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ATLANTA – Princeton University scholar Cornel West will deliver the keynote address marking the 81st birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. at the Atlanta church where the slain civil rights leader preached.

West, who teaches in Princeton’s Center for African American Studies, is a theologian, intellectual and author of “Race Matters” and 19 other books.

The Jan. 18 ceremony at Ebenezer Baptist Church — where King preached from 1960 until his death in 1968 — is the 25th federal observance of King’s birthday. The civil rights icon and 1964 Nobel Peace Prize winner is the only black American whose birthday is a national holiday.

The King Center is also honoring producer Quincy Jones at its annual “Salute to Greatness” dinner in downtown Atlanta on Jan. 16.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Jack_Stephen1/ Jack_Stephen1

    ahh sh it! blk history month is right around the corner. I Have A Dream! I Have A Dream! I Have A Dream! I Have A Dream! All day every day for one whole month…kinda weats on you after 30 yrs

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MR_NANASTROKER/ MR_NANASTROKER

    Well

    as usual and thanks 2 Boondocks
    I will be observing my personal tradition of ML King watchin mr mcgruders version…it’s a Holiday Classic so huddle your chilrun roun the TV and put it on

    I hope you guys kno they love it when these fays come around 2 further think you should have some form of appreciation for takin down the Colors Only signs and now treatin you like shlt with the signs up or down….try 2 eat at any Redneck restarunt
    They get 2 show all the classics 2…hosing a nlgga down….sickin the dogs on the women and kids(Christian folk doin this)….police nut on themselves when they see the good old days when they Killed a nlgger and didn’t hafta rely on the City/State 2 mandate is as a Justifiable Homicide…..when they use 2 blow churches up cause nlggers had no right 2 pray 2 THEIR GOD or PREACH THEIR RELIEGION…..and poor Malcolm don’t get no love neither do the BPP…..they just wanna show you how 2 get some of your God Given rights and posterboy ML King Jr for his non-violent ways and I will never disrespect Martin but I am merely displaying the ways of subliminal messaging the Media along with PBS and other stations will play a role in having you give thanks 2 your previous generation so that you can have your FREEDUMB

    Happy King Day…..why everythin gotta be Happy…Thanksgivin, New Year, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Easter, Holidays, 4th of July, Birthday only thing Merry is Christmas

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