"..Where they will not be judged by the
color of their skin but by the content of their character."
These are the words you are taught in elementary school
"I have a dream" the four words echo throughout black history month.
Although you don't understand the intensity of their meaning, you take them in.
Some say Martin Luther King Jr. was a great man, a leader of a movement that will
go down in history, live forever and change the lives of many people. I cannot digress,
but I wish today's youth would take the spoken words of this man and apply them, use
them to their fullest potential. They shall not be bounded to a specific historical event and
situation.
"..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. And those who hope 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. And 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.."
I wish I was there. I want to be some place where there is something meaningful happening.
This day to day routine of nothing is not satisfying, I want it all to mean something, be so much more.
These are the words you are taught in elementary school
"I have a dream" the four words echo throughout black history month.
Although you don't understand the intensity of their meaning, you take them in.
Some say Martin Luther King Jr. was a great man, a leader of a movement that will
go down in history, live forever and change the lives of many people. I cannot digress,
but I wish today's youth would take the spoken words of this man and apply them, use
them to their fullest potential. They shall not be bounded to a specific historical event and
situation.
"..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. And those who hope 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. And 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.."
I wish I was there. I want to be some place where there is something meaningful happening.
This day to day routine of nothing is not satisfying, I want it all to mean something, be so much more.