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Unions Mark MLK's Death With National Protests
By not in system - AOL NewsATLANTA -- The eldest son of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. said Monday if his father had not been killed more than four decades ago, the civil rights icon would be fighting alongside workers rallying to protect collective bargaining rights. Martin Luther King III joined about 1,000 marchers in Atlanta and thousands more across the country to support workers' rights on the anniversary of his father's assassination. King was in Memphis, Tenn., supporting a black municipal sanitation workers strike April 4, 1968, when he was shot to death on a hotel balcony. Andy Manis, AP Union ...
Legoland's Master Builders Aren't Toying Around
By David Moye - AOL NewsA career is nothing to toy around with -- unless, of course, it involves building Legos for a living. Believe it or not, a few lucky Lego lovers are able to make a living snapping together bricks in various shapes and sizes at one of the four Legoland amusement parks around the world. Artists like Gary McIntire and Ryan Ziegelbauer, for instance, are paid to click bricks at Legoland California in Carlsbad, Calif. Legoland California Model builders Gary McIntire and Ryan Ziegelbauer are lifelong Lego lovers who have built a career building things like this replica of ...
Nation Ponders King in Wake of Arizona Shootings
By not in system - AOL NewsATLANTA -- The federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr. has taken on added meaning for most Americans this year, as they try to make sense of the violence in Arizona that left six people dead and a member of Congress fighting for her life. A state that once resisted the notion of a federal King holiday - and last year was the setting for a sharp-tongued debate on immigration - now finds itself in search of solace after the Jan. 8 attack on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and the throng of people around her outside a grocery store in Tucson. The balm of choice is King, a pacifist Southern ...
Haley Barbour Doesn't Remember the Civil Rights Era as 'Being That Bad'
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsMississippi Gov. Haley Barbour's recollection of the civil rights era is making some headlines. "I just don't remember it as being that bad," Barbour told the Weekly Standard during an interview for a recent profile. "I remember Martin Luther King came to town, in '62. He spoke out at the old fairground and it was full of people, black and white." When asked about what King spoke about that day, Barbour replied: "I don't really remember. The truth is, we couldn't hear very well. We were sort of out there on the periphery. We just sat on our cars, watching the girls, talking, doing what boys ...
New Oval Office Rug Gets Quote Wrong
By Lauren Frayer - AOL News(Sept. 5) – When President Barack Obama ponders big policy decisions, he might find inspiration from some of his favorite quotations inscribed on a new rug in the Oval Office. The rug's perimeter is lined with sayings from Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy and Teddy Roosevelt. It also has a quote that Obama has described as his favorite from Martin Luther King, Jr. Only it turns out – after the rug has already be sewn and laid down – that it's been incorrectly attributed to King. AP A saying on a new rug in the Oval Office is attributed to Martin Luther King Jr., but the ...
Opinion: Why I Joined Glenn Beck's Rally
By not in system - AOL News(Aug. 30) -- The 2010 election cycle is likely to be filled with mystery, wonder and surprise. Both major parties, the tea party movement and myriad other groups will be vying to have their voices heard above the political din. Saturday continued the noise. Two rallies descended upon Washington, D.C., marking the 47th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s March on Washington. Both conservatives and liberals voiced their opinions this past weekend. Several months ago Glenn Beck's show chose the date for its "Restoring Honor" Rally and secured the Lincoln Memorial location, apparently not ...
Opinion: Conservative Character Actors
By Tim Wise - AOL News(Aug. 30) -- It has been said that even the devil can quote Scripture for his purposes. So too, apparently, can conservatives quote Martin Luther King Jr. for theirs. To wit, Glenn Beck, who has perfected the craft of cribbing from Dr. King, thereby debasing the majestic prose of the latter and distorting King's intentions to the point where they would have been unrecognizable to him. And so, after Beck's weekend rally, which coincided with the anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington, Beck explained that while he disagrees with the part of the civil rights movement that was about social ...
Opinion: A Welcome End to the Summer of Hate
By Barry Weintraub - AOL News(Aug. 30) -- As summer vacation comes to a close let me see if I can help you catch up on some of the news you might have missed in the dog days of August. For starters, if you have been lucky enough to tune it all out, you need to know Americans are barking -- loudly -- at each other. Mosque or no mosque? That is the question as a Brooklyn-born developer who already owns the old Burlington Coat Factory, two and a half blocks north of the former World Trade Center site, says he wants to convert it into a community center with a swimming pool, gymnasium, meeting rooms and yes, prayer space for ...
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. ...
Al Sharpton Leads Counter-Rally on King Anniversary, Answering Beck Group
By not in system - AOL NewsBlocks away from a huge rally by conservative activists, civil right leader Al Sharpton led a counter-protest to honor the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who galvanized the civil rights movement 47 years ago with his "I have a dream speech." ...
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