EXODUSIMFREEATLASTIAINTGOINGBACKIMFREE CATHERINE L. JOHNSON 2013
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THE REVEREND DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
http://rolexblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/martin-luther-king-jr-day-in-usa.html
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/The-Power-of-Imagery-in-Advancing-Civil-Rights.html#ixzz1jZp3R5v3

Mahalia Jackson Precious Lord, Take My Hand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0a8RNdnhNo
Aretha Franklin Precious Lord, Take My Hand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b9qH6-IvEs
Thomas A. Dorsey Precious Lord, Take My Hand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlmCflPD2s8&feature=fvst
(Marion Williams vocalist)


Watch the Full 17-min
I Have a Dream Speech Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smEqnnklfYs

“What I Saw at Selma”
King’s genius was that he knew when to thwart the law—and when to obey it.
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My Mother’s cousin, Emmy Lou aka Clare, was married to Harris Wofford.
Their marriage was a vow and a partnership for social justice and civil rights.
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“Martin Luther King Jr. liked to joke that I was the one member of his legal team
who would help him go to jail rather than using all the tricks of the trade to keep him out.
I’d originally connected with King after returning from travels in India in 1949, soon after Gandhi was assassinated.
My wife and I had followed Gandhi’s trail and gotten to know many of his supporters.
And while I was learning everything I could about Mahatma Gandhi, King was doing the same…”
“…This weekend, we mark half a century since Martin Luther King Jr. led the famous march from Selma to Montgomery, the last of three marches begun in Selma, Alabama, in March of 1965 to champion a voting rights act. But it would be a mistake to remember only that third march, which triumphantly reached the capitol steps in Montgomery—or the first terrible march, which ended in “Bloody Sunday” on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. To fully appreciate King’s skill as a leader, we need to remember the second march—the one that was cut short when King made the hard decision to comply with a temporary federal court injunction prohibiting a march and turn back to Selma instead of continuing on to Montgomery. At that pivotal moment, the quintessential American advocate of civil disobedience chose to obey the law blocking his path. And in so doing, King paved the way for the successful third march and then passage of the Voting Rights Act five months later…”
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/03/selma-march-harris-wofford-115852.html#ixzz3Tpy1FDnX
MY VALUES/ACTIONS ARE ALIGNED WITH THEIRS, and ALWAYS HAS: ACTIVIST FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE and CIVIL RIGHTS
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
MLK’s “How Long, Not Long” Speech
Martin Luther King in Montgomery, Alabama on March 25, 1965.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAYITODNvlM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOubonZQEzM
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies,
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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