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October 16, 2011 Dedication
of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, Washington, D.C.
Washington Post |
Reuters
President Obama
at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Dedication: "We Will Overcome"
Remarks by the President at the
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Dedication
The
dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial was
originally scheduled for August 28, 2011, the 48th
anniversary of the "I Have a Dream" speech, but was postponed
due to Hurricane Irene. The MLK Memorial opened
to the public on August 22, 2011.
Martin
Luther King, Jr. Memorial, D.C.
The Memorial will be dedicated on
Sunday,
August 28, 2011.
The dedication coincides
with the 48th anniversary of the March on Washington and King’s “I
Have a Dream” speech, delivered at the Lincoln Memorial*.
The
figure of Dr. King was sculpted by renowned artist Master Lei Yixin:
1
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2 |
3 (w/ a video)
Believe it or not, we were very fortunate to talk with Master
Lei Yixin while he
participated in the
Minnesota Rocks!
International Stone Carving Symposium (May 22 - June 30,
2006), St. Paul, MN.
Build the Dream
(Washington D.C. Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial)
|
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Park Legacy Improvements
(Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board)
*
Sabrina Tavernise (New York Times): “King memorial opens on National Mall”,
St. Paul Pioneer Press,
August 23, 2011.
新しく完成したMartin Luther King, Jr. メモリアルにある
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Martin Luther King, Jr. "I Have a Dream" speech
videos (August 28, 1963, Washington,
D.C.)
:
1
Martin Luther King.
Jr. Memorial photos August 28, 2011
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day March 2010
photos
Groundbreaking Ceremony of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial
くわ入れ式
Nov. 13, 2006
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2004 photos
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2003 photos
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1968
King Assassination Report (CBS News) - YouTube April 4, 1968
Civil rights icons remember MLK 50 years later - YouTube
On
50th Anniversary of His Death, MLK's Dream Still Fought For - YouTube
Dr. King is assassinated - Apr 04, 1968 - HISTORY.com
Martin Luther
King, Jr.
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James Brown calms Boston following the King assassination
- Apr 05, 1968 - HISTORY.com
Dr. King is assassinated - Apr 04, 1968 - HISTORY.com
James Brown & His Fans at the Boston Garden (Live) - YouTube
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A New Martin Luther King Jr. Parade Divides a Virginia
Town MSN, New York Times
Monday, January 16, 2017
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
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Virginia
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Ray pleads guilty to King assassination - Mar 10, 1969 -
HISTORY.com
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born January
15, 1929 Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr, Biography
Civil Rights Activist,
Minister
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Wikipedia
born Michael King Jr.,
January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968, an American
Baptist minister and
activist who was a leader in the
Civil Rights Movement. He
is best known for his role in the advancement of
civil rights using
nonviolent
civil disobedience based
on his
Christian beliefs.
...
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Weekend Box Office Results for January 15-18, 2016 - Box
Office Mojo
Ride Along 2 (2016) - IMDb
'Ride Along 2' is No. 1 at box office for MLK weekend
philly.com - "Ride Along 2" lent a timely reminder to Hollywood of the power of
diversity at the multiplex, even when there's no diversity at the Oscars....
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MLK
Day March, Rally Held In St. Paul - YouTube Jan. 2016
'Black Lives Matter' Group Marches On Martin Luther King Jr. Day - YouTube
Jan. 2015
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Martin Luther
King, Jr. Day (3rd Monday of January) January 18, 2016
Ways to Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day Around the
Country - NBC News
Twin Cities Martin Luther King Jr. Day events slated -
TwinCities.com
"The Power of Telling Your Story: 30 Years of Us":
9 a.m. youth rally at the Ordway Concert Hall, St. Paul; 10:15 a.m., march
re-enactment from the Ordway; 11 a.m. celebration program in the Ordway Music
Theater,
...
This celebration has previously been held at St. Paul
Central High School, Concordia University-St. Paul, the Minnesota History Center
and Macalester College*. The event will be live-streamed at
wcco.com/live.
facebook.com/mnmlkholiday
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day March - YouTube St. Paul, MN, 2009
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2016
Martin Luther King - I Have A Dream Speech - August 28, 1963 (Full Speech) -
YouTube
Martin Luther King Jr I Have A Dream speech with text - YouTube
Martin Luther King leads a march through Selma, Alabama - YouTube
Presidential Proclamation -- Martin Luther King Jr.,
Federal Holiday, 2016 whitehouse.gov Jan. 15, 2016
joan
baez- WE SHALL OVERCOME- live1965 - YouTube
We
Shall Overcome - Pete Seeger - YouTube
We Shall Overcome - Wikipedia
Confederate flag's removal turns King Day into celebration
- Yahoo News#
Spike Lee, Jada Pinkett Smith to Boycott the 2016 Academy
Awards Over Lack of Diversity in Nominations - Yahoo
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50 years after 'Bloody Sunday,' see photos of Selma then
and now PBS, 03/07/2015
Video:
Obama speaks in Selma on 50th anniversary of civil rights marches
PBS, 03/07/2015
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SELMA, Ala. ‘Selma’ stars march in Alabama to honor MLK |
Herald Online Kim Chandler, AP, 01/18/2015
Bloody Sunday - Selma, Alabama - YouTube
Selma
(2014) - IMDb
Selma to Montgomery marches - Wikipedia
The legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. | AOL Features
Cover Story: “The Dream of Reconciliation” - The New
Yorker
A President and a King The New Yorker,
Jelani Cobb, Jan. 26, 2015 Issue
When Schools Stay Open on Martin Luther King Day - The
Atlantic Emily Richmond, 01/20/2014
Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. in Photos - The
Atlantic Alan Taylor, 01/19/2015
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - Bing Images
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2015 - Bing Images
Alabama
Martin Luther
King, Jr. Day (3rd Monday of January) January 19,
2015
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Martin Luther King, Jr. begins the march from Selma to
Montgomery - HISTORY March 21, 1965
Selma to Montgomery March - YouTube
Alabama |
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Presidents
Lyndon B. Johnson #36
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Martin
Luther King, Jr. Quotes - BrainyQuote
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January
15, 1929 Happy birthday Martin Luther KIng, Jr.!
