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« How is a Gift Card Like a Dodger Dog? | Main | New to the Web » January 15, 2007Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Anytime I watch the "I Have a Dream" speech, it sends shivers up my spine. What a powerful, truthful and well-delivered message. If you have the time, watch this clip of Rev. King, Jr. on the steps of Lincoln Memorial giving his famous speech. Of course no one is perfect, and neither was King. In recent years it's come to light that King plagiarized much of his scholarly and civil rights work including, some would argue, his most famous speech of all. But King's message should not be overshadowed. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force. . . Posted by Joshua Claybourn at January 15, 2007 02:19 PM CommentsAfter recycling this several times I think it better to write something new. The first couple of times around the post was fine, but now it just seems stale. King's opposition to the Vietnam War is noteworthy, as is his support for affirmative action and higher minimum wages, his battles with more radical elements of the civil rights movement, his worries that his participation in big northern city civil rights protests would lead to violence and undermine his campaign of non-violence, and his movement into the anti-poverty campaign. Posted by: Joel Betow at January 17, 2007 05:13 PM | permalink Post a comment |
Here in the States it's Martin Luther King Jr. Day. While it's partially set aside to remember Michael King, better known as Martin Luther King, Jr., the main point of the day is to remember all that he stood for.|
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