I think everyone should take the time and listen to Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech. To often the reality of the world is forgotten and hence we forget why we celebrate or appreciate. Here are some quotes that I think we can all relate to...black, white, brown, man or woman. I hope each of takes the time to educate not only yourself but your children. It comes down to character..
"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 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 a table of brotherhood."
"Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksand of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children."
"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!"
Monday, January 19, 2009
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Everytime I hear or read MLK's speech I get tears in my eyes. I've talked with my children many times about this great man. I'm so happy that our country has changed and that we are ALL treated equally.
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