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2016
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January
15, 1929 Happy birthday Martin Luther KIng, Jr.!
Martin Luther King Jr, Biography
Civil Rights Activist,
Minister
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Wikipedia
January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968
Martin Luther King Jr. - Black History - HISTORY.com
Martin Luther
King, Jr. Day (3rd Monday of January) January 19,
2015
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In remembrance of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. - The
Washington Post 01/20/2014
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Non-violence urged to honor his
memory (Chicago Tribute, 01/20/2014)
Martin Luther King: Social media brand fails
(Chicago Tribute, 01/20/2014)
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - Wikipedia
50th Anniversary March on Washington August 28, 2013
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Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the March on
Washington - The Washington Post
Marchers mark 50 years since King's 'Dream' speech -
slideshow
FULL:
President Obama Speech at 50th Anniversary of March on Washington, Pays Tribute
to MLK - YouTube
Obama embodies King's dream and his struggle - Yahoo! News
| Live News
Stream ABC Live Streaming Video - ABC News
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50 years later, thousands retrace March on Washington
|
Thousands march to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr.'s
'Dream' (Chicago Tribune) |
Thousands pack D.C. to commemorate 1963 march
50th Anniversary March on Washington 50th Anniversary March on Washington
| NAACP National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Presidential Proclamation -- 50th Anniversary of the March
on Washington for Jobs and Freedom The White House
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For Obama, 50 years after historic march, economic
equality the path to racial justice - The Washington Post
50th Anniversary March on Washington
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom - Wikipedia
Bill Clinton: Be inspired by March on Washington
(USA Today) |
One Dream – 50th Anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s I
Have a Dream Speech Time.com
March on Washington — History.com Articles, Video,
Pictures and Facts
Martin Luther King, Jr. "I Have a Dream" speech
videos (August 28, 1963, Washington,
D.C.)
:
1
1418 130404 "We Heard" on MPR on April 3, 2013
Martin Luther King Jr. - I've Been to the Mountaintop (Last Speech; Assassinated
Next Day) - YouTube
On April 3, 1968,
Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his last speech, “I've Been to the Mountaintop” in
Memphis, Tennessee.
“Because I've been to the mountaintop... And I've seen the Promised Land. I may
not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people,
will get to the Promised Land... Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of
the Lord.”
The next day (April 4, 1968), he was
assassinated in Memphis.
I've Been to the Mountaintop - Wikipedia
The Murder of Martin Luther King Jr.
(ABC)
October 16, 2011 Dedication
of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, Washington, D.C.
Washington Post |
Reuters
President Obama
at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Dedication: "We Will Overcome"
Remarks by the President at the
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Dedication
The
dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial was
originally scheduled for August 28, 2011, the 48th
anniversary of the "I Have a Dream" speech, but was postponed
due to Hurricane Irene. The MLK Memorial opened
to the public on August 22, 2011.
Martin
Luther King, Jr. Memorial, D.C.
The Memorial will be dedicated on
Sunday,
August 28, 2011.
The dedication coincides
with the 48th anniversary of the March on Washington and King’s “I
Have a Dream” speech, delivered at the Lincoln Memorial*.
The
figure of Dr. King was sculpted by renowned artist Master Lei Yixin:
1
|
2 |
3 (w/ a video)
Believe it or not, we were very fortunate to talk with Master
Lei Yixin while he
participated in the
Minnesota Rocks!
International Stone Carving Symposium (May 22 - June 30,
2006), St. Paul, MN.
Build the Dream
(Washington D.C. Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial)
|
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Park Legacy Improvements
(Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board)
*
Sabrina Tavernise (New York Times): “King memorial opens on National Mall”,
St. Paul Pioneer Press,
August 23, 2011.
新しく完成したMartin Luther King, Jr. メモリアルにある
Martin Luther King, Jr. 博士の像は、有名な中国の彫刻家
Lei Yixin
さんにより造られました。私たち、幸運にも彼に会ったことがあります。
Martin Luther King, Jr. "I Have a Dream" speech
videos (August 28, 1963, Washington,
D.C.)
:
1
Martin Luther King.
