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Martin Luther King Day

Professor and author Cornel West makes a point while addressing the crowd at the 'State Of The Black Union' symposium at the Ernest E. Morial Convention Center February 23, 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Richard Alan Hannon/Getty Images)

Cornel West criticizes Obama's use of MLK Bible at inauguration

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theGRIO REPORT - West is lashing out at Obama for using a restored Bible which once belonged to the late Martin Luther King Jr. during his inauguration ceremonies this week...
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'Ridiculous' on this day: 5 shot on MLK Blvd. in New Orleans

Jeff Black, Staff Writer, NBC News
NBC NEWS - Five people standing outside a grocery store on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in New Orleans were wounded in a drive-by shooting on Monday, police said...
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Gordon Ponsford restoring the Bible once belonging to Martin Luther King
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Obama: Privilege to use Martin Luther King's Bible in inaugural

Tracy Brown, Associated Press
(AP) - President Barack Obama says it was a privilege to take the oath of office using a Bible that had been owned by the Rev. 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'

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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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The Rev. James A. Forbes Jr. is interviewed before a sermon at Newtown Congregational Church in Newtown, Conn., Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013. Forbes, who led one of the country’s most prominent liberal Protestant churches, is speaking in Newtown to honor the victims of last month’s school shooting and the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Minister tells Newtown: MLK's words 'needed now'

Debbi Morello, Associated Press
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - The Rev. James A. Forbes Jr., the first black minister to lead New York's historic Riverside Church, spoke Sunday night at the Newtown Congregational Church in a service honoring King and the school shooting victims...
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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)

MLK's road map for Obama's new term

Rep. Elijah E. Cummings
OPINION - There is still much to do, and President Obama remains uniquely positioned to help our nation achieve the tenets of humanity and equality of which Dr. King could only dream...
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Celebrating the unvarnished Dr. King

Blair L. M. Kelley
OPINION - My 9-year old daughter came home this week raving about her class and their discussion of Martin Luther King, Jr...
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Close up of MLK Bust in the heart of the city  (Photo: WanJira Banfield)

Bimini honors the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

WanJira Banfield
theGRIO REPORT - Because Dr. King’s presence so significantly impacted the people of Bimini, the city honored his character, his sacrifice and his journey with a bronze bust of his image...
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President Barack Obama stains a bookshelf at Burrville Elementary School in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, as the first family participated in a community service project for the National Day of Service, part of the 57th Presidential Inauguration. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama cites Dr. King's commitment to service

David Espo, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - On the brink of a second term, President Barack Obama invoked Martin Luther King Jr.'s commitment to service Saturday as inauguration-goers flocked to the capital city...
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Gordon Ponsford restoring the Bible once belonging to Martin Luther King
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Georgia man restores MLK's Bible

Kunbi Tinuoye
theGRIO REPORT - Gordon Ponsford, who lives in the Acworth area of Georgia, was commissioned by the King Center to prepare the leather-bound King James Bible for the president’s swearing-in ceremony...
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