April 4, 2018 is the 50th Anniversary of Martin Luther King‘s Passing. . ... King’s alleged assassin, James Earl Ray, had long been denied a criminal trial in spite of repeated efforts by the Martin Luther King family. ..…
And then eventually Martin Luther King brought the Civil Rights Movement north. . ... King, how are things shaping up now for tomorrow? . Martin Luther King: Things are shaping up beautifully. ..…
America would never invest the necessary funds or energies rehabilitation of its King said in the speech, I was compelled to see the war as enemy of the poor and to attack it as such... ... King came of age as the US took the helm of government he witnessed the triumphant rhetoric of. ..…
The book, To Promised Land Martin Luther King and the Fight for Economic Justice, ( W.W. ... The big book I wrote on King was called Going Down Jericho Road, tome about King's last campaign and Memphis sanitation strike.. ..…
That supporting cast included every local member of the congressional delegation (save one), as well as the most famous ex-member, the one-time king of Queens, Joe Crowley. . ..…
Scott Lucas, professor of politics at University of Birmingham, said Johnson's move touched off the biggest crisis since the abdication of King Edward VIII. ... Scott Lucas, professor of international politics at University of Birmingham, said Johnson's maneuver touched off the biggest crisis..…
Martin Luther King, Jr. took by publicly criticizing the Vietnam War, Alexander observes, “Those who speak publicly in support of the liberation of the Palestinian people still risk condemnation and backlash.” . ... King’s exhortation that “a time comes when silence is betrayal,”..…
King's conscience drove him to take the unpopular position of publicly criticizing Vietnam War and putting it in the context of the giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism.. ... World Beyond War is organizing No to NATO — Yes to Peace Festival, food, music and teach-ins on April..…
Across the in response to King Holiday and Service Act passed by Congress and signed by Bill Clinton in 1994 people will be encouraged to make the day one of service. ... By anyone concerned with truth and justice, Those are the words of William Pepper, King family lawyer, from his..…
. * On Martin Luther King Jr. The forensic evidence alone establishes that the shots fired by Sirhan Sirhan from in front of Senator Kennedy did not kill him the fatal shot that struck RFK in the head was fired at point blank range from the rear. ..…
A jury in Simi Valley, California, had just acquitted a group of mostly white Los Angeles police officers for the videotaped beating of a black construction worker named Rodney King. ... For more than a year, German lived undercover, embedded in a network of neo-Nazi skinheads plotting the bombing..…
Bahraini monarch, King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifah, ratified the amendment on April 3, 2017... ..…
the crowd was smaller than years past, the demonstration was quite robust, spanning at one point the entire distance from Pack Square to Martin Luther King Jr. ... Carter, Durham activist who has been organizing for justice since 1967, asked the young people gathered before her shivering..…
Martin Luther King, Jr received letter from Norman Cousins and Clarence Pickett of National Committee for Sane Nuclear Policy. King was also an activist for disarmament and urged peace during Cold War nuclear arms race. ..…