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Martin Luther King Day 2011: Most Americans See Progress, but Won't Celebrate Holiday

Are we closer to the mountaintop? A new AP-GfK poll finds that 77 percent of respondents believe America has made "significant progress toward Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream of equality," roughly equivalent to the percentage of those who responded in 2006, more than two years before President Barack Obama became...

Why Is It So Hard to Estimate Crowd Size?

(Aug. 30) -- Size matters. At least it does when it comes to reporting crowd estimates. Take Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally, held Saturday on the Lincoln Memorial -- the anniversary and site of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream Speech." Besides being an important illustration of the scope of Beck's...

Opinion: Conservative Character Actors

(Aug. 30) -- It has been said that even the devil can quote Scripture for his purposes. So too, apparently, can conservatives quote Martin Luther King Jr. for theirs. To wit, Glenn Beck, who has perfected the craft of cribbing from Dr. King, thereby debasing the majestic prose of the latter and distorting King's intentions...

Al Sharpton Leads Counter-Rally on King Anniversary, Answering Beck Group

Blocks away from a huge rally by conservative activists, civil right leader Al Sharpton led a counter-protest to honor the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who galvanized the civil rights movement 47 years ago with his "I have a dream speech."

Glenn Beck's 'Restoring Honor' Rally Draws Thousands

(Aug. 28) -- On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, at the spot Martin Luther King Jr. spoke 47 years ago, conservative commentator Glenn Beck told a huge "Restoring Honor" rally Saturday that the United States has "wandered in the darkness" for too long.

Background on i have a dream speech

"I Have a Dream" is a 17-minute public speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered on August 28, 1963, in which he called for racial equality and an end to discrimination.

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