MLK'S LEGACY LIVES ON It's hard to believe, but the very first grandchild of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Coretta Scott King was born Sunday in Atlanta to Martin Luther King III and his wife Andrea. "We are excited about our precious gift from God and cannot express how fortunate we feel to have our beautiful baby girl. It is truly the happiest day of our lives. I know my parents are smiling down from heaven," the new father said in the statement. They named the child after MLK's eldest daughter Yolanda, who died almost exactly a year ago.

Thousands of protesters flooded DC today, and, led by (who else?) Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King III, marched to the Justice Department, where circled the building "seven times in a gesture reminiscent of the biblical Joshua's procession around the walled city of Jericho." Okay.

Well, the marchers are marching to protest the Justice Department's lax response to "hate crimes and hate signs" that are popping up all over, most notably since the Jena Six story hit the mainstream.

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