January 19th, 201908By Rosaland Tyler
Associate Editor
New Journal and Guide
What arose from the ashes during Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic, 17-minute speech titled, "I Have A Dream," were vague visions and images that you can't miss these days.
King saw the decline of nefarious forces that would thwart the success of competent people of...
January 17th, 2019060By Leonard E. Colvin
Chief Reporter
New Journal and Guide
For the past 31 years the Tidewater Metro Baptist Ministers’ Conference (TMBMC) has held its Martin Luther King Day Observance on Dr. King’s Federal Holiday.
This year is no different.
On January 21, King Day, Rev. Dr. Keith I. Jones, the newly elected president of the...
January 10th, 2019031By Rosaland Tyler
Associate Editor
New Journal and Guide
A lot of high profile types were infants or babes in their mother’s womb when the Rev. Dr. Martin L. King, Jr., walked up the steps of the nation’s capital, unrolled his speech, and said character, not race should determine your destiny in his historic “I Have A Dream”...
September 27th, 2018012When he heard that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., had been killed in Memphis, Dr. Milton Reid was in his study at Norfolk’s New Calvary Baptist Church, where he was the Pastor.
Reid, who is now deceased, told a reporter for the Guide over a decade ago that he was to host King at his home the following Friday.
On the evening of April...
