A Former Homeless Teen Is On His Way To College…On Scholarship!
This is not the story that you’ll see in mainstream media, but we’re sharing it here. Meet Drew Gooch, a Holloway High School senior in Murfreesboro, TN who is on his way to college after very rough beginnings. As told to the Daily Journal, Gooch says he’s basically been homeless and living on his own [...]
Georgia School Has First Integrated Prom: ‘We Are Living MLK’s Dream’
Is Dr. King’s dream only about black and white people attending a prom together? That’s the simple version. But it might be a first step toward something better. The governor or Georgia, Nathan Deal, isn’t willing to support the prom, but the kids are moving ahead anyway. Good for them. Just a few months [...]
“HELP SAVE OUR RACE” People Getting Invitations To Join The KKK
Things one might expect at the end of one’s driveway: a mailbox, garbage cans, a newspaper. Things one does not: a plastic bag weighed down with a rock, containing an invite from the Ku Klux Klan. But the latter is what Atlanta-area homeowners found on Monday morning, prompting one Newton resident to call the sheriff’s [...]
Civil Rights Icon To Deliver Obama’s Inauguration Invocation
Long-time civil rights activist Myrlie Evers-Williams will deliver the invocation at President Obama’s inauguration, the Presidential Inauguration Committee (PIC) announced Tuesday. We’ve also learned Beyonce will sing the National Anthem. As the widow of civil rights activist Medgar Evers, who was killed in his driveway in a racially charged murder in June 1963 in Jackson, [...]
Historical Ebenezer Church’s Pastor Calls Out Gingrich
During morning services at Ebenezer Baptist Church Sunday, attendees paid tribute to what would have been the 83rd birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. King, Jr served as co-pastor of Ebenezer from 1960 until is assassination on April 4, 1968. Reminiscing about MLK’s life and legacy, Senior Pastor Raphael Warnock also took [...]
Martin L. King Jr. Brotherhood Awards: Ryan Mack
Name: Ryan Mack Age: 32 City of Residence: New York Occupation: Financial Adviser His Work: Mack facilitates economic empowerment and financial literacy through national workshops and programs. His Brotherly Walk With Dr. King: There is a reason I was inspired to create a national 13-city tour called “Less Talk…More Action,” which looks to [...]
Primetime Special “Oprah And The Legendary Cast Of ‘Roots’ 35 Years Later” Airing On OWN In January
Coming in January, the OWN network will be airing the special event Oprah And The Legendary Cast Of ‘Root’ 35 Years Later in honor of the anniversary of the groundbreaking series. According to a press release, the program will offer…”an intimate reflection on the historic television miniseries based on Alex Haley’s novel which debuted in [...]