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Happy #MLKDay!
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Belafonte. King. Joy.
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From Rep. John Lewis to St. Louis, here's how how America honored Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. http://nbcnews.to/1J0yZ52
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Dr. King was my friend, my brother, my hero. We honor him through service. Today is a day on, not a day off.
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MLK Jr had a dream. But its on us to invest in our kids to see that dream realized #FLOTUS #MLKDay #BoysAndGirlsClub
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Cha
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(295,525 posts)freshwest
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(295,525 posts)Jaiya Smith carries a sign down the aisle during a service honoring Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. at Ebenezer Baptist Church, where King preached.
Mahalo~ "Stick With Love.." MLK~
Cha
(295,525 posts)Cha
(295,525 posts)ND-Dem
(4,571 posts)move people to the good, & not a false or phony note in them.
Cha
(295,525 posts)Forever.
Thank you.
JI7
(89,150 posts)i wonder of all the thoughts/feelings going through john lewis .
Cha
(295,525 posts)locked arms with Martin Luther King seem to be flooding back.
I salute John Lewis
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)Happy Birthday by Stevie Wonder
You know it doesn't make much sense
There ought to be a law against
Anyone who takes offense
At a day in your celebration
'Cause we all know in our minds
That there ought to be a time
That we can set aside
To show just how much we love you
And I'm sure you would agree
It couldn't fit more perfectly
Than to have a world party on the day you came to be
Happy birthday to you
I just never understood
How a man who died for good
Could not have a day that would
Be set aside for his recognition
Because it should never be
Just because some cannot see
The dream as clear as he
That they should make it become an illusion
And we all know everything
That he stood for time will bring
For in peace our hearts will sing
Thanks to Martin Luther King
Why has there never been a holiday
Where peace is celebrated
All throughout the world
The time is overdue
For people like me and you
Who know the way to truth
Is love and unity to all God's children
It should be a great event
And the whole day should be spent
In full remembrance
Of those who lived and died for the oneness of all people
So let us all begin
We know that love can win
Let it out don't hold it in
Sing it loud as you can
Happy birthday to you
We know the key to unify all people
Is in the dream that you had so long ago
That lives in all of the hearts of people
That believe in unity
We'll make the dream become a reality
I know we will
Because our hearts tell us so
Cha
(295,525 posts)Thank you so much. I'm ashamed to say I never knew the lyrics to Happy Birthday were for him before.. but reading them now I see it!
Simply Beautiful
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)was among those opposing a national holiday for Dr. King. Opponents were saying this nonsense about how it would cost businesses too much money. What a crock. Then later McCain claimed that he didn't know much about Dr. King because he was in Vietnam when King was making history. Another crock!
Not many people can say a song they wrote helped a nation declare a national holiday - the great Stevie Wonder is one of them.
I think we should have a national holiday for federal voting days. Americans work too much as it is. It should be a paid holiday. Anyone who claims it would cost businesses too much money - well i say that's a crock! Voter enfranchisement is critical in a democracy. Far too many people are disenfranchised from voting because they have to work all day of voting. We should honor Dr. King by declaring voting days holidays! In my opinion.
Cha
(295,525 posts)MLK Day in Arizona.. looking it up.. it was in 1983 and I was living in San Diego, CA.
Such an ignorant man.. and he really hasn't gotten any better.. look at the company he kept with the vote against the Holiday for MLK..
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The six who cast votes against the national holiday are all Republicans: Sens. Richard Shelby (Ala.), Chuck Grassley (Iowa), John McCain (Ariz.) and Orrin Hatch (Utah), as well as Reps. Jim Sensenbrenner (Wis.) and Hal Rogers (Ky.). Shelby cast his vote as a Democrat, before he switched parties.
http://thehill.com/homenews/229844-lawmakers-reflect-on-no-votes-on-mlk-day
Definitely we should have a National Holiday for Voting.. like Australia! Dr King would have loved that. That will happen when Dems go out to Vote in Midterms and we get a Dem Majority in Both Houses.
"Not many people can say a song they wrote helped a nation declare a national holiday - the great Stevie Wonder is one of them."
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)I'm going to keep mentioning it until it happens.
You are so right - Dr. King would have loved that.
We must keep expanding freedoms.
It never ends. But you meet the best people along that journey!
Cha
(295,525 posts)especially during the Midterms.. but, felt resigned that it wouldn't happen in this lifetime.
But, if people are silent then that would be a reality. And, thanks another thing Dr King was strong on.. speak up!
Yes, you do meet the best people along the way! Mahalo~
Cha
(295,525 posts)nirvana555
(448 posts)of the day. I'm a white women in my 50's and fortunately my parents were very liberal and quite the civil rights activists themselves. Consequently, my brother, sister and I are as well. I remember my mom being more devastated when Dr. King was assaisnated than when the Kennedy's were.
Cha
(295,525 posts)great parents and siblings!
I didn't have much of a clue what Dr King was all about when it happened but I felt shocked and sad that someone could do that to anyone. The same with JFK and RFK.. I've learned so much about them since then and want to celebrate their Lives.
Cha
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(295,525 posts)minute to celebrate Dr King's life.
Cha
(295,525 posts)arthritisR_US
(7,251 posts)the 60's unfortunately, is not ended.
Cha
(295,525 posts)celebrating Dr King's life with us.
Onward!
arthritisR_US
(7,251 posts)too much my Mum and what she did and what she taught me.
Cha
(295,525 posts)arthritisR_US
(7,251 posts)was going on in your country and the second mate that came to us. She was a Master Warant Officer and ended up housing two Americans. The second one was black from the deep south and he taught us so much, Mum said we had to wake up and was grateful he had come along to help us.
