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It was a warm spring afternoon when Martin Luther King addressed tens of thousands gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial, the largest gathering to date in the growing struggle for civil rights. King rallied the crowd with his stirring refrain: "Give us the ballot!" He called for the government,

Back in 1961, Gurdon Brewster was a seminary student at Union Theological Seminary, training to be an Episcopal priest. When this Northern liberal raised his hand to volunteer as a summer intern at Ebenezer Baptist Church, he had no idea what lay in store for him. He tells this story in No Turning Back: My Summer with Daddy King.

It was a warm spring afternoon when Martin Luther King addressed tens of thousands gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial, the largest gathering to date in the growing struggle for civil rights. King rallied the crowd with his stirring refrain: "Give us the ballot!" He called for the government,

Back in 1961, Gurdon Brewster was a seminary student at Union Theological Seminary, training to be an Episcopal priest. When this Northern liberal raised his hand to volunteer as a summer intern at Ebenezer Baptist Church, he had no idea what lay in store for him. He tells this story in No Turning Back: My Summer with Daddy King.

“I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a ‘community organizer,’ except that you have actual responsibilities.” - Sarah Palin, September 3, 2008 Yes. Community organizers are entirely without responsibilities. Like Martin Luther King Jr. He didn’t have responsibilities, just dreams.

March Ends in Tear Gas at RNC! gnooze 9-3-08 September 3rd, 2008 A protest led by the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign leads to police tear gas and concussion grenades at the Republican National Convention in Saint Paul, MN. Marta Costello is caught in the melee as she brings you the gnooze (the g is silent).

ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 3 -- Organizers conceived of this convention as a means to inspire, but some African American Republicans have found the Xcel Energy Center depressing this week. Everywhere they look, they see evidence of what they consider one of their party's biggest shortcomings.

“With this faith we will be able to hue out of the mountain of despair a Stone of Hope.” - Dr. Martin Luther King, August 28, 1963 In his great “I Have a Dream” speech, Dr. Martin Luther King said the above words, that on today have major significance to me, as I like billions of people worldwide

Emily Deschanel’s little sister, Zooey Deschanel was at an event in downtown Denver to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr.’s anniversary. The event took place during the Democratic National Convention. Here she is seen hanging out with Anne Hathaway.

A dope little mash up of two historic speeches. Yes We Can.