Rethinking King
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- A King raised by wise men. Chapelle, Tony // Black Collegian;Jan/Feb93, Vol. 23 Issue 3, p140
Focusses on the student days of Martin Luther King Jr. Intellectual prodigy; Morehouse College; African-American male mentors; Morehouse college president Benjamin Mays; Reverend Joe Barbour; Ghandi's example of `non-violent resistance'; Crozer; Boston University; Coretta Scott; `The Purpose of...
- Timely leader. Haskins, Jim // Cobblestone;Feb1994, Vol. 15 Issue 2, p2
Asserts that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was the right man at the right time. The influence he exerted in the struggle for civil rights; His practice of the nonviolent principles of Mohandas Gandhi to attack the problem of racial segregation in the US; National Association for the Advancement of...
- Heeding the call. Childress, Diana // Cobblestone;Feb1994, Vol. 15 Issue 2, p10
Discusses the early life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. His family and home life; The closeness that characterized King's upbringing; His education; His decision to become a minister; Crozer Theological Seminary; Coretta Scott, who became his wife; Details.
- Friendship and betrayal. Williamson, A. // Essence (Essence);Jan1990, Vol. 20 Issue 9, p110
Opinion. Argues against the public clamor for gossip, fed recently by the Reverend Ralph Abernathy's account of Martin Luther King Jr.'s alleged private life, which the author says is distracting the nation's attention from civil rights issues.
- Statue of King erected in Kalamazoo, Mich. // Jet;10/23/89, Vol. 77 Issue 3, p38
Reports on the two-year effort by residents of Kalamazoo, Mich., that recently ended in the dedication of a bronze statue of the late Martin Luther King, Jr.
- The night Dr. King saved the lives of two white men. Johnson, R.E. // Jet;1/21/91, Vol. 79 Issue 14, p6
Relates an incident in 1956 when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. saved the lives of two white men, Montgomery, Ala. Mayor W.A. Gayle and Police Commissioner Clyde Sellers, who were investigating a bomb blast at King's home. The men were saved from angry mob that had gathered outside King's home.
- After 28 years, how much of Dr. King's dream has come true? // Jet;1/20/92, Vol. 81 Issue 13, p12
Presents comments by several black leaders on how much of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream, spoken about in his 1963 `I Have a Dream' speech, has come true 28 years later. Included are comments by his widow Coretta Scott King, Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder and Andrew Young, former...
- King family sues auction house for speech outline. // Jet;11/30/92, Vol. 83 Issue 6, p6
Announces that the estate of the slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is suing Superior Galleries, a Los Angeles auction house, for the six-page outline of a speech Dr. King delivered 26 years ago. Speech became a prelude to King's book `Where Do We Go From Here'; Speech traces...
- 25th anniversary of death of Martin Luther King, Jr. is observed across USA. // Jet;4/12/93, Vol. 83 Issue 24, p4
Recounts several of the observances held across the US to mark the 25th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on April 4, 1968. Ceremony at King's gravesite in Atlanta attended by his widow, Coretta Scott King, their children and others; Mrs. King's comments; Rally in...
- Coretta King disappointed; jury awards Boston Univ. early Dr. King manuscripts. // Jet;5/24/93, Vol. 84 Issue 4, p59
Presents comments from Coretta Scott King on the verdict of a Boston jury that decided the letters and early manuscripts of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. should remain the property of Boston University. Inability of King's estate to reach an accord for the possession of the letters; Legal...
