Obama pays tribute to Martin Luther King

October 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - "I surely believe without (Mahatma) Gandhi - without Gandhi in India - there would be no Barack Obama as president" of the United States. So said John Lewis, an American civil rights movement leader and a close friend of the late Dr Martin Luther King Jr, at a Capitol Hill event here Wednesday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Dr King and his wife Coretta Scott King's visit to India.

August 18th, 2009 LA County votes to fully reopen troubled hospitalLOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County officials have unanimously approved plans to fully reopen a public hospital that shut down most of its services after years of negligence and patient deaths. The Board of Supervisors wants Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital to be staffed and overseen by the University of California, while the county pays for renovations and expansion.

June 23rd, 2009 MLK's papers to be basis of first rights courseATLANTA — The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s vast personal collection of papers will be used for the first time to teach a college course on civil rights this fall.

June 17th, 2009 Reflecting pool leaks at King Center repairedATLANTA — The reflecting pool cradling the crypt where Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife are buried will be fixed by Thursday, which would have been the couple's 56th wedding anniversary.

May 19th, 2009 LONDON - Legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg is set to fulfill his longtime dream of bringing the life of legendary civil rights activist Martin Luther King to the big screen as he has been granted permission to make a biopic on him. King, who was assassinated in 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee at the age of 39, was a leading campaigner for equality for African-American citizens.

May 12th, 2009 Martin Luther King III promotes unity in BosniaSARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Martin Luther King III is telling young people in Bosnia that the country's ethnic and religious diversity can be converted from a weakness into a strength. Speaking Tuesday in Sarajevo, King acknowledged that Bosnia has gone through difficult times but said its youth could join together to promote tolerance and unity.

May 12th, 2009 Martin Luther King III visits BosniaSARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Martin Luther King III told young people in Bosnia on Tuesday that the country's ethnic and religious diversity can be converted from a weakness to a strength. Speaking in Sarajevo to students and civil rights activists, the son of U.S.

February 27th, 2009 KOLKATA - Championing the cause of non-violence like his father did, Martin Luther King-III Thursday said that a nation should spend as much on public services as on defence and that India's younger generation was the country's greatest asset. 'The children and our young generation are the greatest resources available in India.

February 27th, 2009 KOLKATA - US President Barack Obama has successfully galvanised the imagination of America and its people, Martin Luther King-III, the son of late civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr, said here Thursday. 'We were almost on the floor when Obama galvanised the imagination of the young people and the new president has already sent out a message of inclusiveness as the people in the US no longer wish to remain polarised,' King said a media interaction at the American Center.

February 23rd, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - American human rights activist Martin Luther King III arrived here Sunday on a three-day state visit. He will be the Kerala government's guest, as the state celebrates the golden jubilee of his legendary father Martin Luther King's visit here in 1959.

February 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Condemning the Mumbai terror attacks as a 'negative form of conflict', Martin Luther King III Tuesday called for a non-violent revolution and underlined that the world needs to engage terrorists in dialogue and reconciliation. 'The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the genocide in Darfur, the continued unrest in Israel and Palestine, the blatant abuse in Burma and the tragic bombing in Mumbai are some of the most extreme examples of negative conflict in nations around the globe,' Martin Luther King III, the son of iconic American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., said in a lecture here.

February 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The music of freedom touched the hearts of the Indian audience as the spirit of the visionary Martin Luther King Jr, who visited India 50 years ago to study the doctrines of Mahatma Gandhi, came alive through a jazz concert played by an ensemble that included 12 times Grammy winner Herbie Hancock. The packed Siri Fort auditorium was treated to the best of American jazz at the concert, titled 'The Living Dream', Monday evening.

February 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US House of Representatives has passed a resolution recognising Mahatma Gandhi's influence on Martin Luther King Jr and commemorating the golden jubilee anniversary of the American civil rights leader's visit to India in 1959. Passed Wednesday with a 406 to 0 vote with 26 abstaining, the resolution recalls how King's study of Gandhian philosophy helped shape the Civil Rights Movement.

February 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - It will be a rare confluence of the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Junior, nostalgia and jazz when Martin Luther King III comes to India Saturday to retrace the 'pilgrimage' of his father 50 years ago. The trip by Martin Luther King III, the eldest son of Martin Luther King Jr and Coretta Scott King, will be bristling with historical memories as he begins his India visit from New Delhi and goes to landmarks his father visited from Feb 10 to March 10, 1959.

January 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US is sending a high-level delegation to India in February to commemorate American civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King's 1959 India journey to study Mahatma Gandhi.