Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day my FB friends Wanted to share with you today a post by my mentor Justin.. build.lmosp/ ................. Today marks a truly special day in history which symbolizes FREEDOM and EQUALITY... More than fifty years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic I Have a Dream speech... On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, and it has since become one of the most famous orations in history. Youve seen the clips and heard its most famous lines on countless occasions... But here are some 11 fascinating facts you may not of been aware of. 1. The original draft was entitled Normalcy - Never Again and didnt contain any references to Kings dreams. 2. Before the speech, King told an aide that he wanted to deliver sort of a Gettysburg Address. (Nailed it.) 3. Dr. King almost didn’t give the “I Have a Dream” part of the “I Have A Dream” speech. Singer Mahalia Jackson urged Dr. King to tell the audience “about the dream,” and Dr. King went into an improvised section of the speech. 4. People almost never clearly heard Dr. King’s speech. An expensive sound system was installed for the event, but it was sabotaged right before it. Attorney General Robert Kennedy enlisted the Army Corps of Engineers to fix the system. 5. Marches had been proposed before the Kennedy speech and Evers’ killing, but the events forced the issue. Kennedy met with civil rights leaders such as Dr. King, Roy Wilkins, Whitney Young and student leader John Lewis about a proposed march. Kennedy signaled his approval publicly in July when he was assured it would be a peaceful event. 6. The official event was called the “March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.” On June 11, 1963, President John F. Kennedy made a nationally televised address calling for a drive for more civil rights. That same night, NAACP leader Medgar Evers was murdered in Mississippi. 7. Of the estimated 250,000 people who attended the March, about 60,000 were white. People came from all over the country, and few arrests were reported. 8. The night before the speech, Kings adviser Wyatt Walker suggested he not use any of that dream stuff during the March on Washington speech, calling it trite and cliche. 9. King didnt write the speech entirely by himself. The first draft was written by his advisers Stanley Levison and Clarence Jones, and the final speech included input from many others. 10. The day before, King and his advisers met to discuss the speech in the lobby of the Willard Hotel because it would be harder to wiretap than a suite. 11. King was up until 4 a.m. the night before working on the speech. His energy, words and passion will never be forgotten About 6 months ago I spoke on stage in front of over 6,000 Freedom-preneurs sharing my Freedom Speech. Watch my full Freedom Speech here: teamloveandlight/hippie-jedi-speech-denver/?id=bundle A lot of it was inspired from my great heroes like Martin Luther King Jr. And ironically enough our next event (in just 4 more days) in Miami is called FREEDOM because thats... What were fighting for, for all human beings to be free... Mentally, spiritually and monetarily. Yesterday I shared something I been passionately working on for the past 2+ weeks solid entitled The Law of One - Short Film On The Galactic Channelings of Ra Watch is here: teamloveandlight/law-of-one/?id=bundle Watch the video and embrace yourself for this DEEP epic quest into intelligent infinity youre about to tap into. If you believe in freedom for yourself, your family and for all humanity make some noise in the comment section down below. And if youre going to be at our FREEDOM Event in Miami this weekend I wanna feel your excitement and passion for transformation. Looking forward to your comments. Love & Light, Justin Verrengia
Posted on: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 04:35:58 +0000