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FBI Probes Racism Motive in Failed MLK Day Bombing
By Lauren Frayer - AOL NewsAuthorities say a potentially lethal bomb hidden in a backpack planted along a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade route in Spokane, Wash., could have inflicted "multiple casualties," and the FBI is investigating whether the motive was racism. The bomb was defused at the scene before it could explode Monday, and no one was hurt. But it caused quite a stir about half an hour before the city's annual Unity March. The parade's 1,500 marchers had to be re-routed along a new path, and businesses in the area of the sidewalk bench where the backpack was found had to be evacuated. Lindsey ...
Martin Luther King Day 2011: Most Americans See Progress, but Won't Celebrate Holiday
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsAre we closer to the mountaintop? A new AP-GfK poll finds that 77 percent of respondents believe America has made "significant progress toward Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream of equality," roughly equivalent to the percentage of those who responded in 2006, more than two years before President Barack Obama became president. Twenty-two percent of those surveyed said that there has been "no significant progress" in reaching racial equality. At the same time, however, 69 percent of Americans said they did not plan to do anything to commemorate Dr. King's national holiday, while 30 percent said ...
Family Feud Erupts Over Martin Luther King's Legacy
By Byron Tau - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Aug 28) -- A day of activism and protest in the nation's capital today featured two prominent members of the King family laying very different claims on the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy. Addressing a massive crowd gathered at the Lincoln Memorial for Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally, King's niece, Dr. Alveda King, tied the civil rights icon's legacy to the themes of honor, patriotism, service and faith that were highlighted at the gathering. "Today, we are here to honor special men and women, who like my uncle Martin are blessed with servants' hearts," she said. ...
Glenn Beck and the Big Shoes of Martin Luther King Jr.
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Will Beck Honor MLK's Legacy -- or Hijack It?
By not in system - AOL News(Aug. 27) -- Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin -- two conservative stars known more for their divisive political views than for their Martin Luther King-like stands for social justice -- will lead Saturday's Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally to pay tribute "to America's service personnel and other upstanding citizens who embody our nation's founding principles of integrity, truth and honor." ...
Obamas Help the Needy to Honor King's Legacy
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Jan. 18) -- President Barack Obama served plates of steaming hot lunches to the needy Monday, one of several ways the nation's first black president paid tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. on the federal holiday honoring the slain civil rights leader. Obama held a discussion at the White House with black elders and their grandchildren about the push for racial equality that King led until he was assassinated in 1968. The president also was to speak at the Kennedy Center during a musical celebration of King's legacy. His outing was part of an array of holiday tributes. Worshippers ...
McCain Learning Curve; MLK, Rebel Flag, Slavery
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyAfter stories by David Knowles and Caleb Howe on Republican Presidential candidate John McCain's awakening on the subject of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, which he voted against even as Dick Cheney and Newt Gingrich voted for it. I was put in mind of several of the candidate's other epiphanies. Caleb called for forgiveness in his article, a reasonable request, to be sure. Forgiveness is not something that even requires the trespasser to ask for it. Even so, many will judge McCain by the sincerity of his regret. I am willing to take him at face value for purposes of this discussion, ...
McCain: Martin Luther Who?
By David Knowles - Politics DailyJohn McCain was 47 years old in 1983, the year he voted against making Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a national holiday. Listen to his description of his 47-year-old perspective about one of the most important and high-profile people in the history of the United States. Does this not strain credulity just a tad? None of his equal-opportunity friends in the military ever told him that King was a good guy? Not exactly the greatest example of leadership ability. And here he was earlier today in Memphis, trying to explain why he just didn't get a man whose "arguments were unanswerable, and ...
Obama's Presence of Absence
By Faye Anderson - Politics DailyThe presidential campaign has taken a detour to Memphis, Tenn. John McCain's itinerary included a stop at the Lorraine Motel, the site of Dr. Martin Luther King's assassination. In a speech before the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, McCain expressed regret for opposing the federal holiday bill and Arizona state holiday in Dr. King's honor:We can be slow as well to give greatness its due, a mistake I made myself long ago when I voted against a federal holiday in memory of Dr. King. I was wrong and eventually realized that.Hillary Clinton participated in an event organized by the ...
Forty Years Later: Losing Ground
By Faye Anderson - Politics DailyToday marks the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King's last campaign was in support of the sanitation workers of Memphis in their fight for a decent wage, safe working conditions, and dignity and respect.As we commemorate Dr. King's life and legacy, we are mindful that the next phase of the civil rights movement was the struggle for economic justice. The employment report by the U.S. Department of Labor shows that while much progress has been made, 40 years later, there remains a racial disparity in economic opportunity.The overall unemployment rate is ...
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