Catch a glimpse of the rarest gem and most memorable encounter during our journey to Washington, D.C. as our program director Jeri Tolliver surprisingly spots President Barack Obama during a random street sweep en route to the MLK Memorial. It all happened so fast that we really couldn’t believe what (and whom) we had just […]
Urban news talk show host Lincoln Ware shares below his own account of what it was like to be onsite in Washington, D.C. at the MLK Memorial. In quite an overwhelming experience, there was so much to consider and reflect upon. Relive it all by checking out more photos of our big day out in […]
Our lucky winners of the MLK Memorial trip contest were elated to join us on the east coast this weekend and we’re here to help them share their story, their thoughts and their reactions to the entire experience. Hear from Michelle & Kelvin below. Let’s begin! We flew bright and early from Cincinnati to Washington, […]
EXCLUSIVE: THE LINCOLN WARE SHOW KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE A side view of the new MLK Memorial in Washington, D.C. near the National Mall. Urban news talk show host Lincoln Ware, program director Jeri Tolliver, staff and new friends of The Lincoln Ware Show have made it to Washington, D.C. safely and now we’re ready […]
The Lincoln Ware Show is getting ready to journey to Washington, D.C. this weekend with a very special group of guests as we prepare to experience the site of the brand new monument and memorial dedicated to the rich legacy and historic impact of the revered Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Lincoln Ware sends greetings […]
The world has become uncomfortable with the “revelation” that Dr. Martin Luther King’s family has been paid several hundred thousand dollars for the new memorial built for Dr. King in Washington. It turns out that the family is being paid a “management fee” of a little more than $800,000, partly in exchange for their support […]
According to financial documents obtained by the Associated Press, the builders of the new Martin Luther King Jr., memorial in Washington D.C., had to pay $761,160 for the right to use King’s words and images to the family. So this begs the question: “Did the King family commit extortion?” The money went to Intellectual Properties […]
Despite the fact that it is one of the most popular and historic speeches of all time, Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream Speech” can’t be found in entirety on YouTube due to copyright laws. The Martin Luther King Estate and record label EMI own the rights to the speech and have banned it […]
The eastern seaboard is on high alert on this Friday morning as Hurricane Irene threatens low-lying cities throughout the Carolinas all the way up to parts of New York. Travel has been discouraged as many of the airports on the Atlantic have already begun to cancel flights in and out of the area. Already a […]
Martin Luther King knew that the Civil Rights movement needed a soundtrack and that every hero needed theme music. The Civil Rights movement incorporated jazz, folk, R&B and gospel to use music that everybody could relate to and be inspired by to help change America in the 1950s and 1960s. Click here for MLK Memorial […]
While Rosa Parks is cemented in American minds as a heroine of the Civil Rights Movement, a host of unsung Black women and their sacrifices for freedom are hardly mentioned. And yet, the list is long: Fannie Lou Hammer, Ella Baker, Dorothy Height, Septima Clark, Marian Wright Edelman… So as the masses gather in Washington […]
Rev. Al Sharpton and National Action Network (NAN) will hold a mass march for jobs and justice on Saturday, August 27, 2011 in Washington, D.C. The rally and march is expected to attract thousands of members of the civil rights community. Martin Luther King III, Tom Joyner, CEO of the National Urban League Marc Morial, […]
