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The Afro-American, April 27, 2013 - May 3, 2013
NATION & WORLD
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King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” Receives Commemorative Marker
Founded by John Henry Murphy Sr., August 13, 1892 Washington Publisher Emerita - Frances L. Murphy II
On April 16, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. sat in a Birmingham, Ala., jail, penning words that would stir the nation’s conscience and resonate with meaning for years to come. King was arrested for violating a court injunction against mass public demonstrations in the southern city which had become a nucleus of the civil rights movement. Fifty years later, Dr. King’s daughter Bernice joined more than Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 100 people outside the former jail to unveil a marker in honor of Wikimedia Commons her father’s famous “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” Others all over the world gathered to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the important civil rights document, which has been translated into 40 languages and which contained the oft-quoted line “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Ensconced in that cell, King wrote the letter on scraps of paper, responding to eight White clergymen who criticized his anti-segregation demonstrations as “unwise and untimely.”
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‘Live Young Blood,’ a Raw Look at the Murderous Streets of Baltimore
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Two Morgan State University graduates have produced an emotional documentary that features those affected by the senseless violence on Baltimore’s city streets. Live Young Blood was produced and directed by Bobby Marvin Holmes and Justin Gladden. At a recent screening, participants in a recent panel discussed what should be done to address Baltimore’s urban youth problems. The documentary is scheduled for release later this year.
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April 14 to April 20: An Historically Bad ‘Week That Was’
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Two horrific bombings near the finish line of the Boston Marathon killed three people and injured nearly 170 others
April 15, adding that day in 2013 to a dozen other mid-April events that some are labeling one of history’s worst calendar weeks. During the week of April 14 to April 20, the following events have occurred in history: April 14, 1865: President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in Ford’s Theater on Good Friday. April 18, 1906: One of the most deadly earthquakes in U.S. history hit San Francisco. It is considered one of the nation’s worst natural disasters, killing 3,000 people and destroying 80 percent of the city. April 19, 1995: Domestic terrorists Timothy McVeigh, Terry Nichols and Michael and Lori Fortier sought revenge against the government by bombing a federal building in downtown Oklahoma City. Nearly A memorial at Virginia Tech following the 170 people massacre that occurred April 16, 2007 were killed, 19 of them children under the age of six. The blast destroyed 324 buildings in a one-mile radius. April 20, 1999: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold launched a killing spree at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colo., shooting and killing 12 students, one teacher and injuring 21 others. Six students suffered injuries when they jumped from windows to escape the shooters. Harris and Klebold committed suicide after the slaughter. April 16, 2007: Seung-Hui Cho, a senior at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., carried out a massacre, killing 32 people and wounding 17 others in two separate attacks. He committed suicide after the attacks. April 20, 2010: The BP Oil Spill was one of the worst disasters in history after an oil rig exploded killing 11 people and injuring 17. More than 200 million gallons of oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico for 87 days, the largest oil spill in U.S. history. More than 16,000 miles of coastline was impacted including Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Over 8,000 animals were reported dead six months after the spill.
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