Martin Luther King Jr.

By Drew Grant 1/21 11:01am

To Do Monday: Songs for MLK

Martin Luther King Jr. Day isn’t just a national holiday; it’s a time for celebrating the life and accomplishments of the civil rights leader. This evening, take a respite from the daily grind and go relax to some tunes at the Upper West Side’s Symphony Space, where performers like Grammy Award-winning Catherine Russell & Her Band, Liberty City’s April Yvette Thompson, pianist/composer Anthony Coleman, Anthony Russell and klezmer clarinetist Michael Winograd will be honoring Martin Luther King Jr. with a night full of music. We can’t wait to see how that klezmer clarinet fits into the program. Read More

By Andrew Russeth 9/06/11 2:17pm

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MLK Monument Architect Defends Paraphrased Quotation

Though poet Maya Angelou has argued that an inscription on the side of the recently unveiled, poorly reviewed Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C., makes the civil-rights leader “look like an arrogant twit,” the monument’s architect has told The Washington Post that the controversial quotation will stay.

The line in Read More

By Azi Paybarah 4/04/11 9:21pm

Roundup: Moving KSM Trial, Redacting NYRA

MLK: Where were you when he died? [Atlanta Journal-Constitution]

2012: “[T]hree of the last seven presidential elections swung by third-party candidates who were in the race mainly as acts of self-flattery.” [Gregg Easerbrook]

KSM: Not being tried in NY. [New York Post]

KSM: Bloomberg applauds the move. [Javier Read More

By Jeremy B. White 1/14/11 1:57pm

Step Aside MLK

City Council Members Join Clergy in Calling for Living Wage

Nearly half a century ago, Martin Luther King used the pulpit to issue a far-reaching call for social justice. Clergy and public officials laid claim to this legacy at the Convent Avenue Baptist Church last night, where they enjoined the city council to pass a bill guaranteeing a living wage for employees of development projects Read More

By Steve Cohen 6/23/09 8:49pm

The Impact of Technology on Political Communication

Watching the mass impulse toward democracy in Iran over the past week has been alternately inspiring and terrifying. The power and clumsiness of the state never fails to scare me and the courage and intensity of the public in the street continues to inspire. Something is different about political participation in these early years of Read More

By Azi Paybarah 1/23/09 9:45pm

Bloomberg’s Footage and MLK’s Cloud

Michael Bloomberg has been posting footage from his public events on his new YouTube channel, including this one today, which, if I’m not mistaken, is slightly edited.

The video is from a January 19 breakfast in Harlem that Bloomberg hosted in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

At the event, Bloomberg spoke about Read More

By Azi Paybarah 1/19/09 5:00pm

Dinkins on Supporting Today’s Obamas

Former mayor David Dinkins, like almost everyone other political figure in New York, endorsed Hillary Clinton over Barack Obama during the presidential primary.

But at a breakfast in Harlem this morning honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Dinkins praised Obama.

“I think it is important to recognize that unfortunately we do live Read More

By Azi Paybarah 1/19/09 4:39pm

Paterson’s Positive M.L.K. Day Message

In a web video posted today, David Paterson discusses Martin Luther King, Jr. and Barack Obama.

"Only a charlatan would believe that we have not come a long way in race relations in this country,” Paterson says,

By Azi Paybarah 1/19/09 4:17pm

Bloomberg on Not Endorsing for President, Not Filing a Campaign Expense Report

This morning Michael Bloomberg hosted a breakfast in Harlem in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr., where he said improving public education is the civil rights struggle of our time.

Then, after listening to a few speeches, Bloomberg walked into another room to answer questions from reporters, positioning himself in front of a picture Read More

By Katharine Jose 4/04/08 7:18pm

McCain on the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday

Here’s John McCain talking to the press on his campaign plane about why he voted against a national holiday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. “I had not really been involved in the issue,” McCain says (numerous times), while also adding that he later fought for recognition of the holiday in Arizona, one of Read More

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To Do Monday: Songs for MLK

MLK Monument Architect Defends Paraphrased Quotation

Roundup: Moving KSM Trial, Redacting NYRA

City Council Members Join Clergy in Calling for Living Wage

The Impact of Technology on Political Communication

Bloomberg’s Footage and MLK’s Cloud

Dinkins on Supporting Today’s Obamas

Paterson’s Positive M.L.K. Day Message

Bloomberg on Not Endorsing for President, Not Filing a Campaign Expense Report

McCain on the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday

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