Inauguration Day.

I will have BOTH Tivos going to assure I don't miss a moment. But before that day comes, Monday, January 19th is Martin Luther King Jr. day. Take a moment to remember the man who "Had a dream" LONG before President Elect Barack Obama achieved his and ours.

Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an African American clergyman, activist and prominent leader in the American civil rights movement. His main legacy was to secure progress on civil rights in the United States and he is frequently referenced as a human rights icon today.

A Baptist minister,[1] King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957, serving as its first president.

King's efforts led to the 1963 March on Washington, where King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. There, he raised public consciousness of the civil rights movement and established himself as one of the greatest orators in U.S. history.

In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other non-violent means. By the time of his death in 1968, he had refocused his efforts on ending poverty and opposing the Vietnam War, both from a religious perspective.

King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977 and Congressional Gold Medal in 2004; Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was established as a U.S. national holiday in 1986.

Cited from Wiki.

The Obama family has challenged our country to take this day that honors a man who so loved his country, and worked to heal a racial divide that was born in ignorance and hate, and do something as a family to help out. Help your community, help one person in need. Visit a sick friend or write to our troops. We will never fail as a country no matter how bad things get because of who we are. We will always have each other. We will always have the will to stand up and dust ourselves off and keep going. Martin Luther King Jr. taught us that and Tuesday furthers his dream and our progression toward "A more perfect union."

**Cool little update**
Mississippi Paper Offers Apology for Its 'Gross Neglect' During Civil Rights Struggle

www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003931673

I am having problems making that address a link. Sorry.