martin luther king jr

Today is a day to make you think. Today we honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He was a truly brilliant man. He saw for us a life without prejudice. While he may have been speaking during the era of the Civil Rights Movement, his words ring true, even today. His words are bigger than black & white.

Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, in which we're reminded about the late speaker's quest for civil rights equality.

Best known for her role as Whitley Gilbert on the 1987 'The Cosby Show' spinoff, 'A Different World', actress Jasmine Guy will make her way to Evansville on January 20th to serve as keynote speaker for the University of Southern Indiana's annual Martin Luther King, Jr. luncheon.

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the great Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech, and at the same time, our city is embroiled in what appears to be becoming a racial divide. As an Evansville citizen and as a mom in 2013, this makes me sad. Where is the tolerance? Where is the love of our fellow man? I would like to share with you how I taught my daughter to be accepting and tol

Sometime yesterday (Martin Luther King Day) a 22-year old video surfaced.  The video features a 12-year old Kanye West reciting a poem he had written about Dr. King, "Him Name Means Love."  Here is the footage:  

Today is a day to make you think. Today we honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He was a truly brilliant man. He saw for us a life without prejudice. While he may have been speaking during the era of the Civil Rights Movement, his words ring true, even today...

Today is the day that we stop and remember a man with a soul and spirit that was like no other. Today we celebrate a man of true vision, who saw for his children and our children a world without hate and prejudice. I hope that one day his vision can come true...

Giving a day of commemoration to one of the world's most instrumental civil rights leaders whose peaceful words and deeds contributed to a whole new understanding of equality and brotherhood seems like a no-brainer. Martin Luther King Day's history, however, was fraught with controversy and took years just to get on the federal government's official calendars.