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Tarleton State University Party Looked Really Lame

Tarleton State University Party Looked Really Lame

Tarleton State University students are making national headlines for recent pictures they posted on Facebook.com after hosting an MLK Day Party, where guests wore gang apparel, drank malt liquor, carried handguns and ate fried chicken. One girl even dressed as Aunt Jemima. The Smoking Gun has the pictures. Donald Ray Elder, leader of the NAACP at the Stephenville, Texas university, found the pictures while browsing Facebook and sent an e-mail to party-thrower Jeremy Pelz.... more ›

MLK Day of Service Seeks Volunteers

MLK Day of Service Seeks Volunteers

The annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day, taking place this year on Saturday, January 13th, was created to honor the memory of the civil rights hero and encourage the public to carry on his legacy of volunteerism through community service projects. Locally, what began as a grassroots effort by State Rep. Dawnna Dukes (D-Austin) to clean up East MLK Jr. Boulevard in 2000 has blossomed into the citywide MLK Day of Service. The 2007 clean... more ›

The Godfather of Soul Celebrates MLK Tonight at the Alamo

The Godfather of Soul Celebrates MLK Tonight at the Alamo

On April 4, 1968, less than twenty-four hours after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assasinated, James Brown was scheduled to perform a concert at the Boston Garden. He arrived at the airport and was told that the mayor had serious concerns about Brown playing during a time of intense anxiety and anger over the murder of one of the greatest civil rights leaders in American history. The Godfather would not hear of it.... more ›

MLK Day Celebration and Community March

MLK Day Celebration and Community March

Happy Birthday (observed), Dr. King. To celebrate the national MLK Day holiday, the Heritage Council is sponsoring the 2006 Community March. The March celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s legacy while uplifting diversity and multi-culturalism in Austin. more ›

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