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16 Hospital Employees With Criminal Pasts Suspended
Sixteen employees at Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital 's outpatient clinic have been suspended after it was discovered they had serious crimes in their past, including at least one rape, or had lied about ...
Airport May Be Named After Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth
Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth in WCPO interview A civil rights leader with local ties will be honored in Alabama.
Birmingham votes to rename airport for King aide - AP
Directors voted Wednesday to rename the airport in this once-strictly segregated city for a civil rights leader who staged demonstrations alongside the Rev.
Report: LA hospital workers had criminal records
Some employees of troubled Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital had criminal records they never reported and were not properly disciplined when Los Angeles County managers discovered their histories months ...
In King's Atlanta, Pieces of a Legacy
ATLANTA, Ga. -- Fresh grass, polished stone and cheery park rangers greet more than half a million tourists annually who visit a small neighborhood here to view the grave of Martin Luther King Jr.
King Boulevard Anniversary Celebration Scheduled
A two-day celebration of the first anniversary of the renaming of Twin City streets for slain civil rights leader Dr.
King family suit sends the dream off course
A dream gone awry is all I could think when reading news that the children of civil rights icons Martin Luther King Jr.
The deal to bring the $32 million Martin Luther King Jr. Collection back to the national icon's hometown was put together in 11 days - a feat that set an ambitious bar.
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MLK's kids sue brother, father's estate
The children of civil rights icons Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King appear to be tangled in a legal squabble - against each other.
CNN Re-airs Two Year Old Glowing Look at Jackson, No Mention of ‘Hymietown’
Thursday's "Newsroom" program on CNN, in a report promoted to be about how "controversial comments are nothing new to Jesse Jackson," was actually a retrospective from two years ago that largely glowed about ...
Cosby coming to Peoria for King luncheon
Bill Cosby, whose career has spanned comedy, acting and in recent years social commentary, was formally announced today as featured speaker at the 17th annual Dr.
Obama evokes Martin Luther King Jr. as he seeks 'mandate for change' in Georgia
Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama said Monday he doesn't just want to win the White House -- he wants a mandate.
This 'Green Brotha' Going to Chicago
The Los Angeles Times published a timely editorial this week on the disgraceful handling of the mess at Martin Luther King/Harbor Hospital in Watts.
Two years ago, in the midst of a competitive Senate race in Maryland, the National Black Republican Association went to work in support of Lt.
Learning from a death in Brooklyn
On June 19, surveillance cameras in a Brooklyn, N.Y., mental ward captured shocking images of a woman collapsing on the floor and lying there, untended by hospital workers, for an hour.
Community keeps Martin Luther King Jr.'s memory alive through annual parade, picnic
In Alliance, marchers paid tribute to Martin Luther King Jr., including these percussionists in the Triple TRC Drum Squad.
Tape Shows King-Harbor Staff Ignoring Dying Patient
It made news around the world, hard evidence of an American public hospital's indifference to a dying patient.
Black Republican group uses MLK to promote itself
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A black Republican group has put up billboards in Florida and South Carolina saying the Rev.
City hires engineer for rehabilitation of M.L. King Jr. Viaduct
It seems that the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Viaduct project has an engineer. The Alliance Board of Control, consisting of Mayor Toni Middleton and Safety-Service Director John Blaser, unanimously approved a ...
Rosa Parks memorabilia to be auctioned
The hat she wore Dec. 1, 1955, when she touched off the 381-day Montgomery bus boycott.