Martin Luther King

Jan 13 2011

Celebrations around Los Angeles

January 14
Commemoration. Assemblyman Mike Davis hosts a Martin Luther King celebration from 6-9pm at the California African American Museum, 600 State Dr., L.A. The event will include an award ceremony honoring of new California State Attorney General, Kamala Harris. Free. Info: (213) 744-2111.

Give Life. The city of Lancaster is asking, residents to donate blood at the Antelope Valley Hospital, 8am to 1pm. For those in the Palmdale area, American Red Cross is also taking donors today from 1 to 7 pm.

January 15

Gregg Reese  |   OW Staff Writer
Jan 13 2011

Understanding how the church became a focal point

Marching ’round Selma like Jericho,
Jericho, Jericho
Marching ’round Selma like Jericho
For segregation wall must fall
Look at people answering
To the Freedom Fighters call
Black, Brown and White American say
Segregation must fall

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Aug 26 2010

A private, nonprofit hospital

LOS ANGELES - The reopening of Martin Luther King, Jr. Hospital moved a step closer to reality, after the state Assembly ensured Medi-Cal funding for the facility.

"With passage of AB 2599, I am pleased that the legislature has codified the state's commitment to the University of California and the county of Los Angeles to provide financial support for the hospital," said Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas.

Gregg Reese  |   OW Staff Writer
Jan 14 2010

America in the wake of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King

Yes, you can kill the dreamer. No, you can’t kill the dream. -Quote by the Dalai Lama

May 14 2009

Put Sterling’s NAACP Award on hold

The first page of the Constitution of the nation’s oldest, most venerable and respected civil right’s organization boldly states that it will wage a relentless fight to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of all citizens. During much of its century of existence, the NAACP has proudly and unambiguously done just that. It waged breath taking battles against economic and housing discrimination, racial slurs and defamation, and against poverty.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.

California
San Diego college students and volunteers will carry out their sixth home restoration project on Wednesday, July 10 through Sunday, July 14. as part of the “Healing our Heroes’ Homes” (H3) program created by the nonprofit Embrace. The five-day effort will take place at the home of medically retired Marine Corps Capt. Sarah Bettencourt. Bettencourt served with many different units across the country during the Global War on Terrorism and developed a rare neurological disorder in 2008. With a focus to restore the homes of disabled veteran homeowners, H3 falls in line with Embrace’s mission to mobilize college-student volunteers and community members to serve less fortunate members of civilian and veteran communities. The project for the Bettencourts’ home includes kitchen and bathroom remodeling, building ADA-compliant disability ramps, widening their driveway to ADA standards, widening doorways and landscaping.
 
District of Columbia
The 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival will showcase its five-year community research project on African American identity with the program “The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity.” This multicity collaboration examines the history and culture of the aesthetics of African Americans. The festival will be held June 26-30 and July 3-7, outdoors on the National Mall between Seventh and 14th streets. “Whether we realize it or not, we are all dress artists. The way we compose our look is a creative expression of our ideas about who we are and who we aspire to be,” said Diana N’Diaye, program curator. “This program explores the diversity of African American traditions of style, but also teaches young people the importance of documenting their own culture and saving that information for themselves and future generations.”