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Samuel L. Jackson Could Play MLK On Broadway

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Published May 30, 2010 at 9:30 a.m.

Samuel L. Jackson is being considered for a Broadway production about the life of Martin Luther King Jr ...

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Samuel Jackson Could Play MLK

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Published May 30, 2010 at 4:24 a.m.

ATLANTA (AP) Samuel L. Jackson is being considered for a Broadway production about the life of Martin Luther King Jr ... Atlanta theatre director Kenny Leon says Jackson performed the lines for the role of the civil rights leader this week at a script reading of ``The Mountaintop'' in New York. The drama focuses on the night before King's assassination and could head to Broadway this fall or next spring ... Jackson and Leon met as school acquaintances when the two attended college at Atlanta

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DeKalb May Cut School Cops

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Published May 12, 2010 at 3:35 a.m.

(WSB Radio) -- The DeKalb County School District will cut 150 central office jobs to help close its $88 million budget shortfall, and among the cuts could be some school resource officers ... No one knows how many SROs could lose their jobs since district officials have not made decisions on specific department cuts ... But some people worry drastic cuts could jeopardize student safety and put school property at risk ... Through the Freedom of Information Act, Channel 2 Action News reporter

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Delta gives $1M to MLK Memorial

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Published May 7, 2010 at 2:42 p.m.
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Delta Air Lines Inc.’s employees and customers pulled in $1 million for the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial in Washington, D.C ...

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Hampton Sides: Hellhound on His Trail

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Published May 6, 2010 at 7:52 a.m.

Author Hampton Sides is giving readers a look at the murder ofMartin Luther King, Jr. and the international manhunt for assassinJames Earl Ray.  Sides stopped by Good Day Atlanta to discusshis brand new book, Hellhound on His Trail .  ...

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SCLC Board Ousts Embattled Chairman, Treasurer

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Published April 11, 2010 at 5:46 a.m.

ATLANTA (AP)   Nearly half of the board of directors of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference voted Saturday to oust two top officials who are under investigation for allegations of financial mismanagement ... The ousted chairman, Rev. Raleigh Trammell of Ohio, and treasurer, Spiver Gordon of Alabama, face state, federal and internal investigations that some board members say weakened their effectiveness as leaders and jeopardizes the SCLC. Last month, 23 board members called for the men

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MLK III named CEO of King Center

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Published April 7, 2010 at 8:31 a.m.
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Martin Luther King III will take the reins as president and CEO of The King Center ...

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Church to Open Financial Resourse Center

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Published April 7, 2010 at 6:06 a.m.

Mayor Kasim Reed, Ambassador Andrew Young and Martin Luther KingIII will help break ground Wednesday on a new center for financialliteracy and economic empowerment at Ebenezer Baptist Church ...

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King Center Names New President

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Published April 7, 2010 at 5:24 a.m.

Martin Luther King III has been named president and chief executive officer of The King Center ...

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Man Killed in Officer Involved Shooting in Atlanta

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Published April 3, 2010 at 5:11 a.m.

(WSB Radio) -- Police shot and killed a man near the Atlanta Fulton Public library east of Freedom Parkway ... Two officers were conducting a criminal investigation in an apartment complex across the street from the Martin Luther King Jr. library branch, according to the Atlanta Police Department ... "They encountered an individual ," interim police Chief George Turner said.   "A fight ensued, and ultimately ... shots were fired." ... The shooting happened around 8 p.m. Friday. It's not

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