Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Meet four local artists on the road to stardom...youth have claimed is a term of endearment. He holds a bachelor's degree in marketing from Morehouse College in Atlanta, joining graduates such as Spike Lee and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Until this spring, Champain work ed in the... In this article: Dave Stone, Virginia Beach, Morehouse College, and MySpace |
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CNN | October 17, 2009
All-male college cracks down on cross-dressing
...the college. Bynum said the policy comes from the vision of the college's president, who wants the institution to create leaders like notable graduates Martin Luther King Jr., actor Samuel Jackson and film director Spike Lee. Senior Cameron...
In this article: Morehouse College, William Bynum, American college, Samuel Jackson, Spike Lee, and Atlanta, Georgia
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The Daily Beast - Blogs and Stories | October 20, 2009
Morehouse College's Gay Travesty
...week the historically black college banned crossdressing. Elizabeth Gates on why the decision disgraces a school that once groomed iconoclasts like Spike Lee and Martin Luther King. Atlanta might have one of the largest, most colorful gay...
In this article: Morehouse College, Spelman College, Spike Lee, Martin Luther King, Boston, God, Surgery, and Harvard Law School
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AllHipHop.com - News | October 25, 2009
New Morehouse College Policy Bans Sagging
...the next generation of Morehouse graduates live up to the schoola s legacy, as seen in notable alumni such as Martin Luther King, Jr, Spike Lee, Samuel Jackson, Maynard Jackson, and Saul Williams. While acknowledging student reaction has...
In this article: Morehouse College, Naughty by Nature, Samuel Jackson, Saul Williams, Maynard Jackson, Spike Lee, and Martin Luther King, Jr
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Reuters | February 15, 2009
Recession hits black colleges hard
...according to government figures. Many boast a tradition of promoting black leadership: civil rights leader Martin Luther King and film maker Spike Lee attended Morehouse College in Atlanta. Educator Booker T. Washington founded...
In this article: Spelman College, Recession, Barack Obama, United States, Clark Atlanta University, and Atlanta
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NPR | August 21, 2009
Obama Visit Builds On Vineyard's Historic Legacy
The Vineyard has long been a retreat for the rich and famous, and it has an especially rich past among prominent African-Americans, including Martin Luther King Jr., Paul Robeson, Spike Lee and Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. "I...
In this article: Barack Obama, Martha's Vineyard, Oak Bluffs, Civil War, Ocean Park, Methodists, Martha, Harvard, and Henry Louis Gates Jr.
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L.A. Times - College Football | September 28, 2008
Prairie View A & M defeats Morehouse College, 28-17 - Los Angeles Times
...improved to 4-0. Morehouse fell to 3-2. Morehouse, located in Atlanta, was founded in 1867 and boasts among its alumni the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., actor Samuel L. Jackson and director Spike Lee. Prairie View A&M, situated outside...
In this article: Morehouse College, Prairie View A&M, Los Angeles Times, Panthers, Ohio State, and Fox Sports
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The State | July 06, 2009
Questions without answers: ‘Do the Right Thing’ still resonates
..."I don't even call it violence when it's self-defense; I call it intelligence. " "It got misconstrued that it had to be either Dr. King or Malcolm," Lee said. "It was never meant to be that you had to pick one or the other. These are the two...
In this article: Spike Lee, Do the Right Thing, Radio Raheem, Brooklyn, Barack Obama, Driving Miss Daisy, and Malcolm X
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Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, activist and prominent leader in the African-American civil rights movement. His main legacy was to secure progress on civil rights in the United States and he is frequently referenced as a human rights icon today.
A Baptist minister, King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957, serving as its first president.
King's efforts led to the 1963 March on Washington, where King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. There, he raised public consciousness of the civil rights movement and established himself as one of the greatest orators in U.S. history.
In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other non-violent means. By the time of his death in 1968, he had refocused his efforts on ending poverty and opposing the Vietnam War, both from a religious perspective.
King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977 and Congressional Gold Medal in 2004; Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was established as a U.S. national holiday in 1986.
- Birth Date:
- January 15, 1929
- Birthplace:
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Death Date:
- April 04, 1968
- Place of Death:
- Memphis, Tennessee
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