Martin Luther King Jr.

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• The Montgomery Bus Boycott and My Father

  
  educating alice — Authority: 495
  Born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1922, my father Lewis J. Edinger fled with his mother to America at the age of fourteen; his father chose to stay, hoping to ride things out, but was deported and killed. Years later, as a newly minted PhD, my father took whatever jobs he could find; one of those was in Montgomery, ...
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• Tuesday’s Elections Don’t Change the Fierce Urgency of Now

  
  God's Politics Blog — Authority: 629
  In the wake of Tuesday’s elections where the Democrats lost governor’s races in New Jersey and in Virginia, some observers are advising President Obama to scale back his agenda.  Health care and energy and education and banking reform and war…
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• Patriarch Bartholomew: Martyrdom is Revolutionary

  
  Ellopos Blog — Authority: 106
  In the early years, citizens of Rome saw Christ’s followers persecuted, tortured, brutalized, and murdered in huge numbers, throughout the Empire. In most cases, they did not resist the evil that was done to them – but rather, they went willingly to their painful deaths. Why? Of course they had faith – a giant ...
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• Police Arrest 10 Tea Partiers Outside Pelosi Office

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 154
  TPMDC’s Christina Bellantoni reports on a wild scene over at the Cannon House Office Building, following Rep. Michele Bachmann’s (R-Minn.) anti-health care reform Tea Party on the Capitol steps, after which attendees were encouraged to storm congressional offices and confront representatives. U.S. Capitol ...
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• Full Civil Rights Division ENDA testimony

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 499
  STATEMENT OF THOMAS E. PEREZ ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS, UNITED STATES SENATE   “EMPLOYMENT NON-DISCRIMINATION ACT: ENSURING OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL AMERICANS” PRESENTED NOVEMBER 5, 2009    Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Enzi ...
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• Atlanta Mayoral Race Heads to Runoff

  
  GossipFeast — Authority: 164
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• AYAH SOLIMAN: ‘People remember Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King, Jr., Gandhi because instead of profanity + aggression, they put out positive energy to make a difference’

  
  CCC BLOG — Authority: 128
  CHILDREN WERE SHOCKED AND UPSET AS THE PROTESTERS PUSHED THEIR WAY INTO THE CROWD   A unifying experience for my children ended as traumatizing during the Olympic torch celebration. I wanted to give them an opportunity to see another side of the Olympics – the protesters. “F*@# the Olympics!” they ...
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• when you don’t see the whole staircase ...

  
  Thundercatt99 — Authority: 123
  Faith is taking the first step, even when you don’t see the whole staircase. Martin L. King
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• Bernice King elected SCLC president

  
  THEBLACKURBANTIMES.COM — Authority: 157
  By Ernie Suggs The Atlanta Journal-Constitution The Southern Christian Leadership Conference on Friday named Bernice King, the daughter of SCLC co-founder Martin Luther King Jr., as its next president. King was elected over Arkansas Appeals Court Judge Wendell Griffen.The vote by the board of directors ...
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• Bernice King Could Denounce Her Own Anti-Gay Bigotry. Will She?

  
  Queerty — Authority: 721
  Having finally settled what to do with the estate of her father , Martin Luther King Jr.s daughter, the Rev. Bernice King, is free to get on with her life. Namely, to become head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the decades-old civil rights organization that her father once led. Late last week. Ms. ...
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• Forum explores Obama administration, Internet

  
  Northloop Neighborhoods - Community News & Directory — Authority: 464
  Event: Internet and Obama Administration Subject of Lecture When: Tuesday, Nov. 3 at 6:30 p.m. Networking reception starts at 5:45 p.m. Where: AT&T Conference Center Amphitheater (Room 204), 1900 University Ave. Parking: Paid parking in the AT&T garage ($10). Free parking in the state lots across Martin Luther ...
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• Bernice King, the SCLC and homophobia

  
  Instant Tea — Authority: 546
  The Rev. Bernice King, daughter of the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., recently made history by becoming the first woman chosen to lead the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which was founded by her father. At first glance, that might sound like a great things for the LGBT community: a Christian ...
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• A Message From Alveda King

  
  FamilyFoundationBlog.com — Authority: 135
  Alveda King is the niece of the late civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As he saw justice to a people immorally denied, she sees, first hand, the destructiveness to that same community — and all people — of the justice denied to the unborn. She has committed herself to a life and ministry of bringing ...
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• November 2 in history

  
  Homepaddock — Authority: 573
  On November 2: 1755 – Marie Antoinette , Queen of France was born. 1868   New Zealand officially adopted a standard time to be observed nationally 1898   Cheerleading is started at the University of Minnesota with Johnny Campbell leading the crowd in cheering on the football team. 1899  The ...
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• Martins Daughter Making Her Own Kind of History

  
  TheSkeptikOne — Authority: 118
  Its been a relatively good and historic week for Black and LGBT people in America. After all this was the week that President Obama signed an expansion of the hate crimes law named after Mathew Shepard and James Byrd.... Shepard the young gay man brutalized and left to die by two homophobic neanderthals tied to a ...
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• 7208: Keeping Abreast Of The News.

  
  MultiCultClassics — Authority: 135
  Busting out the news in a MultiCultClassics Monologue… • Two Hooters waitresses in Brooklyn, New York filed a class-action lawsuit against the restaurant chain, charging they were forced to pay about $20 for their uniforms. The law in New York states that employers must provide workers with uniforms unless folks ...
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• Leadership Poll: Top 10 Leaders…Who’s on your List?

  
  Samuel Bacharach Blog — Authority: 123
  I asked 22 Cornell graduate students to list 5 people they considered leaders–good, bad, or evil. Answers ranged from the obvious, MLK Jr., to the personal, lacrosse team captain, but what’s compelling are the top results. With the exception of Obama’s presence, the top 10 list has looked like this for a number ...
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• Quotes – Part 18 – History

  
  Running Wolf's Rant — Authority: 121
  var fbShare = {url: http://rwrant.co.za/2009/10/30/quotes-part-18-history/,size:small}It’s a shame that there aren’t that many people these days who are interested in history, especially the younger generation. Most of them are not interested on the course of events that has made the world what it is today. How ...
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• Video : Anna Baltzer & Dr. Mustafa Barghouti on Daily Show

  
  Brave New Wave - Children of a Lesser Revolution — Authority: 439
  In a completely un-edited interview, Anna Baltzer & Dr. Mustafa Barghouti sat down with Jon Stewart to discuss Palestinian-Israeli non-violent cooperation groups and the future of both Israel and occupied Palestine. Stewart did not let down on Baltzer and Dr. Barghouti addressing specifically Palestinian ...
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• Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial gets Go Ahead but Still Needs Money

  
  Black Entertainment, Money, Style and Beauty Blogs - Black Voices — Authority: 145
  Filed under: News Its official. The Department of the Interior has approved construction of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall. Thats the good news. But according to a press release marking the occasion, the needed funds are still not in place. "I am excited to move forward with ...
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