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Who the is this "King" I hear about each year?
"I HAVE A DREAM" (as spoken from the steps of the Washington D.C. Lincoln Memorial, August 28, 1963)
Source: LinkI am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.
Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.
But 100 years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languished in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. And so we've come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.
In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Cons ution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men - yes, black men as well as white men - would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check that has come back marked "insufficient funds."
But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. And so we've come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and security of justice. We have also come to his hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children.
It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Nineteen sixty-three is not an end but a beginning. Those who hoped that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.
But there is something that I must say to my people who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice. 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 the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force. The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny. And they have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone.
And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back. There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality. We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities. We cannot be satisfied as long as the Negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. We can never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their selfhood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating "for whites only." We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote. No, no we are not satisfied and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.
I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells. Some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you battered by storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive.
Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed.
Let us not wallow in the valley of despair. I say to you today my friends - so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
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.
I have a dream that one day down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification - one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.
This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back to the South with. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.
This will be the day, this will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with new meaning "My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my father's died, land of the Pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring!"
And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true. And so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania.
Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado. Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California.
But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia.
Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee.
Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi - from every mountainside.
Let freedom ring. And when this happens, and when we allow freedom ring - when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children - black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics - will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual: "Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"
Who the is this "King" I hear about each year?
He had a dream alright...and the Democrats, Jesse Jackson, and his children have spent the last 30 some-odd years pissing on that dream.
which children ? -- the legitimate or the illegitimate ones?
^a couple of his later are not old enough to make any decisions yet.
Whaaaaat?
MLK did what?!?!?
No Jesse did the deed. Not MLK.
well no - jesse and al are known adulterers - but their affairs pale to the wilt chamberlain-esque efforts of Dr. King.
Maybe you should just go to work today then...
ummh okay -- I do have a job -- unlike other corn fed folks on the board --Maybe you should just go to work today then...
on a side note - a local kid from here is debating on Nebrasak - Greg Mcelroy - QB from Southlake Carroll - he might fit nicely in the new system.
1) This cornfed man is gainfully employed (and rather well) by the State of Texas...so even though I had to work on 2 Jan, I did manage to get off (so to speak) today and I even get 19 Jan off for Confederate Heroes day! If you are a Texas resident, thanks for the HOLIDAY... How ironic is THAT concerning that both holidays fall in the same week! Hmmm...
2) On your side note: I thought McElroy already committed to TTU? Is he having second thoughts? He would be an awesome addition to grow up behind Taylor and Beck. We did have a QB, Josh Freeman from Misery commit to us but reneged. OK, I just saw on Scout.com where McElroy is looking at Nebraska. I think he would develop there better than TTU if he wants to go to the next level. Chase Daniel was smart to go to Misery. We just got a commit from a 6'6", 4.46 40 guy from El PAso as a Wide Out. He is used to running an O somewhat similar to the WCO. I think we are in the wrong forum...oops
Oh I get it -- go to work since I don't support the day --- got it --
Yeah he wants to go to Stanford but apparently that is not happening for him. Last I heard was that Mcelroy was probably leaning towards Nebraska. He was never going to TT - He wouldn't see the field for 3 years barring injuries. -
Chase was smart to go to Mizzou - the thing is - if you aren't going to the league you should pick a good school where you can play - get some exposure - some memories ( some good booster networking) and have a good time.
Interesting. When I was watching the Texas Bowl, I could have sworn that they kept saying TTU...also, it is listed in the Rivals.com Texas Top 100 that he has committed to them (From the Houston Chronicle yesterday). Hey, we will take him, and he will get the redshirt, hopefully we won't have to burn it like we did Beck's. He might get some time in his SOPH yr. He would look good in the WCO.
He did orally commit but I would bet money that he won't be there this fall.
Excerpt from an ON LINE chat on ESPN Nation today...
Joey (Florence, AL)
Any chance McElroy signs with Alabama over Texas Tech?
CRAIG
McElroy is firm on Tech and will end up there - but if you are a Bama or Colorado fan you have to feel like you have a chance with him atleast visiting. Bama has the least appealing offense to a QB - but may have thebest chance to play sooner - so it comes down to what McElroy is looking for
CRAIG
side note least appealing as compared to Tech and what Hawkins will bring to Colorado
It was a great march. Walking with my daughters was a great feeling and I hope they will continue on their march as adults.
Was there a flyover?
I just wonder if Joe explained what MLK dream was all about.
Equality! That means no racial quotas, no set asides, work on your own,
be really awarded for what you do. And no being looked down on when
you do make it on your own, through you own efforts, regardless of your
race, color or creed.
Or did he explain that many in the parade still think the USA is a place
where people are treated unequal in every way shape and fashion and should
be given un-equal rights to make up for something that happened many,
many years ago.
You know like he did when he saw a dumb flag flying at some even he
and his family went to in the recent past. You know like flip out and
think someone is trying to take his rights away from him.
Go ahead and call me a racist, but before all you young folks start doing
that, I would like to explain something. I was arguing on the side of
the Cons ution which said all men (and women) are created equal and
meant it and my young tender age at the time was fussed at severely,
but I meant what I said then and I mean what it really means.......
ALL not just those who were dealt with wrongly in the past, because there
are more than blacks and whites in this country now and then. That
is a fact.
And that by the way doesn't mean I support those who want to be
women and are men nor women who want to be men and are women.
That is a preference, in my humble opinion, of what you want in the
way of sex or lifestyle.
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Should have used the one above the one quoted. (Joe's)
Last edited by xrayzebra; 01-17-2006 at 10:04 AM. Reason: Opps - wrong quote used.
I just asked if there was a flyover...
MARTIN LUTHER KING - THE FATAL SHOT CAME FROM A DIFFERENT DIRECTION
As part of his research, Ted Wilburn went back to the Lorraine Motel, to the very spot where Martin Luther King was shot, and took a photograph of the crime scene location that shows a great deal of the surroundings.
Indicated at left is the actual window of the rooming house from which the government maintains that James Earl Ray shot Martin Luther King.
A line has been drawn from the rooming house window back to the balcony on which the pointing witnesses were photographed. Note the end of the line near the fire extinguisher and the intersection of the line with the top of the pale blue door.
Using the fire extinguisher and the top of the door as landmarks, a line is drawn on a detail of the photo taken just moment after the shooting, indicating the direction back to the window of the rooming house.
As can be seen, NONE of the witnesses are pointing towards the window of the rooming house at 422 South Main Street from where James Earl Ray supposedly fired at King...
Let's also not forget Martin Luther King Day January 21,2002
You mean like all the good dimm-o-craps. Sheeesh, they all speechified
on the same old subjects. Hillary even had to comment on the House of
Representatives, of which she is not even a member. Although she may
not know she is in the Senate. Hmmmm, now there is a thought. After
all she couldn't recollect much when called before the committee checking
on her and Bill.
And we don't want to forget the Mayor of NO, we gonna be Chocolate
again. Boy you guys have some real winners. One thing, your man
Kennedy did quit the Owl club, or so he said.
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