This photo provided by Armstrong Williams shows Senate Judiciary Chairman Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., posing for a photo with Coretta Scott King, widow of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. and then Thurmond staffer Armstrong Williams, right, in this undated photo. A letter sent by Coretta Scott King saying Jeff Sessions would be a bad choice for a lifetime federal judgeship is receiving new attention after Sen. Elizabeth Warren was rebuked Feb. 7, 2017, for quoting King’s letter on the Senate floor.
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Silencing of Warren throws Senate into turmoil
Democratic senators fighting to derail Jeff Sessions’ nomination as attorney general repeatedly challenged Republicans Wednesday by reading aloud from a critical letter from Martin Luther King Jr.’s widow, a day after the Republicans silenced Sen. Elizabeth Warren for doing the same. Warren was ordered to sit down Tuesday night, throwing the Senate into turmoil as it headed for Wednesday night’s vote on the Alabama senator.
Paying Tribute To Congressman John Lewis In The Face Of Trump’s Travesty
Not long after we sang, “If I Had a Hammer” and “Blowing In the Wind,” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. took the stage to deliver his “I Have a Dream” speech. Mary took my hand and whispered to me, “Peter, we are watching history being made.”
We will always remember Barack Obama
The straight line rang at 3:00 pm in the White House. The president reached over to answer.
Donald Trump, in flap with civil rights icon, meets with MLKa s son
Martin Luther King III, son of Martin Luther King Jr. speaks to members of the media following a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower in New York, Monday. NEW YORK >> Days before taking office, President-elect Donald Trump attempted to navigate the fallout of his flap with a civil rights leader and colleague of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. while also losing a member of his incoming administration to accusations of plagiarism.
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Boris Epshteyn, the communications director for the Presidential Inaugural Committee, told Breitbart News Sunday on SiriusXM Patriot Channel 125 this weekend that “things are shaping up wonderfully” ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Donald J. Trump, the incoming 45th President of the United States of America. Throughout the Sunday evening interview, Epshteyn sounded a tone of unifying the country-all people nationwide-behind the new President.
The Latest: Detroit bicyclists mark MLK Day holiday
President-elect Donald Trump is calling on Americans to honor Martin Luther King Jr. for “all of the many wonderful things that he stood for.” Trump, who is scheduled to meet with King’s son later in the day, may be trying to put behind him the controversy over his criticism of John Lewis, a black congressman and civil rights icon.
On King day, Trump meets with Martin Luther King III
Donald Trump will mark the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday Monday by meeting with the son of the civil rights icon. On King day, Trump meets with Martin Luther King III Donald Trump will mark the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday Monday by meeting with the son of the civil rights icon.
On the eve of MLK weekend, Obama protects 3 civil rights sites as national monuments
On Thursday evening, in the lead-up to the holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr., President Barack Obama announced the designation of three new national monuments to preserve important places in civil rights history. In the same move, the president also expanded two national monuments in California and Oregon, permanently protecting 47,000 additional acres of land.
GA Congressman Sanford Bishop keynote speaker at MLK event
PHENIX CITY, AL Georgia Congressman Sanford Bishop made a stop in the Chattahoochee Valley Saturday as he was the keynote speaker at a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration event. Bishop, a U.S. representative for Georgia’s 2nd congressional district, was the keynote speaker at the Community of Concerned Clergy’s “Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration” in Phenix City, Alabama.
GA Congressman Sanford Bishop keynote speaker at MLK event
PHENIX CITY, AL Georgia Congressman Sanford Bishop made a stop in the Chattahoochee Valley Saturday as he was the keynote speaker at a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration event. Bishop, a U.S. representative for Georgia’s 2nd congressional district, was the keynote speaker at the Community of Concerned Clergy’s “Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration” in Phenix City, Alabama.