[Editor's Note: And a hearty Happy Birthday to my mother today, an Irish, black-taxi-riding woman from Georgia who remains committed to treating all human beings as human beings and is a true inspiration to justice. Anita sees hope in human kindness small and large, and is a big Obama fan. Peace.]
Update: Barack Obama on King (nice)
From TalkLeft
by Jeralyn
I hope we all take a few minutes today to reacquaint ourselves with the extraordinary wisdom, vision and passion of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Some of my favorites:
- A one-minute video that features excerpts from Dr. King's 1967 speech, Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence , April 4, 1967, Riverside Church, New York City, amidst images of King, Vietnam, Bush, Iraq and more.
- Letter From Birmingham Jail (pdf), April 16, 1963
- I've Been to the Mountaintop: April 3, 1968. Dr. King's last speech, the day before his assassination, in support of the striking Memphis sanitation workers.
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