Washington, DC – Harry E. Johnson, Sr. president and CEO of the Washington DC Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, Inc. released the following statement about Dedication Day. ” In consultation with the National Park Service, the Mayor’s office and FEMA, it is with a heavy heart and enormous disappointment that we announce […]
Women’s Equality Day – What the heck do I tell my daughter? – #HERvotes Blog Carnival
By Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner – Today is Women’s Equality Day. At the center of my mind is: What the heck do I tell my daughter? How do I tell my daughter about the fact that despite many gains made for women’s (and mothers’) equality, women still don’t earn equal pay for equal work? Women now make, […]
Patent Attorney Curtis Edmonson to Argue Precedent Setting Case for Cannabis Activist to Change his Name to NJWeedman.com
Los Angeles – On August 26, 2011, nationally known patent attorney Curtis Edmonson of Beaverton, Oregon will argue a momentous case (Trial Court Case: LS020013 / Court of Appeal Case: B227341) in the California Appellate Court on behalf of the equally well known activist, Ed Forchion aka NJWeedman.COM. The parameters of this case just might […]
Alpha Phi Alpha Brother Brings Dream of King Memorial to Life
Marc H. Morial (To Be Equal #34) – On August 28th, the forty-eighth anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s historic “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial will become the first on the National Mall in Washington, DC to honor a person of color, a non-president […]
Unfinished Business: Let’s Get Busy!
By Melanie L. Campbell – The passage of the 19th amendment in 1920 was a seminal moment in the women’s rights movement. A diverse coalition of women, including Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Sojourner Truth, Ida B. Wells, and others, won the right to vote for women. But, when African American women showed up to […]
Global Strategist & Partnership Guru, Ivy McGregor, Announces Book Release & Birthday Soiree in the Nation’s Capital
Washington, DC – Entrepreneur, author, world renowned strategist — Ivy McGregor announces the release of her second book IV:Life in conjunction with her birthday celebration at the newly opened 901 Restaurant & Bar on August 27th. The two-fold celebration’s exclusive invitation only list extends to corporate executives, celebrities, political figures, other VIP guests, close friends […]
The Miseducation of an American Treasure – By Carl D. West
After having some extended conversations and looking at the REAL life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr over the last few weeks, and not the commercial version of this incredibly gifted, thoughtful, compassionate, concerned and giving soul of a man, I’ve come to some serious conclusions about America and my people (Black people). America or […]
A Dream Both Realized and Deferred – by Julianne Malveaux
If one were to look up “tenacity” in a dictionary, one might well simply search for logo of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, or a photograph of the MLK Memorial Foundation’s Executive Director Harry Johnson, Sr.. In 1984, the men of Alpha Phi Alpha proposed a national memorial to Dr. King, and they continued to push […]
Morehouse College Celebrates the Unveiling of the National Monument of Martin Luther King Jr.
Atlanta – When tens of thousands of Americans converge on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on August 28, for the unveiling of the Martin Luther King Jr. national memorial, it will be a very proud moment for Morehouse College and thousands of her alumni. King’s alma mater will mark the occasion with celebrations of […]