Martin Luther King

Prayer Vigil To Be Held At City Park During DNC

cbs4denver.com     6 hrs ago          

DENVER (CBS4) ― Former Denver Mayor Wellington Webb met with community church leaders in City Park Thursday to share plans for a local prayer vigil next Thursday. The vigil will take place on the 45th anniversary of Dr. Martin...                    

Don't Worry: You'll Get Accepted to College

usnews.com     8 hrs ago          

Breathe in...and then breathe out. Take it one step at a time, and applying to college can suddenly seem a lot less daunting It's a shame more high school students don't read Reinhold Niebuhr, the Protestant theologian who...                    

Constitution Center Prepares for Exhibit on African Americans

kyw1060.com     11 hrs ago   4 related          

by KYW's Karin Phillips Artifacts, music, media, and texts will make up a new exhibit coming to Philadelphia in January that will tell the story of African-American contributions to this country. "America I Am, the African...                    

Young Jeezy Collaborates with Nas

suite101.com     2 hrs ago   2 related          

"My President" Unites Once-Feuding MC's, Shows Support for Obama "God's Son" and the "Snowman?" It was only about 20 months ago when Young Jeezy blasted Nas on a Philadelphia radio show by asking if he "bust his gun" or had any...                    

What about U.S. civil rights?

vaildaily.com     5 hrs ago          

The media, our politicians, and just plain us, are ready and willing to criticize China for their many assaults on human rights; but I would ask, where are the memories of our own history? We should begin the search by...                    

Jesse Jackson: Seeing a new mountaintop

scrippsnews.com     7 hrs ago   1 related          

CHICAGO -- It takes the Rev. Jesse Jackson 10 1/2 minutes just to get warmed up. He enters the studio dressed head-to-toe in black. He has black history on his mind, too. So when Jackson sits behind a desk and begins an...                    

Feel The Dream

osocio.org     10 hrs ago          

Dunno if this fits in the Osocio format but I like it. The people of feelthedream.org organise a big global party on Thursday 28th August 2008; the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech. If you’re a...                    

Crosby, Stills, & Nash Recall Classic Debut Album

cjbk.com     11 hrs ago          

By: Howie Edelson Crosby, Stills, & Nash spoke candidly to Rolling Stone about their 1969 self-titled debut and gave some unique insight into some of the album's key songs. Graham Nash, who had joined the duo the previous year...                    

Nationwide Start Date Watch: Heller Ehrman(And OCI withdrawals, too.)

pheedo.com     7 hrs ago   1 related          

We recently heard the following about Heller Ehrman: 1. Start dates for incoming associates have been pushed back to January 19, 2009. Associates are being offered a $10,000 stipend.2. The firm has pulled out of on-campus...                    

Weekend Pondering - Civil Disobedience

dailypaul.com     2 hrs ago          

I do believe that in the near future - we will - many of us will - have to make a decision whether we'll practice civil disobedience. Of course I believe in that - I believe that Gandhi and Martin Luther King did bring about...