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Join Harlem4obama in celebrating the victory of
Barack Obama in the South Carolina Democratic Primary!
Let’s get together Harlem and be part of this history in the making!
Saturday, January 26th, 2008 6:30PM
At
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Unbeknownst to him, basketball legend-turned-author Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was pulled into the 2008 campaign fray this week.
In a radio ad airing in South Carolina, Abdul-Jabbar’s former teammate Magic Johnson endorses Hillary Clinton and suggests that her chief rival, Barack Obama, is an overreaching rookie.
Every year Convent Avenue Baptist Church has what I think may be the biggest, “official” Martin Luther King Celebration in Harlem. There are usually major African American Politicans and Civil Rights Leaders present.
The People’s Parliament, a Malaysian blog, is using the words and work of Dr. King as an example to reclaim the power of the people in their Parliament.
The Howard Bennett Playground is located on 135th Street between Malcolm X Boulevard and Fifth Avenue across the street from the AroundHarlem.com office.
According to the New York City Parks Department, Howard Bennett (1911-1981) is the man responsible for getting January 15th designated as a national day in honor of the Dr. Martin Luther King’s Birthday.
Following the death of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King in 1968, Howard Bennett was inspired to pursue establishing a national holiday commemorating the life and memory of Rev. King, and he devoted the last 13 years of his life toward that effort.
Barack Obama appears with daughters Malia, left,
and Sasha during a campaign stop in Des Moines, Iowa.
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