Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.

[BlkCasanova]

Sometimes I wonder what Dr. King would think of the State of Affairs for Peoples of African Descent. I will be stopping by the King Memorial this Saturday in Washington D.C. My wife and son will be standing with me at the memorial for a picture to have for my son when he is old enough to understand that we represent as a family united as what Dr. King hoped for despite skin colors.

Boondocks have already made an episode about this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5FR1LGsT7E

 

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Such a powerful sermon.

Great posts, Ra-Ra. :smt023

 

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"King's Electrifying Speech"

For marchers, King's 'Dream' speech was 'electrifying,' 'momentous'

Editor’s note: The following seven vignettes are from first-person accounts of men and women who attended the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and witnessed Martin Luther King’s speech. Excerpts are from interviews unless otherwise noted.

http://news.yahoo.com/for-marchers-...as--electrifying----momentous--203548888.html

 

[jaisee]

Martin Luther King is a perfect example of the strategic usage of mass media to whitewash both black history as well as American history.

It's upsetting and unsettling.

EDIT: But, I am a bit of a grouch.... so take me with a grain of salt as you always do.

Edit2: But, this is kinda what I'm talking about though.

When did Martin Luther King get transformed from a revolutionary civil rights leader that the FBI feared into a teddy bear that only says "I have a dream" when you pull the string.

 

[LA]

So sad that they had to murder this brilliant individual for his beautiful mind. I'll never forget what he did for us.

 

[Black DeNiro]

Kid listening to Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream" speech, August 28th 1963.

 

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[Hydroxide]

I so love MLK Jr. for the revolutionary civil rights leader that he is. I wish he were brought back from the dead.

 

[Soulthinker]

A lot of people do too H.

 

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Dr. Martin Luther King, leading a 54-mile, five-day march of civil rights demonstrators from Selma, Alabama, to the state Capitol at Montgomery, eases on his shoe after a roadside rest stop during second day of march on March 22, 1965 in Selma, Alabama. The march is in protest of Alabama voting laws. (AP Photo)

 

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