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Opinion: Three Reasons to Celebrate MLK
By not in system - AOL News(Jan. 18) – In the wake of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's reported comments during the 2008 presidential campaign, the continuing struggles of black media and the tragedy in Haiti, I want to share my top three reasons to celebrate the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 1) King, a "dark-skinned, articulate speaker," helped blaze the trail for President Obama. Unlike Obama, King was not "light-skinned," to borrow a much-maligned phrase attributed to Reid in the book "Game Change." But people remember King not for the color of his skin but for his humanity, which earned him the ...
45 Years Ago Today. . .
By David Knowles - Politics Daily. . . Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his most famous speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial's Doric columns. Tonight, Barack Obama will address the nation as the Democratic party's first African American nominee. So, is Obama's candidacy evidence that we are moving closer to King's vision of racial equality? To be sure, the inauguration of a black president will not magically wipe away the bigotry that has festered in our country for so long. But even more absurd is the notion that an Obama administration would somehow be a setback for race relations. That old argument has been used whenever ...
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 ...
Obama Does a Sister Souljah
By Dave - Politics DailyThis is politically smart for someone who wants to win the Democratic primary, but it's also the type of thing that is very, very dangerous in a general election: In a speech today at Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.served as pastor, Barack Obama talked about the existence of institutional racism, the sensationalizing of race "by the media" and the creeping of race as an issue into the presidential campaign. But Obama's speech will likely be remembered for his calling on the black community to do its part to fight homophobia, anti-Semitism and ...
Bill Has a Dream!
By Justin Paulette - Politics DailyHat's off to the New York Post for capturing a bit of levity in this heavy-handed election year! It seems that during a service in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Convent Avenue Baptist Church in Harlem, Pres. Clinton was so inspired by the late Reverend's historic speech that he decided to follow suit ... literally: He had a dream - or at least one of his renowned cat naps! So, while Mrs. Clinton is spitting nails and ducking blows in a fierce competition with her rivals, Mr. Clinton is comfortably catching Zzz's on the campaign trail. Any bets on whether this lands the old chap back ...
Honoring Reverend King
By Justin Paulette - Politics DailyEbenezer Baptist Church, the epicenter of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebrations, has now hosted Sen. Barack Obama, Gov. Mike Huckabee and former President Bill Clinton. All candidates have made mention of Rev. King in their speeches over the past days, and the political issue of race has become increasingly visible with the advent of this national holiday. As is the case with famous persons, factions have attempted to claim the banner of King's legacy for their own causes. Even the man himself has been transformed. He is often no longer the "Reverend King," son of a baptist minister and ...
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