MLK’S SELMA SPEECHES If you haven’t already, you should go see the movie “SELMA” I was a teenager in the sixties. There was Vietnam and civil rights on live TV every night. I was in high school when the first black students showed up. There, when they came to swim in an all white city pool. I was here when the Klan held rallies. Even in this small town I witnessed how black people struggled to overcome. King would use words and non violence to achieve what they say couldn’t be done. Young people, of all colors, should go see the movie. See the courage and determination, the struggle it took, to bring about change. King, knew that the price of change is sometimes worth more than anyone should have to pay, still, he paid it. Following are some quotes of this great man. “If physical death is the price that I must pay to free my white brothers and sisters from a permanent death of the spirit, then nothing can be more redemptive.” “Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals. “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. Martin Luther King, Jr. Thanks for the Reading
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