Remembering The Drum Major of Justice: Where Were You & What Were You Doing When The News Came of His Death? (1115 hits)
Dr. King's final sermon is heard at his own funeral. ...
A Drum Major of Justice
He is best known for being an iconic figure in the advancement of civil rights in the United States and around the world, using nonviolent methods following the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi. ...He expanded American values to include the vision of a color blind society, and established his reputation as one of the greatest orators in American history. In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace...
Category: African Americans' rights activists Date of birth: January 15, 1929 Date of death: April 4, 1968 Profession: Writer, Peace activist Works written: Strength to Love, Why we can't wait,… Awards won: Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, ...
“ It is my hope that as the Negro plunges deeper into the quest for freedom and justice he will plunge even deeper into the philosophy of non-violence. The Negro all over the South must come to the point that he can say to his white brother: We will match your capacity to inflict suffering with our capacity to endure suffering. We will meet your physical force with soul force. We will not hate you, but we will not obey your evil laws. We will soon wear you down by pure capacity to suffer. ”
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“ Morality cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless. ”
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“ I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed; We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal ”
“We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality.”
Saturday, January 15th 2011 at 12:34AM
Jen Fad
@ Brother Clark, Wow. ... I never understood the purpose of looting other than when the people did it in New Orleans (they needed formula, food, and diapers for their babies). I know your mother was terrified and also your father horrified not being able to get to his precious family. I can't begin to imagine all that must have been going through your young mind at that time.
I thank you all for the comments and I'd say that I wasn't born yet, but only in the incubator of my mother's womb. I do appreciate the laborers and ancestors who went before me to pave the way for me. MLK was one of my role models as a child growing up. I do appreciate his family for all that they sacrified especially the late Mrs. Coretta Scott King. Let us not forget to live up to the Dream. May we never forget.
Sunday, January 16th 2011 at 9:43AM
Jen Fad
--TIME Man of the Year, 1963, "America's Gandhi": "King ... has an indescribable capacity for empathy that is the touchstone of leadership. By deed and by preachment, he has stirred in his people a Christian forbearance that nourishes hope and smothers injustice. Says Atlanta's Negro Minister Ralph D. Abernathy, whom King calls 'my dearest friend and cellmate': 'The people make Dr. King great. He articulates the longings, the hopes, the aspirations of his people in a most earnest and profound manner. He is a humble man, down to earth, honest. He has proved his commitment to Judaeo-Christian ideals. He seeks to save the nation and its soul, not just the Negro.'" See the cover http://bit.ly/h8RVSc Read the story http://bit.ly/fOy6eV
"We can not have an enlightened democracy with one great group living in ignorance... We cannot have a nation orderly and sound with one group so grounded down and thwarted that it is almost forced into unsocial attitudes and crime".
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Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
Yes Rev....and soon we will be celebrating EASTER. (smile)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
