National Day of Service Honors Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King Jr.

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected in Washington to witness President Barack Obama's second inauguration. The president will be publicly sworn in on Monday, the national holiday celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The inauguration's events begin with a National Day of Service on Saturday January 19 honoring the legacy of the late civil rights leader. President Obama is asking people to participate in projects that serve their communities. VOA's Chris Simkins has the story.

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[robert sudduth]

I feel that he's not Obama's all talk

[Qwazz159]

Obama is defiantly nothing like the great martin luther king!

[Carpathian2010]

It’s sad, the greatest nation can’t take care of it’s own and has to rely on volunteered help. How about stop sending other nations money and free handouts, stop supporting UN and use that to help American families in need? How about get rid of income tax like it was pre-federal reserve.

[nandansho]

What a LOSER, Lets talk about the white trash in Appalacia with the Nations highest Meth Manufacturing and addiction problems. The White Trash Trailor Parks scattered across America full of poor whites. Or the Drug producing White Biker Gangs supplying White People with Bathtub meth that destroys lives and generates crime.White males commit the majority of Sex crimes and are 90% of fugitives wanted for Child sex crimes. Wanna talk about Mass Murder? Yeah Whites do plenty of DIRT Loser.

[the82spartans]

If he where alive, MLK would punch 0bama in the mouth.

[871yt]

In other words Liberalism Inc sets up a fake holiday to honor itself and justify even more seizure of power. How about showing what black "liberation" has done to every city in America? How about showing the milles of urban destruction? How about showing Detroit, Birmingham, Camden, Philly, Newark, Atlanta? How about showing black crime rates? The mountains of wasted money? The piles of dead people? Why not tell the full story of what "civil rights" unleashed?