TWENTYTHIRTEEN
2013
150th ANNIVERSARY
OF THE
EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
+
+
THE REVEREND
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
NATIONAL
HOLIDAY
“Our lives begin to end
the day we become silent
about things that matter.”
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THE
SECOND
INAUGURATION
OF
OUR
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
“..We will show the courage to try
and
resolve our differences
with other nations peacefully
– not because we are naïve
about the dangers we face,
but because engagement
can more durably
lift suspicion and fear…”
“…We, the people, declare today
that the most evident of truths
– that all of us are created equal
– is the star that guides us still;
just as it guided our forebears
through Seneca Falls,
and
Selma,
and
Stonewall;
just as it guided all those men and women,
sung and unsung,
who left footprints along this great Mall,
to hear a preacher say
that we cannot walk alone;
to hear a King proclaim
that our individual freedom
is inextricably bound
to
the
freedom
of
every
soul
on
Earth…”
“…Let each of us now embrace,
with
solemn duty
and
awesome joy,
what is our lasting birthright.
With common effort
and
common purpose,
with
passion
and
dedication,
let us answer the call of history,
and
carry into an uncertain future
that
PRECIOUS
LIGHT
OF
FREEDOM.
Thank you,
God bless you,
and
may
He forever bless
these
United States of America.”
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/01/obama-inauguration-speech-2013.html
What do you think Martin Luther King may have said
to Barack Obama if he was still alive now?
“ asked the “Piers Morgan Tonight” host.
“What advice do you think he would have given
the president for his second and final term of office?”
Pleased with the inquiry,
Maya Angelou,
one of America’s literary treasures
offered this prediction:
“Thank you.
Thank you for that question,” said the 84-year-old author and poet.
“I think Dr. King would have said
‘Continue.
Be loving and be strong.
Be fierce, and be kind.
And don’t give in
and
don’t give up.'”
PRIVATE RHYTHM: BEAUTIFUL FORTITUDE
2009
Catherine L. Johnson
HOPE + FAITH + FORTITUDE.
WIDE FIELD + WILD COURAGE
+
HEARTFIRE
BECAME A HURRICANE LAMP
THAT KEPT
THE LIGHT OF HUMANITY ALIVE
– ALL HUMANITY.
NO BOXES
OF GENDER, RACE,
RELIGION, DISABILITY,
AGE, WHO ONE LOVES…
NO BOXES.
LIVE THE FIERCE
COURAGE
TO
BE
FREE
+
KINDLY
WELCOME OTHERS
TO
BE
FREE.
KINDNESS
IS THE
R/EVOLUTION
AND
THE DANCE.
Catherine L. Johnson
21 January 2013
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