Mournfully - and astoundingly for those of us who so palpably remember it - we mark the 56th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on a motel balcony in Memphis. Today, alas, an America still riven by the same hate, racism and brutality that killed him has woefully failed to fulfill his fundamental plea to 'be true to what you're sayin' on paper...Somewhere I read that the greatness of America is the right to protest for right.'Civil rights 'trailblazer, prophet, and champion of justice,' King was struck down at just 39 by a single bullet to the neck on April 4, 1968. He had come to Memphis the day before to help striking sanitation workers rally for better wages and safer working conditions. The night of April 3, speaking extemporaneously to an overflow crowd at the Mason Temple, he gave what became his prophetic final speech, urging his audience, 'We've got to give ourselves to this struggle until the end. 'We've got some difficult days ahead,' he warned
Mournfully - and astoundingly for those of us who so palpably remember it - we mark the 56th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on a motel balcony in Memphis . Today, alas, an America still riven by the same hate, racism and brutality that killed him has woefully failed to fulfill his fundamental plea to 'be true to what you're sayin' on paper...Somewhere I read that the greatness of America is the right to protest for right.
'Civil rights 'trailblazer, prophet, and champion of justice,' King was struck down at just 39 by a single bullet to the neck on April 4, 1968. He had come to Memphis the day before to help striking sanitation workers rally for better wages and safer working conditions. The night of April 3, speaking extemporaneously to an overflow crowd at the Mason Temple, he gave what became his prophetic final speech, urging his audience, 'We've got to give ourselves to this struggle until the end. 'We've got some difficult days ahead,' he warne
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