It seems some have chosen to ignore or have simply forgotten the big-picture vision promoted by Dr. King and his kin.

Dr. King used Gandhi's commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance.

It's simply incorrect to call Dr. King a Republican.

In 1999, I was in St. Louis with Martin Luther King III as we led protests against the state's failure to hire minority contractors for highway construction projects. We went at dawn on a summer day with over a thousand people and performed acts of civil disobedience.

We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire.

If O.J. had been accused of killing his black wife, you would not have seen the same passion stirred up.