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The event was led by the Rev. Al Sharpton, who spoke to a crowd of about 200 people Monday in Harlem. "Trump Tower is in the wrong state," said Sharpton, adding that it's embarrassing that the Republican president is from New York. "What we're going to do about Donald Trump is going to be the spirit of Martin Luther King Day. |
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Retired Col. James C. Jackson, the 2017 recipient of the award, announced this year’s awardee following a rousing speech by the Rev. Frederick. D Haynes, III, senior pastor of Friendship-West Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas. He spoke on the theme, “The Ongoing Struggle Against Social Injustice. |
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NEW YORK (AP) - Edwin Hawkins, the gospel star best known for the crossover hit "Oh Happy Day" and as a major force for contemporary inspirational music, died Monday at age 74. Hawkins died at his home in Pleasanton, California. He had been suffering from pancreatic cancer, publicist Bill Carpenter told The Associated Press. |
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The event was led by the Rev. Al Sharpton, who spoke to a crowd of about 200 people Monday in Harlem. "Trump Tower is in the wrong state," said Sharpton, adding that it's embarrassing that the Republican president is from New York. "What we're going to do about Donald Trump is going to be the spirit of Martin Luther King Day. |
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) � The Latest on Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations around the country (all times local): 5:25 p.m. Thousands of people have celebrated Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday with song, dance and speechmaking at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee. |
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The event was led by the Rev. Al Sharpton, who spoke to a crowd of about 200 people Monday in Harlem. "Trump Tower is in the wrong state," said Sharpton, adding that it's embarrassing that the Republican president is from New York. "What we're going to do about Donald Trump is going to be the spirit of Martin Luther King Day. |
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The event was led by the Rev. Al Sharpton, who spoke to a crowd of about 200 people Monday in Harlem. "Trump Tower is in the wrong state," said Sharpton, adding that it's embarrassing that the Republican president is from New York. "What we're going to do about Donald Trump is going to be the spirit of Martin Luther King Day. |
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RIP, #EdwinHawkins , legendary creator of the crossover hit #OhHappyDay . You influenced every R&B and gospel artist alive. Every. Single. One. — Mervyn Warren (@mervynwarren) January 15, 2018 Aretha Franklin, Sam Cooke and numerous other singers had become mainstream stars by adapting gospel sounds to pop lyrics. |
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At gatherings across the nation, activists, residents and teachers honoured the late civil rights leader on what would have been his 89th birthday and ahead of the 50th anniversary of King’s assassination in Memphis, Tennessee. At a service in Atlanta, the Rev King said: “We are one people, one nation, one blood, one destiny. |
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The governing board of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) has asked the Director-General of the Corporation, Dr. Akuffo Annor-Ntow to proceed on leave with immediate effect. The directive according to the Board Chairman of GBC, Reverend Professor Emmanuel Addo-Obeng, was agreed upon on Monday, January 15, 2018. |
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NEW YORK (AP) - Edwin Hawkins, the gospel star best known for the crossover hit "Oh Happy Day" and as a major force for contemporary inspirational music, died Monday at age 74. Hawkins died at his home in Pleasanton, California. He had been suffering from pancreatic cancer, publicist Bill Carpenter told The Associated Press. |
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