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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

spoonieteespoonietee 110 Posts
edited January 2011 in Strut Central
Enjoy the holiday if you get it off from work/school, but please remember the man for whom today is named.

http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/frequentdocs/birmingham.pdf

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  • haze25haze25 759 Posts
    I still can believe the amount of places who refuse to acknowledge this day, what a beautiful, strong person. RIP.
  • tripledoubletripledouble 7,636 Posts
    a true legend...absolutely humbling to think of how committed, driven and productive he was.
  • buttonbutton 1,475 Posts


    I really love this sermon. Touches on all themes of his struggle, Racism, Militarism, and the Rich's never-ending class war on you and i.
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts
    It's also important to remember why Dr.King was in Memphis...

    http://www.blueoregon.com/2009/01/memphis-sanitat/
  • dj_cityboydj_cityboy 1,478 Posts
    haze25 said:
    I still can believe the amount of places who refuse to acknowledge this day, what a beautiful, strong person. RIP.

    ^^QFE, sadly Canada pays no recognition..
  • tripledoubletripledouble 7,636 Posts
    funky16corners said:
    It's also important to remember why Dr.King was in Memphis...

    http://www.blueoregon.com/2009/01/memphis-sanitat/

    this and button

    it gets me a little irked every year when Martin gets boiled down to four lines of "i have a dream" all we want to do is hold hands. My man was really revving up the engines, speaking truth to power and broadening the scope. Once in a lifetime leader.
  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    tripledouble said:
    funky16corners said:
    It's also important to remember why Dr.King was in Memphis...

    http://www.blueoregon.com/2009/01/memphis-sanitat/

    this and button

    it gets me a little irked every year when Martin gets boiled down to four lines of "i have a dream" all we want to do is hold hands. My man was really revving up the engines, speaking truth to power and broadening the scope. Once in a lifetime leader.



    I say this here every year. I also always post a link to his Letter From Birmingham Jail.
    One of the greatest pieces or persuasive writing ever. And the explanation for why we protest.

    King was in jail, in Birmingham. He had been arrested for organizing a peaceful demonstration.
    8 Birmingham clergy members, who acknowledged the need for change, wrote a letter urging him to call of the protest and wait for change. Her is his response:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_from_Birmingham_Jail
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    "We will counter physical force with SOULFORCE..."

    What he did for this planet transcends this day.
  • CosmoCosmo 9,768 Posts
    batmon said:


    What he did for this planet transcends this day.

    Cosine
  • DrWuDrWu 4,021 Posts
    Just got back from taking the wife and kids to the local celebration. My friend did a beautiful version of the People Get Ready; the Shirley Caesar version with the I Believe chorus (although he changed it up to "We Believe"). Always grateful to Dr King for what he did for all of us. Happy MLK day everybody.
  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
    Indeed.

    Playing soul music every week across the street from the Lorraine Motel keeps his legacy in my mind like a chisel to marble.
  • InnerSpaceInnerSpace 443 Posts
    button said:


    I really love this sermon. Touches on all themes of his struggle, Racism, Militarism, and the Rich's never-ending class war on you and i.

    This was an amazing sermon. Had me tearing up during parts of it. I listened to all of it this morning while playing Cecil Payne's "Martin Luther King Jr." on repeat. Thanks for the heart stirring my friend.
  • Big_StacksBig_Stacks "I don't worry about hittin' power, cause I don't give 'em nuttin' to hit." 4,670 Posts
    tripledouble said:
    funky16corners said:
    It's also important to remember why Dr.King was in Memphis...

    http://www.blueoregon.com/2009/01/memphis-sanitat/

    this and button

    it gets me a little irked every year when Martin gets boiled down to four lines of "i have a dream" all we want to do is hold hands. My man was really revving up the engines, speaking truth to power and broadening the scope. Once in a lifetime leader.

    If only U.S. society today could truly embrace his message, and abandon all the vitriol and self-interest. I can't imagine how much better our country and world would be.

    Peace,

    Big Stacks from Kakalak
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