in America have become sharply polarized and people appear to be losing faith in our institutions, President Obama said...
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Martin Luther King III steps down as president of The King Center
The eldest son of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is resigning as president of the Atlanta center that honors his father’s civil rights legacy, a day after the holiday marking his father’s birthday....
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Copperfield Buys 1960 MLK Recording
Magician David Copperfield said Wednesday he purchased a newly discovered audiotape of a Martin Luther King Jr. interview and would donate it to the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis to promote...
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Harry Belafonte Sues Martin Luther King Jr. Estate In NY
Harry Belafonte sued the estate of Martin Luther King Jr. Tuesday over the fate of three documents he tried to sell at auction. The lawsuit in federal court in Manhattan seeks unspecified damages and...
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Jamie Foxx to Play Martin Luther King Jr. In Upcoming Biopic by Oliver Stone
Director Oliver Stone confirmed to the Journal Monday night that, along with Jamie Foxx, he’s officially moving ahead with the authorized version of Martin Luther King’s life story. “I’m so out of the...
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MLK Papers Go for More Than $130K at NYC Auction
Some civil rights movement history went up for sale Thursday, as papers from the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., including speech outlines and letters, brought in more than $130,000 at auction. They were...
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