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He never confused substance with symbolism. He never conflated a flesh and blood sacrifice with a stone and mortar edifice. We rightly celebrate his substance and sacrifice because he loved us all so deeply. Let us not remain satisfied with symbolism because we too often fear the challenge he embraced.He never confused substance with symbolism. He never conflated a flesh and blood... more
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“Well, it’s their fault bringing their kids to a battle.”
Those words, spoken by a faceless soldier, echo from a classified US military video released by the site Wikileaks.org. The release comes on the heels of the revelation of a cover-up in Afghanistan–and the anniversary of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, as well as the anniversary of his “Beyond Vietnam” speech.
King spoke to the Clergy and Laity Concerned about Vietnam, saying “It should be incandescently clear that no one who has any concern for the integrity and life of America today can ignore the present war. If America’s soul becomes totally poisoned, part of the autopsy must read Vietnam.”
Hearing allegations that special forces troops in Afghanistan may have dug the bullets out of their pregnant victims bodies to hide evidence, hearing airmen on the Wikileaks tape begging “Come on, let us shoot!” and hearing the editor of Wikileaks say that the shooters talked in the way that people do when they’re playing video games–it reminded me of King’s words.
He told the truth about war: that it is horrible, that it does poison your soul. Dr. King also said, in a different speech, that there is such a thing as being too late when it comes to speaking up against your goverment doing wrong.“Well, it’s their fault bringing their kids to a battle.”
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Read and listen to the full text of Dr. King, Jr.'s famous speech where he said, "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today!..."
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where Charleen Touchette, NM Coordinator of the Realizing the Dream Poverty Initiative in America has had the joy of seeing Dr.King, Jr.'s eldest son Martin Luther King III travel throughout our diverse communities in New Mexico and be welcomed and accepted by Americans of every color and ethnicity, and the pride of seeing and hearing Martin III address a multiracial audience and Congresspeople at Congress on the urgency of reigniting the effort to lift the 38 million Americans in poverty and fight for peace with justice worldwide for people of all colors.Read and listen to the full text of Dr. King, Jr.'s famous speech where he said,... more
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By STEPHEN MANNING,
AP
Posted: 2008-05-11 07:36:19
Filed Under: Nation News
WASHINGTON (May 10) - The centerpiece for the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial on the National Mall has drawn criticism from a federal arts panel, which says the proposed statue looks "confrontational" and resembles the head of a socialist state more than a civil rights leader.....
More at the link on the controversy.
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By STEPHEN MANNING,
AP
Posted: 2008-05-11 07:36:19
Filed Under: Nation... more
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"Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam"
Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. speaks out against the war in Viet Nam with words that ring true again today.
Listen to the depth and wisdom of Dr. King's oratory in 1967.
YouTube - Speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. against the Vietnam War. Audio.
This speech was released by Black Forum records, a subsidiary of Motown, and went on to win a Grammy in 1970 for the Best Spoken Word Recording.
Excerpts of a Sermon at the Ebenezer Baptist Church on April 30, 1967.
Text of entire speech:
http://husseini.org/2007/01/martin-lu...
Real Audio file of entire speech:
http://www.africanbynature.com/Resour..
Today, his eldest son, Martin Luther King III has re-ignited his father's vision with the Realizing the Dream network of 50 beloved community across the nation, and reaching out internationally to harness the will to end poverty of 38 million Americans and billions worldwide.
Watch Martin Luther King III's speech in Israel last summer in 2007.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Rre0qU2l36U
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"Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam"
Reverend Doctor Martin Luther... more
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