Martin Luther King Day

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January 21, 2011
SLIDESHOW - Barack Obama was inaugurated, 'The Jeffersons' debuted and soul legend Jackie Wilson died; this is an incredibly historic…
January 20, 2011
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - The bomb was defused without incident Monday but unnerved residents of Spokane, especially those who took…
January 20, 2011
OPINION - What is missing from most of the analysis of these events is the subtle and sometimes not so…
January 19, 2011
SPOKANE, Washington (AP) - Three city employees spotted the suspicious backpack about an hour before the parade was to start…
January 19, 2011
NAACP President also said his group would ask the national NAACP to consider asking the Democratic Party not to hold…
January 19, 2011
OPINION - Michael Reagan argues that his father was more of a friend to black people than President Obama...
January 18, 2011
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - The FBI is offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of…
January 18, 2011
CLUTCH - The page displays photos of Dr. King from the center, based in Atlanta, and also disturbing racial imagery,…
January 18, 2011
Maine Gov. Paul LePage caused quite the stir last week when he replied "kiss my butt" to the NAACP's criticism…
January 18, 2011
When MLK made the statement "I have a dream," the following is probably the furthest thing from what he had…
January 17, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - As he took part in a painting project at a Washington, DC middle school, President Barack Obama…
January 17, 2011
WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) - LePage's attendance was "a political act that has nothing to do with his convictions," said Julie…
January 17, 2011
ATLANTA (AP) - Arizona once resisted the notion of a federal King holiday -- and last year was the setting…
January 17, 2011
theGRIO VIDEO - There are over 900 Martin Luther King Boulevards across the country. In Baltimore this street has been…
January 17, 2011
OPINION - Leaders do not always win, but leaders always call us to believe that we are capable of making…
January 17, 2011
OPINION - Sharpton has proven that black leadership is useful and even necessary on the outside, even when the most…
January 15, 2011
ATLANTA (AP) - Martin Luther King III spoke Saturday at a dinner where the King Center is honoring the late…
January 15, 2011
OPINION - The fight for a King national holiday has been bitter, contentious, and controversial from the first moment it…
January 15, 2011
OPINION - Let's remember our greatness, let's remember to be free and not slaves to every trend that comes along.…
January 14, 2011
OPINION - To my parents, Martin Luther King was not some faraway figure on the page of a newspaper or…