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Family Feud Erupts Over Martin Luther King's Legacy

WASHINGTON (Aug 28) -- A day of activism and protest in the nation's capital today featured two prominent members of the King family laying very different claims on the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy. Addressing a massive crowd gathered at the Lincoln Memorial for Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally, King's niece,...

What's the Glenn Beck Rally All About? Opinions Vary

(Aug. 26) -- Racist hate-mongering or the second coming of the civil rights movement? Restoring honor to American society or a shameless display of self-promotion? Depending on whom you ask, Glenn Beck's rally in Washington, D.C., on Saturday may well be any of those things. Taking place on the 47th anniversary of Martin...

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06/02/12 Dr Martin Luther King, Jr Relative Rejects NAACP's Gay... Source: Gospel Music Bites Dr. Alveda C. King , the niece of Martin Luther King, Jr., has expressed dissatisfaction with the NAACP 's affirmation of gay marriage and rejects claims that the fight for such unions is linked to the civil rights movement, reports the Christian Post. King claims the anti-traditional marriage community wants "a world where homosexual marriage and abortion will supposedly set the captives free."
05/30/12 Would Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. have supported... Source: NBC - 11 Alive WXIA - Atlanta GA Weeks after President Barack Obama announced his support of same sex marriage rights , a member of the King family is saying that's not what Dr. Martin Luther King marched for.
05/23/12 `MLK was Fair and Compassionate with Rustin: Christian... Source: Black Politics on the Web The 21st century homosexual lobby likes to point to the professional relationship between my uncle Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Bayard Rustin, his openly homosexual staffer who left the movement at the height of the campaign.
05/23/12 NAACP Attacked by âThe Vultures' for Its Support of... Source: Firedoglake When the NAACP passed a resolution support marriage equality, I knew that THEY were coming.
05/23/12 NAACP attacked by âThe Vultures' for its support of... Source: Alternet.org When the NAACP passed a resolution support marriage equality, I knew that THEY were coming.