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ROLAND S. MARTIN: There Is No Right Or Wrong Vote When It Comes to Syria

by Roland S. Martin Editor-in-chief RolandMartinReports.com If you cobble together every major decision that President Barack Obama has had to make since he entered the Oval Office, none has been more perplexing and difficult as the decision to strike Syria for using chemical weapons on its own people. As members of Congress grapple with how [...]

MLK’s Daughter Echoes Father’s Words (VIDEO)

Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter echoed words from her father’s ‘I Have a Dream Speech’ at the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. Rev. Dr. Bernice King called out to ‘Let freedom ring.’ (Aug. 28)

ESPN: Half-Game Penalty For Johnny Manziel (VIDEO)

Source: ESPN Johnny Football will start the season on the bench. Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Johnny Manziel of No. 7 Texas A&M has been suspended for the first half of Saturday’s season opener against the Rice Owls, a source told ESPN’s Brett McMurphy on Wednesday afternoon. The agreement between the NCAA and Texas A&M closes the [...]

Obama: King’s Promise Kept When We Work Together (VIDEO)

President Obama says America is stronger when Americans turn not from each other but towards each other and work to fix inequalities. (Aug. 28)

Nidal Hasan Sentenced To Death For Fort Hood Shooting Rampage

Source: Billy Kenber / The Washington Post Nidal Malik Hasan was sentenced to death Wednesday for killing 13 people and wounding 32 others in a 2009 shooting spree at Fort Hood, Tex., the worst mass murder at a military installation in U.S. history. Dressed in Army fatigues, Hasan, who turns 43 next month, listened impassively as [...]

Obama: ‘Because They Marched, America Became More Fair’

Source: Aamer Madhani / USA Today WASHINGTON — In his address to thousands who gathered on the Washington Mall on Wednesday to mark the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, President Obama paid tribute to civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and to the anonymous millions who stood by King’s side during the civil [...]

Clinton: Stop Complaining, Start Fixing America (VIDEO)

Former president Bill Clinton urged the audience at the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington to “stop complaining” and begin fixing the inequalities that remain in America. (Aug. 28)

King III: ‘We’ve Got A Lot Of Work To Do’ (VIDEO)

Taking stock of progress both made and still to come, Americans of all backgrounds and colors massed on the National Mall to hear President Barack Obama and civil rights pioneers commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. (Aug. 28)

Stars, Activists Urge To Keep MLK Fight Alive (VIDEO)

Actor Jamie Foxx and civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton energized the crowd at the 50th anniversary celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech. The two urged a new generation to keep up MLK’s fight for equality. (Aug. 28)

50 Years After March On Washington, A Chance To Reclaim The “Dream” (VIDEO)

Source: Wynton Marsalis / CBS This Morning / CBS News The March on Washington, formally called March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, was the largest demonstration for social change that America had ever seen at the time. Now, 50 years later, we remember that historic moment in our nation’s capital. CBS News cultural correspondent [...]