Dozens of people looked on as Bernice King and Martin Luther King III remembered their father, who was killed by an assassin’s bullet 40 years ago.The siblings were joined by Martin Luther King III’s wife, Arndrea, who is expecting the couple’s first child in May. The three placed a wreath at the tomb where Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, are buried.
Afterwards, they held hands and prayed for several moments, then posed for photographs for the crowd and media.
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And from Rep. John Lewis on Anniversary of King Assassination at Moore’s Ford Annual Commemoration
In July 1946, two African American couples were driving through Monroe, Georgia, pulled from their car by a mob of 12 to 15 unmasked men, shot hundreds of times, and killed. Then they were hung from nearby trees. One of the victims, Dorothy Malcolm, was seven months pregnant. No one has ever been prosecuted for these crimes. Annually a group of activists, organizations, and elected officials acknowledge the senseless deaths of these young citizens.
This year, they will simultaneously commemorate the legacy and the death of Martin Luther King, Jr., also killed by an assassin’s bullet, to raise awareness for the continuing need for prosecution of these and hundreds of other unsolved civil rights cases.
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(Jules on
Apr 4, 2008 3:44 PM)John “W” McSame voted against the MLK federal Holiday legislation.
More over at KOS.
http://www.dailykos.comw/ video of him saying he didn’t the murder of Dr. King was significant.
WTF?
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