*I know this is belated. My apologies*
The Kansas Jayhawks and the Memphis Tigers mandated an overtime period in the men's college basketball national championship game last Monday night. Memphis led the Jayhawks by nine points in the final two minuets, but Kansas came back and forced the game into overtime, in which Kansas victored.
On the ladies' side, the Tennessee Volunteers blew out the Stanford Cardinal to win their second straight national championship.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Friday, April 4, 2008
Dr. King Assassination Four Decades ago Today
It was on this day forty years ago when civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed at The Lorraine Motel in Memphis, TN at the age of 39. He was in Memphis for a civil rights rally. James Earl Ray was accused and convicted of King's murder.
Dr. King was and still is known today as an icon in the civil rights movement. He was also a reverend and led an opposition to the Vietnam War. He is most known for "I have a dream" speech. King was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by then-President Carter in 1977 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 2004. Dr. King's birthday became a national holiday every January since 1986.
The Lorraine Motel is now The National Civil Rights Museum.
Dr. King was and still is known today as an icon in the civil rights movement. He was also a reverend and led an opposition to the Vietnam War. He is most known for "I have a dream" speech. King was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by then-President Carter in 1977 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 2004. Dr. King's birthday became a national holiday every January since 1986.
The Lorraine Motel is now The National Civil Rights Museum.
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