A lot has happened since Dr. King left us. He probably wouldn't recognize the landscape if he saw it, but I still believe he would still have the same spiritual faith and also faith in us as people - not only people in our nation, but people in the world.

The award is given annually to a lawyer who has "devoted his or her career to serving the public interest and pursuing justice and whose work has brought positive change in the community state or nation". Dees Morris and Steve Fiffer. Dees' new legal firm began taking part in civil rights cases that frequently put him in the spotlight.

(born December 16 1936) is the co-founder and chief trial counsel for the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and a former direct mail marketeer for book publishing. Levin Jr.