Forty Years On, Remembering Martin Luther King. (Trees And Things)

Laputan Machine: Re: Forty Years On, Remembering Martin Luther King

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:39:05 EST

Just wanted to say that the King family does not believe James Earl Ray killed Dr. King. They befriended Ray while he was in prison, believed he was setup, and tried to get him a retrial and out of prison.

See Wikipedia for info/sources...

skeptic: giving black people a day off

Mon, 7 Apr 2008 13:19:24 EST

It may by this time be a bit too late to answer your questions (on-line discussions are nothing if not fast) but I will give it a try anyway, quixotic person that I am.

Even though, let me emphasize, I do not agree that Martin Luther King Day should be

port1080: Re: Couple of points:

Sun, 6 Apr 2008 22:11:03 EST

Just to clarify, that was in response to point #2, " MLK Day wasn't really an additional federal holiday; they kluged Washington's birthday and Lincoln's birthday into Presidents Day and put MLK Day on the federal holiday schedule."

port1080: Re: Couple of points:

Sun, 6 Apr 2008 21:30:19 EST

Very sadly that's probably true. In 2000 Virginia finally put an end to Lee Jackson King Day, possibly one of the most bizarrely illogical holidays known to man. Offensive, in

wetkarma: not a big fan

Sun, 6 Apr 2008 04:53:26 EST

Among civil rights leaders I tend to lean more towards Malcolm X than MLK -- perhaps its the militant in me, or the aversion towards (what I perceive) as hypocrisy. My beef with MLK is that his standing rests on a foundation of christian leadership.

For

delete me: Re: Forty Years On, Remembering Martin Luther King

Sat, 5 Apr 2008 16:09:14 EST

Umm. So. Should I be getting Pearl Harbor Day off, then?

MayorBob: Couple of points:

Sat, 5 Apr 2008 13:03:31 EST

Dr. King isn't around to give his opinion but I'd suspect that he would object to a federal holiday for only one race. That's based upon a reading of his speeches and teachings which emphasized inclusion, not exclusion, in d

Lou: One and the same

Sat, 5 Apr 2008 11:39:46 EST

The federal employees get them off, but why not the people who deserve to get the day off?

I don't know about today...but weren't a lot of post WWII federal employees already veterans?

zyxwvutsr: Re: Forty Years On, a'membering Martin Luther King

Sat, 5 Apr 2008 07:08:52 EST

...why not the people who deserve to get the day off?

Why do black people deserve to get the day off?

thefadd: Re: Forty Years On, Remembering Martin Luther King

Sat, 5 Apr 2008 01:52:17 EST

Why should black people be given mlk day off?

skeeter1: Re: Forty Years On, Remembering Martin Luther King

Sat, 5 Apr 2008 00:46:10 EST

I'm old enough to remember Martin Luther King when he was alive, and have deep respect for him.

My problem (and it's probably just me) is, why aren't all black people given Martin Luther King Jr. day off? By the same token, why aren't all veterans