MLK - icon of justice and brotherliness


	MLK - icon of justice and brotherliness
Johanna_G
4-9-2008 8:15 PM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/1796789c-0ad8-4ef1-a8ca-efae95838fe5/9C38A47F-FBD4-4DBD-A7EF-FA5AB9F4CD4A/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1704734_1520199,00.html" href="http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1704734_1520199,00.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.time.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1704734_1520199,00.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.time.com/img/3F813CED-975B-43FE-9401-BBD7FC2D1413" alt="Martin Luther King Civil Rights 1960s NAACP Freedom Riders Montgomery Buss Boycott I have a Dream murdered Memphis assassination" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1704734_1520199,00.html"><P><SPAN>Minister, Activist, Hero, Icon</SPAN><BR />King's unique vision reshaped the landscape of American politics and society. In his brief life, he redefined what it means to be black in the United States, and, by extension, what it means to be an American.  </P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1704734_1520206,00.html" href="http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1704734_1520206,00.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.time.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1704734_1520206,00.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.time.com/img/FD2C5F90-D3D2-4DF7-84FD-812DBFCE2916" alt="Martin Luther King Civil Rights 1960s NAACP Freedom Riders Montgomery Buss Boycott I have a Dream murdered Memphis assassination" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1704734_1520206,00.html"><P><SPAN>The Montgomery Bus Boycott</SPAN><BR />In 1955, the black citizens of Montgomery, Alabama, inspired by the arrest of Rosa Parks, who refused to give her seat to a white man, began a 13-month boycott of the city bus system. The strike was coordinated by the Montgomery Improvement Association, with King as its president. </P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1704734_1520211,00.html" href="http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1704734_1520211,00.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.time.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1704734_1520211,00.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.time.com/img/376DE707-C21C-45D8-A921-89CAF1608EC1" alt="Martin Luther King Civil Rights 1960s NAACP Freedom Riders Montgomery Buss Boycott I have a Dream murdered Memphis assassination" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1704734_1520211,00.html"><P><SPAN>Arrested</SPAN><BR />Three months into the strike, 156 protesters, including King, were arrested for violating a 1921 law against "hindering" a bus. King was ordered to pay a $500 fine or serve 386 days in jail. 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