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CHICAGO (WLS) In the early 1980s, there was a big push to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a holiday. Chicago pastor Rich Redmond had been working on a state celebration with Harold Washington, so he reached out to the King Foundation. To my surprise, Hosea, I get the call back from Mrs. Coretta Scott King and I was floored! Pastor Redmond said. Mrs. King was coming to the city for a fundraising concert at the Chicago Theatre featuring Tony Bennett. It was one of her only times to talk, so she invited Redmond. She was so down-to-earth, so I thoroughly enjoyed our time together, he recalled Invited to a concert to sit in her private booth, just me and her. She just met me. What trust; you know, she had her security with her. ....
Fulfilling the dream of Dr. King : Oakland launches MLK 40 Days of Service to clean, green community KGO Share: OAKLAND Calif. (KGO) Markus Von Euw represents the organization Service for Peace. His group received a grant to support and promote Oakland s MLK 40 Days of Service initiative. Rather than honoring Dr. King on just one day, service work will continue through the end of Black History month. Von Euw has participated like this for decades and hopes others will start doing it too. The 40 years is not a new idea, Von Euw said. We ve been trying to promote that for years, but this year more than ever it has become a great opportunity because we want to avoid big gatherings. ....