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How Nelson Mandela won the greatest game with rugby (Times Online)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:33:57 GMT

Nelson Mandela sat inscrutable as a sphinx, as he always does when the conversation turns serious and he is the listener. You’re not sure, as you blather on, whether he’s paying attention or lost in his own thoughts. But when I quoted Martin Luther King, he nodded with a sharp, lips-pursed, downward jolt of the chin.

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the return of some old friends (Sisyphus Shrugged)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:23:24 GMT

It must be an election year. The National Black Republican Association have stuck their oars in again The National Black Republican Association has paid for billboards showing an image of the civil rights leader and the words "Martin Luther King Jr. was REPUBLICAN." ... Seven billboards have gone up in six Florida counties, and another in Orangeburg, S.C., said Frances Rice, the...

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Sans proof, Republicans run ads claiming MLK was a Republican (Eyeteeth: A journal of incisive ide)

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Schmelzer) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:23:00 GMT

The National Black Republican Association is putting up billboards in southern states, including South Carolina and Florida, claiming Martin Luther King was a Republican. The problem? Those closest to King say it's not true. Joseph Lowery, who founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with King, says MLK voted for Kennedy and LBJ, and the The King...

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Billboards Claim Rev. King Was Republican (Tampa Bay Online)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT

A black Republican group has put up billboards in Florida and South Carolina saying the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican, a claim that black leaders say is ridiculous.

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Black leaders reject Republican MLK ad (Florida Sun Sentinel)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Billboards claim he was party member A black Republican group has put up billboards in Florida and South Carolina saying the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican, a claim that black leaders say is ridiculous.

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RKF Funeral Train - Rediscovered (gmtPlus9 (-15))

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:42:00 GMT

Paul Fusco... Untitled (Cibachrome Print, Edition 20) from RKF Funeral Train - Rediscovered at Danziger Projects. "...On June 5th, 1968, less than three months after the murder of the civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Robert Kennedy was assassinated in Los Angeles as he was campaigning for the Presidential nomination. His death shook the country to its core. To Paul Fusco...

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Jesse Helms Is Dead (Blacknell.net)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:53:58 GMT

And he was a hateful old bastard: And long after die-hard segregationists like George Wallace and Strom Thurmond began courting black voters, Helms fueled white fears by opposing a national holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whistling “Dixie” while standing next to Senator Carol Moseley-Braun, and supporting apartheid in South Africa. Good riddence.

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Knowing History Is Good (Dad29)

noreply@blogger.com (Dad29) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:35:00 GMT

James Harris informs. ...did you know that Dr. King was a Republican? Honestly, I knew that his father was a Republican, heck every black person born before 1960 was a Republican, so why do we never see "Republican" and "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr." in the same sentence? Heh.

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Gather Children and I Will Tell You (A BUCK'S Blogography)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:45:00 GMT

1968 was a pivotal year. 1967 was the so called "Summer of Love" but very quickly, this generation was to learn some harsh realities. Music reflected quite a bit of it. '68...the year of the murder of a very young Dr Martin Luther King and the brother of a slain President and Presidential candidate, Robert F Kennedy. The history books report that riots "broke out," but it was more...

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FROM THE ARCHIVES: A CREED, NOT A BREED: (BrothersJudd Blog)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:14:21 GMT

Why We Keep This Creed (Michael Gerson, July 4, 2007, Washington Post) The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. recognized that America has a "schizophrenic personality, tragically divided against herself." But we are redeemed, he argued, by our creed, expressed in the Declaration of Independence , which manages "to forever challenge us; to forever give us a sense of urgency; to forever...

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Martin Luther King (The Shebeen)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:07:12 GMT

Image: http://img.youtube.com/vi/PbUtL_0vAJk/1.jpg Image: http://img.youtube.com/vi/PbUtL_0vAJk/2.jpg Image:...

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Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Republican? (Say Anything)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:58:32 GMT

The National Black Republican Association thinks so: So is it true? I guess it depends on what your definition of a Republican is. If you could say that MLK was a Republican, and I think it’s a stretch, he’d be a Mike Huckabee-style Republican. Very socially conservative, but very much a populist as well. It can be hard to guess about King’s feelings on search fiscal policies, but I doubt he...

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¡Chipotle, escucha: estamos en la lucha! (Geekery Today)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:00:45 GMT

Fellow workers, Here is what Coalition of Immokalee Workers organizer Lucas Benitez had to say at a press conference celebrating the C.I.W.’s remarkable victory in the Burger King penny-per-pound passthrough campaign: Dr. Martin Luther King said it best when he said, The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice. [...]

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Andrew Young and The Niggatry Of His Mind (BlogXilla.com)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:08:20 GMT

Civil Rights pioneer Andrew Young has done a lot for the advancement of colored people. He helped encourage blacks to votes and was one of Martin Luther King’s closest allies. But lately he’s been making a fool out of himself with some of his comments. In Dec, 2007 he said “Bill is every bit as [...]

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“Torrent of teachers” in DC. (PREA Prez)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:59:03 GMT

NEA President Reg Weaver (right) reads a Dr. Seuss story to kids during NEA’s Read Across America event at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, D.C. on Monday, June 30, 2008. (NEA RA Today/Scott Iskowitz) The NEA Representative Assembly began deliberations on Tuesday in Washington DC. The WaPo reports: A torrent of teachers [...]

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Utah NAACP leader calls for end to mortgage bias (Deseret Morning News)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:23:53 GMT

Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream of a day when people are judged by character, not skin color, should apply everywhere particularly in banks.

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MLK’s legacy sparks global peace, race initiative (BlackPoliticsontheWeb.com)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:59:15 GMT

NIN-HAI TSENG, Cox News -Longtime associates of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. announced plans Wednesday to revitalize the civil rights leader’s dream of equality and racial harmony by organizing a global initiative promoting peace and combating racism. “We will support anybody who is tired of the barbarism of war and the insanity of racism and the [...]

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Black Conservative Group Rips Obama in New Radio Ads (BlackPoliticsontheWeb.com)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:13:13 GMT

Darryl Fears, Washington Post From the black conservatives who brought you radio ads two years ago claiming that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican come the new summer blockbusters: ads calling Sen. Barack Obama a racist and an elitist. King, of course, was an independent, not a Republican — but that didn’t stop the [...]

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MLK's legacy sparks global peace, race initiative (ajc.com)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:41:16 GMT

Longtime associates of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. announced plans Wednesday to revitalize the civil rights leader's dream of equality and racial harmony by organizing a global initiative promoting peace and combating racism.

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Anonymous Source Releases King-Harbor Hospital Tape (LAist)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:43:59 GMT

Last year in May, Edith Isabel Rodriguez died at Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital. Her death became national headlines because Rodriguez was dying (literally throwing up blood on the floor) in the waiting room as nurses and other hospital staff continued to ignore her as they walked by. Rodriguez's husband, Jose Prado, and another person in the waiting room called 911 explaining...

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