I know your country doesn't take kindly to draft dodgers and my Mum took them in and they were wonderful lads, they taught me so much...I'm crying again, I'm so sorry....
Cha
(295,525 posts)go to Viet Nam.. we heard horrible stories. The father of my kids was very grateful that I was pregnant so he wouldn't have to go..
Please don't apologize for crying.. I think it's a good thing to let it out.
arthritisR_US
(7,251 posts)Randy came to her funeral. He spoke at the service saying how much he loved her shepherds pie and her understanding. We spoke alone and cried and he showed me pictures of his family and he thanked me for Joy (my Mum).
At the funeral when he went to the podium you would not believe the seniors whose mouths dropped when my brother Richard announced his brother Randy would now give honour...
They are both the dearest to me and my brothers....
Cha
(295,525 posts)her life.
arthritisR_US
(7,251 posts)thanked us for taking him in. She wanted us to know how special we were, how wonderful Joy had been. I had to tell her the truth, Randy was a blessing in our lives. He enriched us and enlightened us and woke us up from the fog. I wept on the ringer with the sweetest woman I have never met.
Thank you MLK, you bring me good memories.
Cha
(295,525 posts)a foreign country.. Thank you, Canada and your Mum, Joy, aR US!
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Martin Luther King Jr w @RepJohnLewis, #CivilRights leaders&Pres Kennedy http://go.usa.gov/zwHm #MLKDay
5:06 AM - 15 Jan 2015 284 Retweets 175 favorites
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Cha
(295,525 posts)that pic of Harry Belafonte and him cracking up with pure Joy?!
napkinz
(17,199 posts)Cha
(295,525 posts)post it on MLK Day.
Wonder if Harry remembers what was so incredibly funny at that point in time?
Mahalo napkinz
mahalo Cha!
Cha
(295,525 posts)for answering the call!
Celebrate Dr King's life.. amazing man.. ".. hate is too great a burden to bear.. "
yuiyoshida
(41,736 posts)Make that big Sis and it's a deal!
gomen nasai! sorry!
Cha
(295,525 posts)one gender or the other and it turns out they're just the opposite!
問題ない Mondainai~ I googled!
yuiyoshida
(41,736 posts)I have my photo in all my posts, someone thought I was a guy and posted either my girl friend or someone famous photograph in my sig line. I said, no that's me! Maybe I shouldn't have said that, cause they kept sending me unwanted romantic messages in my inbox after that!! I had to block them.
Cha
(295,525 posts)you're a little cutie! I just want to pinch those cheeks on your little girl face. See, I can say that 'cause I'm a grandmother.
yuiyoshida
(41,736 posts)was from a posting, on DU not long ago. I think she is Korean? She was so cute, I could not resist. My photo is next to the popcorn!! (My favorite thing to snack on lately) One day I may take it down, if people keep confusing me with the little Korean girl.
Oh yeah..i Just remembered..Here She is....
How can anyone compete with her, she is just precious!!
Cha
(295,525 posts)all grown up in your sig line.
Thanks for straightening it out.. with the vid, too~ Teaching her not to go off with strangers because they have something sweet to offer. Sounds responsible!
merrily
(45,251 posts)He knew (thought he knew) he would be going to jail, so he packed books, to have something to read, an an apple and an orange, to have something to eat.
He got his head bashed in.
Thank you, Lewis and King and so many others. No words are enough.
Cha
(295,525 posts)I feel for John Lewis and Martin Luther King for all they have done for Civil Rights in America. And, for everyone else who has contributed so much to perpetuate their work.
1961 "Crime" of sitting at lunch counter in South Carolina is exonerated 54 years later!
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Civil rights protesters 2 be exonerated of 1961 crime of sitting-in S Carolina lunch counter http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/01/civil-rights-protesters-to-be-exonerated-of-1961-crime-of-sitting-in-at-south-carolina-lunch-counter/#.VLxUkEovd9M.twitter
2:50 PM - 18 Jan 2015 199 Retweets 108 favorites
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(295,525 posts)marym625
(17,997 posts)Thank you for this.
Cha
(295,525 posts)KMOD
(7,906 posts)k&r for MLK and Grandma Cha
Cha
(295,525 posts)it took me a long time to get use to that.. but, seeing it in print like that gave me a start! lol
Martin Luther King ".. hate is too great a burden to bear.."
I will be Grandma KMOD within the next 10 years.
To MLK
Here's to MLK and a future Grandma KMOD
TexasProgresive
(12,147 posts)Dr. Kings words in your post resonated with something I read from Thomas Merton last night. See Dr. Kings words this morning caused me to reflect on how those filled with wisdom are so close.
I started a thread in the interfaith group is you wish to read Merton's quote on hate and love.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12646377
Cha
(295,525 posts)in Interfaith.. thank you for cross-posting. Thomas Merton and Dr King really did have a lot in common with both of them finding strength in love.
Coincidently we lost both of them in 1968.. but oh how their message lives on.
sheshe2
(83,134 posts)Be back after SOTU~
Cha
(295,525 posts)Stephen Retired
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(295,525 posts)Enjoying your retirement, are ya?
sheshe2
(83,134 posts)"I Have Decided to Stick With Love.."
The man had a beautiful heart and fire in his belly.
Happy Birthday Martin Luther King.
Thank you Cha. Excellent Op~
Cha
(295,525 posts)of Dr King and his family, she~
I hadn't seen that one of him, Coretta and the baby in the little jump chair.