Doctor Martin Luther King, Junior

I would like to take this opportunity to celebrate and acknowledge the life and work of one of my most admired countrymen, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.


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King was a great leader and spokesman for America. Not only for what is known as "Black America," but for ALL Americans.

It is a little-known fact that King's "I Have A Dream" speech was not planned for that day. Infact, it was a lengthened, on-the-spot version of something which he had said on a march a while before.

In tribute and memory to this man who I am proud to call my fellow American, I have decided to relive his speech this day. Below is a recording of his words of freedom, of peace; of brotherhood.

(Forgive me for the changing accents...I got carried away. Also, please excuse the poor quality. I turned it from 12 MBytes into 2 MBytes).

http://www.mrlafazia.com/voicestuff/mlkjr.mp3

His effect on Civil Rights is undeniable. As is his lasting effect on Human Rights Movements, however they manifest. Passionate and pacifist, well-spoken and confident of victory - few before or since have been able to match his balance of ideals and intensity.

Good thread, BBD.

Props to MLK!!!

His Civil Rights movement affected my family and helped them when latinos started moving here in great amounts. Who knows the type of divisions we would have if it wasnt for him. However, there is still room for alot of improvement when it comes to racial discrimination.

I agree with you all. Sadly, North Carolina is not a very smart place. MLK day happens to be Robert E. Lee's birth day so some crazy ultra-conservatives (as opposed to me who is a moderate northern conservative) in a small hick town here are raising the first Confederate flag on their courthouse on MLK day!

SO FREAKING STUPID!!!

I feel for you, Irish. At least you can stand out on ZU. *salutes Reverend King*

Even though I don't live in America, America does has a great effect on us, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (*phew* long name) sure had one of the best effects. He was a good man..

I just thought I should provide this link for reading.

One of the few in history you can call a great man.

Here here Fireball.

I don't have to worry about standing out, David. It is a small hick town about 40 minutes from me. I live in a civilized area which has mostly Yankees so thus we are not raising that flag.

Yes he was a Great Man, My mother has some Newspapers and magazines from that time. And what is MLK day anyway?

erm, today, link777... ^_^ that's why so many people are on - americans automatically get the school day off... ^^

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/spee...haveadream.htm <-- the whole speech - audio and script. i must say, yesterday was the first time i listened to the thing EVER, and the first time i've read the entire thing since i was eight... and MAN, the beginning is HORRIBLE. really horrible... but wow, when the spirit came upon him, he was BRILLIANT...

:::goes off to listen to some more of his speeches:::

Here in Utah we call Martain Luther King Jr. Day "Human Rights Day", and in our public schools we study and honor all those that contributed heavily to the human rights movement, not just MLK.

It's a shame Lyndon B. Jonhson's civil rights accomplishments are often ignored, he did so much.

Here's to you, Lyndon.



Another great man that deserves just as much
respect and admiration as MLK, Cesar Chavez.

Hey thats great,Martin Luther King did so much for the blacks!Oh wait a second, no one has said that yet.Hehe

Oh well, its a great holiday to remeber a great man.

The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny. And they have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone.

And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual,

"Free at last, free at last.

Thank God Almighty, we are free at last."

... wow, you missed the point of THAT speech, ansem.

Originally posted by Andi
erm, today, link777... ^_^ that's why so many people are on - americans automatically get the school day off... ^^

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/spee...haveadream.htm <-- the whole speech - audio and script. i must say, yesterday was the first time i listened to the thing EVER, and the first time i've read the entire thing since i was eight... and MAN, the beginning is HORRIBLE. really horrible... but wow, when the spirit came upon him, he was BRILLIANT...

:::goes off to listen to some more of his speeches:::

oops. duh I stayed up to late last night well that made me look dumb. I knew what it was I just wasn't using my brain at the time just wasn't thinking right. My brain was doing somthing else X_X