Did you know that you could support Dr. King’s dream with every Internet search you do? The Washington, DC Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation has now made this possible with the creation of the MLK Toolbar! Every time you perform a search using the MLK toolbar, five cents will be donated to [...]
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US Presidential candidates mark King anniversary
While US Presidential candidates mark King anniversary, I recall 1998..
Twenty years protesting outside the Lorraine Motel
By my reckoning Jacqueline Smith has been protesting outside the Lorraine Motel, where Dr Martin Luther King was assassinated, for 20 years now, having begun in January 1988.
Not all local residents think it’s cool, as a recent comment on this blog argued:
“I live less than 2 few blocks away from the site. She’s still [...]
MLK Day 2008
In our special broadcast from Memphis, we speak with former sanitation worker and union leader Taylor Rogers and community organizers in Memphis who led a local black power group called the Invaders. Charles Cabbage and Coby Smith were working with Dr. King to organize the march in Memphis in support of the sanitation workers..
Outsourcing of King to China opposition grows
The protest against the selection of a Chinese artist – instead of an African American – as the point person on the Dr. Martin Luther King Memorial project has picked up a new soldier: the California branch of the NAACP, says a BET.com report..
MLK Memorial completes in 2009, not 2008
Just one point of correction to some reports on the memorial build; it is now scheduled to be completed in 2009, not in time for the 40th anniversary of King’s death in 2008. A spokesperson told me: ” Unfortunately, with these types of monumental endeavors, the time line can be tricky. There are a lot [...]
Could Lord Attenborough help the MLK National Memorial Project Foundation?
Lord Richard Attenborough appeared in front of me today on TV at the Nelson Mandela statue event in Parliament Square, London.
Funny how he disappears out of sight for a while, and now he’s back with today’s event, and then I’m sure for the 10th anniversary memorial for the Princess of Wales. The Richard Attenborough [...]
Outsourcing Dr. King to China?
Looks like there’s some controversy (for example in the The Gibson Report posting of 27 August) bubbling up about the awarding of the contract to a Chinese sculpture for the main piece for the MLK Memorial in Washington, DC. I guess from an objective level it also raises interesting issues about best outsourcing practice, especially [...]
MLK Washington Memorial Road Block
“Before we can start construction, we must actually move West Basin Road to make room for the Memorial. This is a major project that costs $4 Million. The Foundation is challenging supporters of the Memorial to raise $250,000 of that online, and has set an urgent deadline of raising the first $50,000 during the month [...]
What did I learn from MLK work?
Yesterday, as I wrote, I was like the guy who did the Zodiac case, also involved in a case to a much, much, much lesser degree - the MLK case.
A few things I learned from that creative process - a lot is kinda ’social complexity’ based :
1. Difference between integration and co-existence.2. If someone [...]