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Judy Forte with her parents at Martin Luther King Jr.'s Ebenezer Baptist… (Judy Forte) Reporting from Atlanta — Judy Forte plans to report to her government job Monday morning without a hint of complaint. She is 54 and superintendent of the Martin

Hope and inspiration was the tone Monday as several hundred Wichitans turned out to celebrate and praise the life of Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. “This walk is about respect for what he did,” one participant said. / Robert Scheer / The Star After serving overseas during the Vietnam War, Edward McFarland returned to Indianapolis only to be questioned by police officers

Joshua DuBois, Special Assistant to the President and Executive Director of The White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, shares information about the "Drum Majors for Service" program.

Mary Ann Chastain/Associated Press COLUMBIA, SC — Thousands commemorating the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday Monday outside South Carolina's capitol heard a message that could have been from the civil rights movement a half-century ago: the need

Medill Watchdog examined statements of economic interests of public officials, lobbying registrations filed with the City of Chicago, Cook County and the state, and records of state bills and local ordinances. The investigation

Medill Watchdog examined statements of economic interests of public officials, lobbying registrations filed with the City of Chicago, Cook County and the state, and records of state bills and local ordinances. The investigation

Commissioners John Fritchey and Jerry Butler each took only five of the required unpaid days, according to the report, which was obtained by the Chicago News Cooperative and the Better Government Association through

By SUSANNA KIM (@skimm) Sharon Smiley, 48, said she was fired for skipping lunch at her job in Chicago. (Shadara Mackie) Sharon Smiley had worked for 10 years as a receptionist and administrative assistant at a Chicago real estate company until she was

By SUSANNA KIM (@skimm) Sharon Smiley, 48, said she was fired for skipping lunch at her job in Chicago. (Shadara Mackie) Sharon Smiley had worked for 10 years as a receptionist and administrative assistant at a Chicago real estate company until she was

Today as Americans remember Martin Luther King Jr. many will focus on the vision King so eloquently illustrated in his “I Have a Dream” speech. However, what is often forgotten is that MLK attempted to accomplish the dream many years after he spoke at

Martin Luther King's Address at March on Washington August 28, 1963. Washington, D.C..

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is celebrated today, Jan. 16, 2011. The civil rights leader would have been 83 years old today.

28, 1963 file photo, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, addresses marchers during his "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. By Anonymous Address to civil rights marchers by the Rev

Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. Northampton High School English teacher Ernie Brill talks about the events that led him to attend the “March on Washington For Jobs and Freedom” on Aug. 28, 1963, when the Rev.