We love to quote #King in and around the holiday, but then we refuse to live King 365 days of the year. As we approach the King Holiday Observance, I urge us all to do more than quote my father. These are urgent and uncertain times, and the world needs us to embody his teachings...
Since the window in the bathroom was over his head, Ray stood on a bathtub and fired the shot that killed MLK. He then ran from the bathroom into the bedroom, bundled up the rifle and a bizarre collection of personal belongings into a blanket (ensuring that the rifle and belongings butno...
“While in High School I was awarded the MLK scholarship and grant. It involved doing research on Dr. King and writing an essay about what he meant to me. So, there was a monetary impact that was made on my life that can be directly attributed to Dr. King. While the monetary impact ...
I love this quote from Martin Luther King, Jr.: If it falls to your lot to be a street sweeper, sweep the streets like Michelangelo painted pictures, like Shakespeare wrote poetry, like Beethoven composed music; sweep streets so well that all the host of Heaven and earth will have to pau...
The market is usually open Monday – Saturday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., but it is closed on the actual MLK Day holiday. MLK JR. DAY OF SERVICE “Everybody can be great because anybody can serve,” was a quote by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebrate the holiday by volunteering!
prepare for a new presidential administration — or a repeat in some ways — this King holiday, I am calling on all people of goodwill and conscienceto do more than commemorateand celebrate King for a day," King said. "I’m calling us to do more than, quote King...
This year's theme for MLK Day events in Yakima and Toppenish is, "Replay the Dream."This year's theme aims to hit the replay button on Dr. King's speeches so that we can really hear the greater context. When most people think of Dr. King, they think of his famous speech quote abo...
Plans included sitting down on the step of Congress and being prone on the runways at the airport. But, the fancy middle class civic rights groups, with money for corporate sources, took over the march and turned it into a love fest. I never really understood or appreciated the turn the...
I want to use this space to write about lessons I learned, God’s intervention in the affairs of man,agapelove, forgiveness and reconciliation. I want to remind America that we lived through some terrible times in our history and survived. If we did it then, we can do...
«Reply #3 on:Tuesday, January 18, 2011, 18:27:06 PM » admin@xenonlogic.com for MSNMessenger Logged Jared Guest Re: Happy MLK Day «Reply #4 on:Wednesday, January 26, 2011, 10:17:55 AM » I love how we have a holiday for one of the most hypocritical people out there ...