In 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t just share his dream of the future and his faith in the American peoples’ (and world’s) ability to come together for equality and justice. He spoke not just of rights and achieving a moral outcome. He cautioned us about responsibilities and a moral process. He challenged us with the necessity “of meeting physical force with soul force.”
Public Domain: View of Crowd at 1963 March on Washington by USIA (NARA)
“In the process of gaining our rightful place
we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds.
Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom
by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.
We must forever conduct our struggle
on the high plane of dignity and discipline.
We must not allow our creative protest
to degenerate into physical violence.
Again and again, we must rise to majestic heights
of meeting physical force with soul force.”
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
(January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968)
Civil rights leader, Orator
Husband, father
pastor, activist, humanitarian
Leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement
Nobel Peace Prize recipient, 1964
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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You can’t see me but I was there on my birthday August 28 working for this great man and his goal for equality. It seems like yesterday..
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oh WOW! That is soo incredibly awesome! It gives me goosebumps! You need to write about it (if you haven’t already)!!
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he Jovina, that’s incredible! As Linda says, please do write about it and if you already have, post a link!
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