King monument didn’t come cheap, thanks to King family
On the eve of this weekend’s dedication, a reminder of the King kin’s greed (originally posted 4/17/09): A few years back they sold their father’s words and image to a [...]
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The most important dinner in Atlanta’s history
In 1965, a coalition of Atlanta’s political, religious and cultural leaders organized a banquet to honor a native son, the city’s first Nobel Prize winner. The integrated affair was not [...]
Replacing King with a crook
I don’t suspect sinister motives in the decision to move the portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. to make room for Gov. Hogg’s portrait, but the symbolism stinks as bad [...]
a new low for king kin
A few years back they sold their father’s words and image to a communications company — “I have a dream … that everyone will use Cingular wirless service.” This is [...]
“if you make a dollar, we should make a dime”
Zealous guardians of his words and his likeness, the family of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is demanding a share of the proceeds from the sudden wave of T-shirts, [...]
scenes from the mountaintop
Martin Luther King Jr.’s home church, Ebenezer Baptist in Atlanta, reacts to Obama’s victory:
mlk’s final speech
Commemorating the 40th anniversary of his assassination, Memphis magazine has a timeline of the last “31 hours, 28 minutes” of Martin Luther King Jr.’s life, including this passage about his [...]
