Martin Luther King
The Martin Luther King Day Holiday is not just a day off, but it’s a day on…on purpose and on a mission to help others. Here’s some info on a local coat drive. Please take the time to go through your closets and donate a few coats. Your donation will be a blessing to someone […]
Have you ever thought about what it would be like if Barack Obama and Martin Luther King sat down at the table and wrote a speech together? King talked about dreams and how one day his kids could be free of racism and hatred. Obama talks about hope and how change won’t be easy, but without […]
From everyone at Radio One Philadelphia, we want to wish Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. a happy birthday. His legacy will live on with us forever! Help RNBPHILLY Get To 50,000 Likes!
By The Rev. MARTIN LUTHER KING Jr. Aug. 28, 1963 I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand signed the Emancipation Proclamation. […]
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, it’s fitting to announce that the civil rights leader himself was voted the most influential black American leader. TheGrio asked 25 academics, artists, and activists to rank a list of 170 black leaders, and the website calculated the top 25: Martin Luther King, Jr.: The clear top choice, the […]
On Friday February 26th, President Obama renewed the executive order that assists historically black colleges. See what he had to say here.
On July 2, 1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act. See his remarks on this historic day here.
On October 1, 1962 James Meredith became the first African American student to enroll at the University of Mississippi. See the historical footage from this day here.
Carl Stokes pictured left was the First African American Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, as well as the first African American Mayor of a major city. Check out our gallery of other African American political firsts.
There are several African Americans that have made strides for us in media, check out this gallery that pays tribute to a few of those people.
In the last administration Condoleeza Rice held it down in the fore front for the African American community, in the Obama Administration African Americans have much more representation. Take a look at the group of African Americans in the Obama Administration.
On January 19, 2008 President Barack Obama had the privilege to speak at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, where the late great Dr. King started his ministry. See that inspiring speech in full here.
