In a Washington Post article, dated March 30, 2007, headlines read, “Fenty Tries to Sway Key Bush Aide.” The article went on to say that Mayor Adrian M. Fenty met with White House Chief of Staff, Joshua Bolten, for 45 minutes yesterday but made little progress in the city’s push for full voting rights in [...]
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience , but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy”. –Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The local newspaper carries pages and pages of the “Fallen” a few times a month. As the war rages on in [...]
“We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobile rather than by the quality of our service and relationship to mankind.” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
In the United States of America a little boy died long before his time, not because he had some dreaded [...]
“Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.” - ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’ Why We Can’t Wait 1963.
The fighting continues and there seems to be no end in sight. The rockets, bombs and gun fire have drowned out the voice of [...]
“Nonviolent action, the Negro saw, was the way to supplement, not replace, the progress of change. It was the way to divest himself of passivity without arraying himself in vindictive force.” –Martin Luther King, Jr., Wall Street Journal, November 13, 1962.
The Middle East continues to be a hot bed of violence and constant [...]
“Man was born into barbarism when killing his fellow man was a normal condition of existence. He became endowed with a conscience. And he has now reached the day when violence toward another human being must become as abhorrent as eating another’s flesh.” - Martin Luther King, Jr., Nobel Prize acceptance speech, [...]
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
There was simply nothing more important to Dr. King and his followers than a guarantee that African Americans would be able to participate in the political decision-making agenda of our nation by being allowed to vote. [...]
“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.”
In a time of war every country must stand at the ready to defend itself. Diplomacy and peacemaking efforts should always be the first course of action. However, we have [...]
“Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.”
Dr. King had very high hopes for the youth of America and the youth of the world. He dreamed of young people having an oasis of freedom, justice and equality where their living would be a vehicle to propel the nation [...]
Crime in the nation’s capital is at an all time high. The newspapers are carrying front line stories about murder in Washington. There are few things that happen in Washington that escape the front pages of major news outlets because after all it is the nation’s capital, the heartbeat and the pulse of [...]