All posts tagged "Dr Martin Luther King"

Fifty years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and NAACP executive secretary Roy Wilkins sat with a panel of reporters on Meet the Press. NBC broadcast the show three days before King delivered the historic "I have a dream" speech at the March on Washington.

Louisiana Gov. Bobbie Jindal (R) has blamed minorities who refuse to give up their "separateness" for the continuation of racism in America.

Disgraced former Navy chaplain Gordon Klingenschmitt attempted to justify anti-LGBT discrimination on his most recent broadcast of Pray in Jesus' Name by linking it to Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" speech, in which King touched on the idea of judging a person by their character rather than by their race.

A Boston-area mosque has refused to bury the body of 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of the men allegedly behind the Boston Marathon bombing, his aunt tells NBC News.

WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and their wives on Monday participated in community service projects to mark the holiday honoring slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King.

[rebelmouse-image 24863028 original_size="250x310" expand=1]Louise reported the news earlier, but I wanted to say a few things about news legend Walter Cronkite has passed away. When I was a little girl, we used to listen to the evening news (the TV was in the living room adjacent to the kitchen/dining room) with Uncle Walter every weeknight.