Happy Birthday Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

[oenophile]

"Justice would flow like water and righteousness like a mighty stream."

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Edited January 16, 2007 by oenophile

[Tom Strange]

I've always thought that was such a powerful line... so visual, so full of energy... one can feel the power of it.

[mstar1]

"Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction." (HERE)

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly." (Letter from Birmingham jail)

At a time when white America had forfeited its right to expect from black Americans anything but rage and hatred, by some miracle all America got was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. May we all endeavor to deserve this astonishing and improbable gift.

Edited January 16, 2007 by mstar1

[waterbuffalo]

Thanks Oeno for the thread and MStar for the links. I LOVE to read his stuff and have a HUGE file on him and Rosa Parks. Rosa was/is my hero, too. She just died last year in Dec. Lived to be 90 something. Great woman.

MLK's thinking was so far above most that he had few peers in his lifetime or possibly even now, imo.

Thanks again for the links, MStar.

[mstar1]

HERE are some audio sermons and speeches

[Belle]

:eusa_clap:

Thanks, Y'all!