Entries from Houstonist tagged with 'mlkjr'
January 21, 2008
::Martin Luther King Jr. Grande Parade:: And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free......
Continue Reading "Daily-ist: Monday"January 15, 2007
MLK Jr. Day It's going to be rainy, and the temperatures are going to plummet, reaching into the middle or lower 30s. The wind will pick up from the north and bring its cold air in. Expect rain to become freezing rain later in the night. Tuesday Expect freezing rain and sleet with little chance of getting above freezing for most of the area. WIth the windchill, expect temperatures in the teens. Ice accumulation......
Continue Reading "Houstonist Weather Watch - 1/14 - The Weather Outside Is Frightful"January 11, 2006
In an irony-free world, a bitter 10-year dispute over who has the right to hold a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade wouldn't be funny. Thank goodness we have irony, though, so we can fully appreciate the news that rival groups have reached an agreement — sort of — to sponsor a joint MLK parade next week. The groups involved are the Black Heritage Society (which held the first MLK parade in Houston and claims......
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