Image Credit: KRDO/ABC News) I have to be honest- I’m not sure this is wrong. So help me with this one. A second grade student was asked to present a report on Martin Luther King, Jr. Apparently, he took this assignment seriously because he showed up dressed in a suit, tie, white shirt, mustache and […]
When Martin Luther King Jr. said he had a dream, this likely wasn’t what he meant. A flyer promoting a Miami strip club’s “I Have a Dream Bash” featuring MLK holding wads of cash next to scantily-clad women has its creator taking plenty of flack. Miami Beach graphic designer Jeffrey Darnell Paul says he didn’t […]
Imagine, if you will, a dinner party with the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. as its guest of honor. Whom would you invite to the table? For J. Anthony Brown, it would an evening of laughter, wry observations and satire. “You know I’ve got to bring back Richard Pryor,” Brown told BlackAmericaWeb.com. “Richard Pryor I […]
We hear the question all the time when his birthday comes: “What would Martin Luther King do if he were here today?”. According to Jesse Jackson, he would continue to fight the war on poverty. He called in to the TJMS to speak about the civil rights leader, and why he would continue to fight […]
Do we understand and follow what Dr. King said in his famous “I have a dream” speech? According to former U.N. Ambassador, Andrew Young, not quite. In a conversation with Roland Martin, this morning, he believes King would want the U.S. to love its enemies, even Iran. The former U.N. ambassador recalls his career when […]
Last year, Cincinnati lost famous civil-rights leader Fred Shuttlesworth. He had a very close releationship with Dr. King, working side-by-side in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to promote non-violent integration in the south. To kick off our celebration of Dr. King, I thought it’d be appropriate to post this video of Reverend Shuttlesworth describing his […]
Courtesy of: Robin Akinwale – Radio One Baltimore, MagicBaltimore.com Photos courtesy of @robinrazzi Huge names entertainment like the legendary group The Impressions, Patti Labelle, Eddie Levert, Anthony Hamilton, India Arie, Ray Chew and his band Ray Chew LIVE and Naturally 7 made it out Thursday evening to pay tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. […]
America celebrates the life and legacy of civil rights activist Dorothy Height.
