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King Center

The King Center held its annual Salute to Greatness Awards dinner at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Atlanta on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013 (Photo: Jerome Dorn)

MLK Salute to Greatness Awards inspire in ATL

Kunbi Tinuoye
theGRIO REPORT - Around 2,000 guests turned out to support this year's Salute to Greatness Awards to honor trailblazers who have demonstrated a commitment to the principles and philosophy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr...
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Bernice King stands in the King Center next to a banner hanging in memory of her father, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., in Atlanta. One of her father's quotes has been cited as one of America's essential ideals, its language suggestive of a constitutional amendment on equality: "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." Yet today, 50 years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s monumental statement, there is considerable disagreement over what this quote means when it comes to affirmative action and other measures aimed at helping the disadvantaged. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Bernice King on MLK's 'gun control'

Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) - The nation will honor civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday — the same day as it celebrates the inauguration of the first black president to his second term...
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In this combination of file photos, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks at a peace rally in New York on April 15, 1967, left, and President Barack Obama speaks at an election night party in Chicago after winning a second term in office on Nov. 7, 2012. Inauguration Day coincides with the King holiday, marking what some say is an inextricable tie between the nation's first black president and the civil rights movement. Obama plans to incorporate the legacy of that movement into his inauguration. (AP Photo, File)

Inauguration Day has rare intersection with MLK

Kate Brumback, Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) - President Barack Obama plans to use a Bible that belonged to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as he takes his oath of office on the holiday honoring the slain icon...
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Bernice King at Ebenzer Baptist Church

MLK's daughter Bernice King: Nonviolence message vital as ever

Lucas L. Johnson II, Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - While the nation struggles to agree on how to curb gun violence, followers of a man gunned down nearly 45 years ago think his wisdom offers an answer....
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MLK Memorial quote to be removed

Brett Zongker, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Interior Secretary Ken Salazar endorsed a plan Tuesday to remove a disputed inscription from the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, rather than cut into the granite to replace it with a fuller quotation...
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Martin Luther King III steps down as King Center CEO

Donovan X. Ramsey
theGRIO REPORT - The day after the holiday in recognition of his father, Martin Luther King III announced that he will be stepping down as CEO of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change. He held the position since 2011...
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How Coretta Scott King kept MLK's dream alive

Kunbi Tinuoye
theGRIO REPORT - They say behind every great man stands a great woman. Coretta Scott King, civil rights activist and widow of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was no exception...
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