Jr. Memorial photos August 28, 2011
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day March 2010
photos
Groundbreaking Ceremony of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial
くわ入れ式
Nov. 13, 2006
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2004 photos
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2003 photos
April 4, 1968
Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot dead in Memphis,
Tennessee (TN).
Biography |
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c. February
1818 Happy birthday
Frederick Douglass!
Biography.com
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass - From Slave to Abolitionist - YouTube
Frederick Douglass - Wikipedia
c. February 1818 –
February 20, 1895, an African-American social reformer, abolitionist,
orator, writer, and
statesman. After escaping
from
slavery in Maryland, he
became a national leader of the
abolitionist movement
from Massachusetts and New York, gaining note for his dazzling oratoryand
incisive antislavery writings. He stood as a living counter-example to
slaveholders' arguments that slaves lacked the intellectual capacity to function
as independent American citizens...
Aboard the Underground Railroad-- Boston African American
NHS
Circle of Hope
Civil Rights Activists
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Marylander Harriet Tubman honored with Google Doodle
(Baltimore Sun, Carrie Wells, 02/01/2014)
The Underground Railroad is just part of the story: 9
facts about black history in the Tri-State (WCPO, Roxanna
Swift, 02/01/2014)
Harriet Tubman Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story -
Biography.com
Harriet Tubman - Wikipedia
c. 1822 – March 10, 1913, an
African-American
abolitionist,
humanitarian, and, during
the
American Civil War, a
Union
spy. Born into
slavery, Tubman escaped
and subsequently made some thirteen missions to rescue approximately seventy
enslaved families and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and
safe houses known as the
Underground Railroad....
Black History Month - Wikipedia
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad Video -
America The Story of Us - HISTORY.com
The Underground Railroad - National Geographic Education
Underground Railroad - Wikipedia
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April 5, 1856
Happy birthday Booker T. Washington!
Biography.com Booker T. Washington: Educator, Civil Rights
Activist
History and Mission | Tuskegee University
Alabama
Booker T. Washington - Wikipedia
April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915, an
American educator, author, orator, and advisor to presidents of the United
States. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the dominant leader in the
African-American
community.
Washington was from the last generation of black American leaders born
into slavery and became the leading voice of the former slaves and their
descendants. They were newly oppressed in the South by
disenfranchisement and
the
Jim Crow discriminatory
laws enacted in the post-Reconstruction
Southern states in the late 19th and early 20th centuries....
Civil Rights Activists |
Virginia
10933 160229 February 23, 1868
Happy birthday W. E. B. Du Bois!
Biography.com
W. E. B. Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois - Wikipedia
February 23, 1868 – August 27,
1963, an American
sociologist,
historian,
civil rights activist,
Pan-Africanist, author,
and editor....
Civil Rights Activists
Montgomery Bus Boycott - Black History - HISTORY.com
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February 4, 1913 Happy birthday Rosa Parks!
Biography.com Rosa
Parks - Civil Rights Activist, videos
From
The Rosa Parks Story: "Arrested" - YouTube
Roasa Parks Part 1 - YouTube
Rosa
Parks Part 2 - YouTube
Rosa Parks - Wikipedia February 4, 1913 –
October 24, 2005, an
African American civil rights
activist, whom the
United States Congress
called "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom
movement".
Rosa Parks Day - Wikipedia
Rosa Parks |
Martin Luther King Jr.
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March 24, 1912 Happy birthday
Dorothy Height!
This Day in History March 24 - Coin World
a video
8827 150324 March 24, 1912 Happy birthday
Dorothy Height!
Happy Birthday Dr. Dorothy Irene Height! District of
Columbia Public Library
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March 24, 1912
DOROTHY IRENE HEIGHT ‘Godmother of the civil-rights
movement’ was a portrait in powerful change. Google Doodle salutes her
accordingly. - “stop
worrying about whose name gets in the paper ... " video (Washington Post,
Michael Cavna, 03/24/2014)
Dorothy Height Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story -
Biography.com
Dorothy Height - Wikipedia
March 24, 1912 – April 20, 2010,
an
American
administrator and
educator, was a
civil rights and
women's rights
activist specifically
focused on the issues of African-American women, including unemployment,
illiteracy, and voter awareness. She was the president of the
National Council of Negro Women
for forty years and was awarded the
Presidential Medal of Freedom
in 1994 and the congressional
Congressional Gold Medal
in 2004. ...
Women's Rights |
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Martin Luther King, Jr. (see above)
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April 4, 1928 Happy
birthday
Maya Angelou!
Biography.com
Maya Angelou
Maya
Angelou Reciting her Poem "On the Pulse of Morning" - YouTube
at Clinton's 1993 inauguration
Biography.com Beyond Words: National
Poetry Month & Maya Angelou
I
know why the caged birds sing of Maya Angelou - YouTube
Maya
Angelou - I know why the Caged Bird Sings - YouTube
Caged Bird by Maya Angelou - The Poetry Foundation
Maya Angelou - Wikipedia
April 4, 1928 – May 28,
2014, an
American poet, memoirist,
and
civil rights activist.
...
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Wikipedia
Civil Rights | Poets
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