Bill ‘Dady’ Hogan, a 73-year-old retired cheesemaker, often thinks of Martin Luther King. 

THE atmosphere that day in Washington was a mixture of hope and excitement.

Barack Obama, battered but still popular after a bruising first term as president, will be sworn in for another four years today to lead an America perhaps as divided politically and socially as at any time since the Civil War 150 years ago.

I READ with growing dismay Steven King’s analysis of the Arab Spring (Opinion, June 22).

Steven Spielberg is to fulfil his longtime dream to bring the life of legendary civil rights activist Martin Luther King to the big screen - he has been granted permission to make a biopic by the King estate.

The state impeachment trial of Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich will take place today – without the politician.

Americans remembered Martin Luther King’s dream of social justice on the 40th anniversary of the civil rights leader’s assassination today.

I WISH to express my support for Dr Steven King on his excellent analysis of the Arab/Israeli conflict (Irish Examiner, July 5).

STEVEN KING’S column (Irish Examiner, July 5) disturbed me greatly.

Hip-hop star Nelly has donated $50,000 (€38,200) to help build a memorial honouring American civil rights icon Dr Martin Luther King.