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Opinion: Shutting a Door of Opportunity in D.C.

Jan 18th 2010 – 8:00AM
The Washington Times / Landov

The Washington Times / Landov

(Jan. 18) Back in 1947, Martin Luther King Jr., wrote in the Morehouse College campus newspaper, The Maroon Tiger, about his vision of a quality education. "The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically," he wrote. "Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true...

Opinion: Three Reasons to Celebrate MLK

Jan 18th 2010 – 5:41AM
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(Jan. 18) – In the wake of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's reported comments during the 2008 presidential campaign, the continuing struggles of black media and the tragedy in Haiti, I want to share my top three reasons to celebrate the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 1) King, a "dark-skinned, articulate...

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