AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTE DIVIDED IN NYC MAYOR’S RACE
By JONATHAN LEMIRE FILE- In this Aug. 13, 2013, file photo, New York City mayoral candidate Bill Thompson arrives for the Democratic primary debate in New York. Thompson, who nearly…
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‘DREAM’ CEREMONIES REVEAL POLITICAL SEGREGATION
By JESSE WASHINGTON FILE – In this Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013 file photo, from left, President Barack Obama, former President Jimmy Carter, first lady Michelle Obama, and former President Bill…
ORIGINAL AP STORY ON THE 1963 MARCH ON WASHINGTON
By RAYMOND J. CROWLEY FILE – In this Aug. 28, 1963 file photo, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, addresses marchers during his “I…
ANOTHER MARCH ON WASHINGTON REMEMBERS MLK’S DREAM
By SUZANNE GAMBOA and NANCY BENAC Three women who attended previous March’s on Washington, from left, Armanda Hawkins of Memphis, Vera Moore of Washington, and Betty Waller Gray of Richmond,…
OBAMA HOLDS MARTIN LUTHER KING AS PERSONAL HERO
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE This photo taken Aug. 26, 2013 shows President Barack Obama speaking in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Barack Obama was 2 years old…
THOMPSON WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE FOR NYC MAYOR
By JONATHAN LEMIRE FILE – In this Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013 file photo, New York City Democratic mayoral hopeful Bill Thompson smiles at a candidate forum in New York. Thompson…
YOUTH SEE MARCH ANNIVERSARY AS CHANCE TO LEAD
BY SHAQUILLE BREWSTER Civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., speaks at a rally to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington on the steps of the…
MARCHING FOR KING’S DREAM: ‘THE TASK IS NOT DONE’
By SUZANNE GAMBOA Crowds rally at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013. Fifty years ago, on…