Richmond Public Schools is hosting the 21st Annual Martin Luther king, Jr. Drill Meet today at the Arthur Ashe Center. The meet started at 7am and will run until 5pm. Some 1,500 Junior ROTC Cadets from Richmond, new York and South Carolina will be competiting. It is free and open to the public.
By Times Dispatch Staff OFFICES – Closed Monday. POSTAL SERVICE – Closed Monday; no delivery. State Government OFFICES – Closed today and Monday. DMV – Customer-service centers closed today and Monday. Richmond Area COUNTY, CITY OFFICES – Charles City, Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, New Kent and Powhatan closed today and Monday. Richmond closed Monday. COLLEGES […]
From TheGrio.com: African-American leaders denounced TV and radio pundit Glenn Beck’s Tea Party rally next month that will occur on the same date and at the same spot where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech nearly 50 years ago.
Via: www.newsone.com // From NPR.org: Organizations led by civil rights leaders Dorothy Height and Benjamin Hooks, who both died this month, were in the forefront of the fight for equal rights, but they are now struggling to stay relevant. And nowhere is that fight more evident than in the group founded by Martin Luther King […]
// Via: TimesDispatch.com By Karin Kapsidelis Photo credits: DEAN HOFFMEYER/TIMES-DISPATCH When the microphone went mute as the soloist sang “The Star-Spangled Banner,” not a word was lost as more than 1,000 voices spontaneously joined in to sing the anthem. That note of unity, struck yesterday at the Arthur Ashe Center, was picked up in events […]
Via: NewsOne.com // Today is Martin Luther King’s birthday. Today a horrific tragedy is going on in Haiti. While some men of the cloth are using the incident to spread their twisted world views, Martin surely would’ve used the occasion to spread wisdom and good will and encourage his fellow man to help out our […]
Via: HipHopWired.com Denver Public Schools experienced an onslaught of backlash after announcing that it would serve fried chicken and collard greens in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The school system claims that they wanted to serve the “southern style” meal to students to pay homage to the civil rights leader’s southern roots but […]
