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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 ...
Glenn Beck and the Big Shoes of Martin Luther King Jr.
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What's the Glenn Beck Rally All About? Opinions Vary
By David Knowles - AOL News(Aug. 26) -- Racist hate-mongering or the second coming of the civil rights movement? Restoring honor to American society or a shameless display of self-promotion? Depending on whom you ask, Glenn Beck's rally in Washington, D.C., on Saturday may well be any of those things. Taking place on the 47th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, Beck himself has dubbed the day "Restoring Honor," and on a website promoting the event has described it as follows: Throughout history America has seen many great leaders and noteworthy citizens change her course. It is through ...
Tea Party Guide to DC: Stick to 'Safe' Parts of City
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Aug. 23) -- Residents of the nation's capital -- those "inside the Beltway" types -- are used to being dissed by the rest of the country whose representatives, unlike them, get to vote inside the U.S. Capitol. But a tea party visitors' guide for those attending Saturday's Restoring Honor rally on the National Mall has locals tittering and tweeting about how some anti-government activists view the seat of their government. Karen Bleier, AFP / Getty Images A tea party visitors' guide urges people planning to attend Saturday's rally at the Lincoln Memorial to stick to "safe" parts ...
Happy Birthday, MLK! Has the Dream Been Realized?
By David Knowles - Politics DailyHere's the speech that is worth viewing each and every year. So, does the election of Barack Obama mean that King's dream has been realized? A slew of articles ponder the question. Martin Luther King III says not quite. ABC News surveys civil rights leaders who marched with King and finds mixed emotions.A CNN Poll finds that most blacks think the dream has become reality. What do you think? ...
McCain's Convention Nightmare
By David Knowles - Politics DailyAre you ready for some political football? The date? September 1. The place? St. Paul, Minnesota. The teams? John McCain versus everybody else. As The Washington Post reports today, anticipation is running high for the showdown between Republican conservatives and their presumptive party leader. At issue is the G.O.P. platform, which, at present, is a 100-page-long decree that mentions George W. Bush's name at every scintillating, right-wing turn of phrase:Virtually the entire platform will have to be rewritten to lessen the imprint of the president, who has the highest disapproval rating of ...
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