I was there for that speech. My parents took my brothers and I to see and hear Dr. King. They wanted to educate us. My mother told me after his speech, Martin Luther King Jr. came down and spoke to my brothers and I and shook our hands. I was very young at the time so I have no remberence except what my mother told be. I wish they had pictures or videos. We were up front next to the baracades
"We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the opressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed..... Justice too long delayed is justice denied. " bah! He had words that would lighten your soul up! Such a good man.
From 1962, but yet could vary well be speaking for 2018. May God send his truth to knock the brains out of falsehood and may we have the courage to live it, amen.
I love this man so much brings peace and hope to me even today! What a great man such strength through love. May God bless everyone on here and your hearts be full of love! Live tomorrow to make this man as proud as of you as I am of him!
Thank you for sharing this gem. In it are the roots of I Have a Dream, A Time to Break Silence, and I've Been to the Mountaintop. While I understand and support the King family's right to copyright and live off of his spoken words, the practice has virtually stripped those words from the consciousness of the several generations of US youth who need to hear and contemplate what this great American said and why he said it. I am certainly glad that this speech remains in the public domain.
Hes inspired a young mind who touches on these topics. Look up "Tone Da Boss - Freedom" its a rap song actually worth listening to even MLK would have been proud of
MLK speech @ Park Sheraton Hotel in NYC honoring the Emancipation Proclamation on the eve of its centennial anniversary. Excellent and much of it still applies today.
Yes Dr. King was great. I did a spoken word tribute to him I think you all should check it out. Im new to you tube, therefore I only have one video but I will add more over time.
For Those Who Wasn’t Even Born In The 60’s But Way After Year’s Later Like Myself What Speeches Got UR Attention That Has U Listening To Dr.Martin Luther King,JR PLZ Let Me Know
Thank you for posting this! It seems we *still* have that same problem with that hostile region to this very day. They've just expanded the classes of people whom they wish to deny basic rights.
I delivered the King's speech of 6 steps to non violent social change to a militant medgar evers college student body that stated they were. reasonable strategies. I had been previously fired by that school. arma et veronque no canta Ms. Cassandra wimbs Rosa Parks awardee
The speech starts by suggesting that Thomas Jefferson's original Declaration of Independence encouraged an attack on the UK, because of the slave trade. King does not provide relevant background that Jefferson was both a slaveholder and in love with a slave. Based on the wording of King's speech, I am not sure if he was fully aware of this fact, and the tortuous dilemma Jefferson likely struggled with most of his life; i.e. the long term benefit of national unity, versus the ethics of slavery.
