January 21, 2013 in Worthington Daily Globe
HERON LAKE While most of District 518′s students spent Martin Luther King Jr. Day relaxing at home, a handful of students, along with Southwest Star Concept students, volunteered at the Color Project, hosted by the Nobles County Integration Collaborative (NCIC) in the SSC elementary school in Heron Lake.
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January 15, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
On the National Mall in Washington, Martin Luther King Jr. is a towering, heroic figure carved in stone. On the Broadway stage, he’s a living, breathing man who chain-smokes, sips liquor and occasionally curses. Continue Reading
January 14, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
White supremacist Kevin Harpham planted a bomb along the route of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade here last year, hoping to strike a lethal blow against the unity and multiculturalism represented by the march. Continue Reading
January 12, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
His ‘I have a dream speech’ will be shown twice Saturday at the Grand Forks Public Library Like Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, delivered at a crucial point in the civil rights movement, has become one of America’s most famous and quoted speeches. Continue Reading
November 22, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, the Rolling Stones’ “Exile on Main St.,” Bill Cosby’s “I Started Out as a Child” comedy album and musicologist Harry Smith’s widely influential “Anthology of American Folk Music” collection are among 25 new recordings selected for the 2012 Grammy Hall of Fame, the Recording Academy has announced. Continue Reading
October 16, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
For many who helped dedicate the new Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on Sunday, the towering granite monument is a stark reminder that the civil rights leader’s dream of social and economic justice has yet to be realized. Continue Reading
October 5, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
Civil rights leader the Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, who was hailed by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. for his courage and energy, has died. He was 89. Continue Reading
August 22, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
Some were locals who’ve watched for years as the memorial to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. took shape on the National Mall. Some were tourists who happened to be in Washington the day it opened. All felt honored as they gazed at a towering granite sculpture of the civil rights leader. Continue Reading
January 17, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
A.G. Holder: MLK Jr. ‘nation’s greatest drum major of peace’ The shootings in Tucson, Ariz., loomed large as the nation marked the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. today, with many speakers drawing on his message of nonviolence as a key lesson in the wake of the tragedy. Open the article to see a YouTube video of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech. Continue Reading
January 15, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
On Monday, the nation will mark the 25th anniversary of the federal observance of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. But a recent poll found 77 percent of those interviewed say there has been significant progress toward King’s dream, about the same percentage as felt that way in 2006. More than one in five say they feel there has been “no significant progress” toward that dream. Continue Reading
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