<bgsound src="georgia.mid" loop=infinite>

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, Jr.




The 2007 King Holiday Observance

"On January 15, 2007 Americans across the country will celebrate the national holiday honoring the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The theme of this years holiday is "Remember! Celebrate! Act! A Day On, Not A Day Off!!" As they have since 1994, thousands of Americans will remember Dr. King by serving in their communities.
MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY






My Hero-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

I remember the March on Washington as if it were yesterday.It was the most memorable day of my life. I was living in Washington, D.C. When we awoke that morning, the news was reporting that the KKK and other dissentors were at the Monument and were planning to stop the March. My family was quite concerned about me going to the March. This was a day I had looked forward to for quite a while. I would be able to contribute to Dr. King's efforts. I had read and followed what my people were doing further south. I really admired the nonviolent efforts and often wondered if I would be able to "turn the other cheek". So, maybe this would be the day I would find out if I were as brave as the followers of Dr. King.

I had planned to meet some of my friends at the March but, when I got downtown I had never seen so many people in one place in my life. I never found my friends but I met many new friends.I don't know how to describe the feeling but,there was a special feeling of calm and peace.Everyone was smiling, hugging and greeting strangers. We all talked about why we were there and how we hoped that the world would see what we had been fighting for.

When the time came to march we all linked arms and sang and marched through the streets of Washington.I ended up in front of the stage. There were so many people, I remember feeling hot and faint. When I came to- I was on the grass in front of the stage and someone was telling me that I had fainted. I had never fainted before in my life. A man told me it was so crowded I had slipped through his legs to the ground. I quickly got up so I wouldn't miss anything. The speeches were inspiring, especially my hero, Dr. King.

When the day was over I knew I had to do my part in the struggle for our freedom. This was a day I wouldn't ever forget!




(Photo by Francis Miller/LIFE)

1963: Addressing civil rights demonstrators at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.


....I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up, 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




MARTIN LUTHER KING'S
ROAD TO NONVIOLENCE




MARTIN LUTHER KING'S
THOREAU AND GANDHI



"In college, Martin had read an essay by Henry David Thoreau. Thoreau was an American writer who lived more than 100 years ago. He believed that a man had the right to disobey any law he thought was evil or unjust. Once Thoreau did not pay his taxes as a protest against slavery. He was put in jail. A friend came to visit him. "Why are you in jail?" the friend asked. "Why are you out of jail?" he answered."
"King liked Thoreau's idea — that men should not obey evil or unjust laws. And he began to search harder for a way to fight against evil. He read books by the world's great thinkers and writers. Then one day, he heard a speech about the great leader of India, Mahatma Gandhi.
Gandhi had won freedom for his country from British rule (1947). And he had done it in a very unusual way. From the start, he told his people not to use violence against the British. He told them to resist the British by peaceful means only. They would march. They would sit down or lie down in the streets. They would strike. They would boycott (refuse to buy) British goods.
Gandhi had also read Thoreau's essay. He, too, believed that men had the right to disobey unjust laws. Like Thoreau, he believed that men should gladly go to jail when they break such laws.
"Fill the jails," Gandhi said. But — never use violence. Violence only brings about more hate and more violence. Gandhi told his people to meet body force with soul force. He told them to meet hate with love. Gandhi called this "war without violence." And it helped India gain its freedom."
THE LIFE AND WORDS OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, Jr.


"King had been impressed by the teachings of Henry David Thoreau and Mahatma Gandhi on nonviolent resistance. King wrote, "I came to feel that this was the only morally and practically sound method open to oppressed people in their struggle for freedom."
KING, MARTN LUTHER, Jr. Compton's Encyclopedia Online

GANDHI



"Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man." Mohandas K. Gandhi on nonviolence
"Gandhi was inevitable. If humanity is to progress, Gandhi is inescapable. He lived, thought and acted, inspired by the vision of humanity evolving toward a world of peace and harmony. We may ignore Gandhi at our own risk."

- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
GHANDI








DR. KING'S LIFE, SPEECHES AND DEATH

Read Dr. Martin Luther King's Speaches:Dr. Martin Luther King Site-Stanford University


The Martin Luther King, Jr.-Papers Project

D r. King's Washington Speech

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.-"I Have Dream"

Letter from Birminghm Jail

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.-STAMP

Seattle Times-Civil Rights Time Line

Greensboro Sit-Ins

Dr. King and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

The Man and His Dream

Martin Luther King

Human Rights Web

The Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., An Overview-

LIFE Classic Images: MLK

Dr. Martin Luther King Links-

The Assassination of Dr Martin Luther King Jr.-An Overview

Senator Robert Kennedy Speech on Martin Luther King's Death


Visit Dr. Martin Luther King Center

United States Department of Justice Investigation of Recent Allegations Regarding the Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.-June 2000

KODAK: MARTIN LUTHER KING-LOVING MEMORYThis modest but elegant collection of photos is offered in remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Composed of photos taken by Ben Fernandez during the last year of Dr. King's life, the site also asks visitors "to share their own thoughts and experiences concerning the fight for civil rights, which will be posted in a Book of Remembrance.

POWERFUL DAYS-THE CIVIL RIGHTS PHOTOGRAPHY OF CHARLES MOORE

CIVIL RIGHTS ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPTS Set up by the Mississippi Department of Archives, this page has full transcripts of interviews with civil rights workers and white southerners who were opposed to the civil rights movement. Reviewed on June 2, 1998.


MARCH TO FREEDOM-SELMA 1965


MARTIN LUTHER KING, Jr. - HOLIDAY BOOKS LIFE AND HISTORY FOR KIDS AND ELDERS


< SELF STUDY QUIZ-MARTIN LUTHER KING QUIZ


THE MARTIN LUTHER KING YOU DON'T SEE ON TV BY JEFF COHEN AND NORMON SOLOMON


THE UNFINISHED AGENDA OF MARTIN LUTHER KING,Jr.


TMELINE OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT









....When we let 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.








Guestbook by GuestWorld

















This page hosted by GeoCitiesGet your own Free Home Page