Thoughts on Dr. King... I realized today around 2:30pm that my company was doing nothing in recognition of the 50th Anniversary of the March on the Capital today. I didn’t want the day to go by without any sort of recognition so I wrote this and sent it to some of my co-workers. Now I’d like to share a longer version with my Facebook Friends as well. It was a bright, sunny morning in Washington D.C. The lawyers and organizers sat and worried about the day’s events to come. Who would show up? Would there be Klan? Would there be members of the Black Nationalists that didn’t prescribe to Dr. King’s theology of peaceful, nonviolent protest? Would anyone show at all? They soon had their answer as a quarter of a million people gathered at the Mall to hear and see Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak. On the stage was longtime friend and spiritual advisor to Dr. King, Gospel Singer Mahaila Jackson. Now if you have never heard her sing I strongly recommend you check her out. She has the voice and conviction that would make an Atheist jump to his feet! Many waiting in the wings with Dr. King stated that they could see the tears streaming down his cheeks as Mahailia sang praises. She finished up and turn to exit the stage. Dr. King, speech in hand, entered from the opposite side. Hundreds within earshot heard Ms. Jackson yell “Tell Them About Your Dream Dr. King! Tell Them About Your Dream!” With that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stepped up to the podium, place his written speech aside, grabbed the podium with both hands and took 250,000 people to church! The most memorable lines of his speech…. “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." Dr. King went on to give what was arguably the most unforgettable speeches in all of history. A speech he worked his life away for. A speech he GAVE his life for. All in the name of the basic human rights and dignities you and I enjoy every day and would be horrified to lose. The right to vote, to work, to education. For these basic human rights people fought and died, suffered and cried. Yet there is still so much to be done. Let us not let the work of Dr. King and so many others become nothing more than a History Lesson. Let’s remind our children and our children’s children how hard fought and fragile FREEDOM really is. And in the words of Dr. King “No, no, we are not satisfied, we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream”
Posted on: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 04:17:13 +0000
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