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Dr. King, you are not forgotten...
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Been inclined to wander... off the beaten track.
That's where there's thunder... and the wind shouts back.
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Originally Posted by Doofy 
Who?
Beat me to it.
I really like this photo from his Wikipedia article:
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OMG,
Martin Luther King was Black - WOW 
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Wife just handed me Dyson's new book on King. A smart guy writing about an eloquent man, maybe even a mythic man now. Looking forward to it.
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Please tell me you people are joking about not knowing who Dr. King was!!! 
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Originally Posted by dingster1
Please tell me you people are joking about not knowing who Dr. King was!!!
If they are joking, its a really lame joke. One that was used in the first reply, then someone else used it later on down. L-A-M-E.
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Originally Posted by ::maroma::
If they are joking, its a really lame joke. One that was used in the first reply, then someone else used it later on down. L-A-M-E.
I resemble that remark.
What I really should have said. "Who cares".
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Originally Posted by Atomic Rooster
What I really should have said. "Who cares".
Wow... just wow 
Me thinks there are a few people on this board who need to brush up on their history of the 20th century.
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Originally Posted by Atomic Rooster
I resemble that remark.
What I really should have said. "Who cares".
Wow.
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Yeah, oh my goodness. Very sad commentary indeed
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We still have a slot open for "Wow, just really really wow", any takers?
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Originally Posted by MLK
Every now and then I guess we all think realistically about that day when we will be victimized with what is life's final common denominator—that something that we call death. We all think about it. And every now and then I think about my own death and I think about my own funeral. And I don't think of it in a morbid sense. And every now and then I ask myself, 'What is it that I would want said?' And I leave the word to you this morning.
"If any of you are around when I have to meet my day, I don’t want a long funeral. And if you get somebody to deliver the eulogy, tell them not to talk too long. And every now and then I wonder what I want them to say. Tell them not to mention that I have a Nobel Peace Prize—that isn’t important. Tell them not to mention that I have three or four hundred other awards—that’s not important. Tell them not to mention where I went to school.
"I'd like somebody to mention that day that Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to give his life serving others.
"I'd like for somebody to say that day that Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to love somebody.
"I want you to say that day that I tried to be right on the war question.
"I want you to be able to say that day that I did try to feed the hungry.
"And I want you to be able to say that day that I did try in my life to clothe those who were naked.
"I want you to say on that day that I did try in my life to visit those who were in prison.
"I want you to say that I tried to love and serve humanity.
"Yes, if you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice. Say that I was a drum major for peace. I was a drum major for righteousness. And all of the other shallow things will not matter. I won't have any money to leave behind. I won't have the fine and luxurious things of life to leave behind. But I just want to leave a committed life behind. And that's all I want to say.
pearls before swine, perhaps
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I can't believe some of the remarks. Oh well.
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Ignorant people don't get the chance to benefit from history-or history makers. I remember that date in 1968 very well-and I was not quite nine years old. In the time since then, we have moved from a very divided society to a society that, when it wants to, is united and focused on the good of all. Yes, this happens very infrequently, but it does happen. There are no longer laws against people of different "races" marrying (some of which survived into the 1970s), it is no longer possible to use deed restrictions to keep people of a certain "race" out of your neighborhood, and it isn't even considered bizarre that a black man is running for president right now. There have been a lot of changes in the last 40 years, and Dr. King is one of the most prominent forces in effecting those changes.
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