15 January 2007
TLH015 - Remembering Dr. King
TLH015 - Remembering Dr. King
<Martin Luther King, Jr. Born January 15th, 1929; died too soon on April 4th, 1968. Dr. King was a peacemaker, an activist and a strong voice for freedom, equality and justice. Dr. King was the youngest person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Jimmy Carter.
The excerpt from Dr. King's "I have a dream" speech is from the Internet Archive. The photo appearing in our blog today is from the Wikimedia commons.
From his speech "Beyond Vietnam: A Time To Break Silence", at Riverside Church on April 4th, 1967; one year to the day before his death: "We are at the moment when our lives must be placed on the line if our nation is to survive its own folly. Every man of humane convictions must decide on the protest that best suits his convictions, but we must all protest...A time comes when silence is betrayal."
(found in Brad Blog.)
This is also a good day to remember a local hero in the fight for civil rights, the Reverend C.K. Steel, the late pastor of the Bethel Baptist Church. In 1956, Rev. Steel became a focal point and leader of a boycott of the local bus system in Tallahassee that lasted until 1958. Prior to the boycott, Americans of African descent were required to ride in the back of the bus.
Tallhassee has a monunment to Dr. Steel. Washington DC needs a monument to Dr. King. You can learn more and make a donation by clicking here.
The podcast ends with MLK Day, a piece of melodic poetry by Brooklyn-born emcee SELF-SUFFICE (Rapoets) and Seattle-born emcee FURYUS (The Sky Beneath Crew). The audio comes from archive.org.
<Martin Luther King, Jr. Born January 15th, 1929; died too soon on April 4th, 1968. Dr. King was a peacemaker, an activist and a strong voice for freedom, equality and justice. Dr. King was the youngest person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Jimmy Carter.The excerpt from Dr. King's "I have a dream" speech is from the Internet Archive. The photo appearing in our blog today is from the Wikimedia commons.
From his speech "Beyond Vietnam: A Time To Break Silence", at Riverside Church on April 4th, 1967; one year to the day before his death: "We are at the moment when our lives must be placed on the line if our nation is to survive its own folly. Every man of humane convictions must decide on the protest that best suits his convictions, but we must all protest...A time comes when silence is betrayal."
(found in Brad Blog.)
This is also a good day to remember a local hero in the fight for civil rights, the Reverend C.K. Steel, the late pastor of the Bethel Baptist Church. In 1956, Rev. Steel became a focal point and leader of a boycott of the local bus system in Tallahassee that lasted until 1958. Prior to the boycott, Americans of African descent were required to ride in the back of the bus.
Tallhassee has a monunment to Dr. Steel. Washington DC needs a monument to Dr. King. You can learn more and make a donation by clicking here.
The podcast ends with MLK Day, a piece of melodic poetry by Brooklyn-born emcee SELF-SUFFICE (Rapoets) and Seattle-born emcee FURYUS (The Sky Beneath Crew). The audio comes from archive.org.
Labels: Bus Boycott, CK Steel, Florida, Leon County, Martin Luther King, MLK, Tallahassee
