Slideshow: MLK honored at memorial dedication
SLIDESHOW - On October 16th 2011, history is made again at the National Mall for the memorial dedication to civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr...
Farrakhan, Million Man March forgotten in DC
OPINION - But in the name of remaining politically safe, did the broader community lose an opportunity to connect the spirit of MLK to movements that came after him, which he arguably would have supported?...
Memorial to King honors entire 'movement'
OPINION - At the helm of the civil rights movement, King called into question what citizenship meant if it was not extended on an equal basis to all Americans...
MLK memorial attracts, unions, 'occupiers'
theGrio REPORT - This weekend's rescheduled dedication ceremony marking the opening of the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in Washington D.C. struck a populist tone...
Obama: King 'stirred our conscience'
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama saluted Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Sunday as a man who 'stirred our conscience' and made the Union 'more perfect'...
Text of President Obama's MLK dedication speech
THE WHITE HOUSE -- remarks delivered by President Barack Obama at the Martin Luthr KIng, Jr., Memorial Dedication on The National Mall in Washington, D.C. at 11:51 a.m. Eastern time on Sunday, October 16, 2011...
Praising King, Obama lauds persistence and patience
OPINION - In a speech dedicating the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, President Obama speaks of the patience and persistence of the civil rights movement...
President Obama dedicates King memorial
WASHINGTON (AP) - Aretha Franklin, poet Nikki Giovanni and President Barack Obama will be among those honoring the legacy of the nation's foremost civil rights leader during a ceremony scheduled to run more than four hours...
First family visits new MLK memorial
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama followed through Friday night on his longtime plan to take his two daughters to see the new monument to Martin Luther King Jr. on the National Mall...
Obama readies for MLK speech as president, father
WASHINGTON (AP) - Barack Obama once contemplated what it would be like to take his two daughters to the National Mall to see a monument to Martin Luther King Jr...
