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Cha

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Tue Jan 20, 2015, 12:37 AM Jan 2015

Martin Luther King: "I Have Decided to Stick With Love.." & Belafonte. King. Joy.


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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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Martin Luther King: "I Have Decided to Stick With Love.." & Belafonte. King. Joy. (Original Post) Cha Jan 2015 OP
MLK had a dream but it's up to us to invest in it.. Cha Jan 2015 #1
Happy Martin Luther King Day! Cha Jan 2015 #2
Yes, I will keep kicking this celebratory MLK thread.. Cha Jan 2015 #3
Yes, it's only MLK DAy.. what up! Cha Jan 2015 #4
Quite a bit... And it should be MLK Day everyday until the message sinks in. freshwest Jan 2015 #20
Definitely, freshwest.. and What A Message he has! Cha Jan 2015 #22
That's okay.. I will kick this all by myself if I have to.. for MLK Cha Jan 2015 #5
k&r ND-Dem Jan 2015 #6
Such a beautiful intelligent person, ND-Dem.. Mahalo so much for that timeless quote from MLK! Cha Jan 2015 #8
Yes, he was. I think the greatest speaker in modern history; all his speeches are stirring and ND-Dem Jan 2015 #9
And, that's why they had to kill him.. not having a clue how he would live on Cha Jan 2015 #10
the one with belafonte is so cute JI7 Jan 2015 #7
Pure "Joy", JI7.. John Lewis' is not holding back in that tweet pic.. all the years since he Cha Jan 2015 #11
K4MLK Cha Jan 2015 #12
Happy birthday MLK! lovemydog Jan 2015 #13
Beautiful lyrics from Stevie Wonder for Martin Luther King, lovemydog! Cha Jan 2015 #14
Thanks Cha. He wrote it when John McCain from Arizona lovemydog Jan 2015 #17
Wow! Mahalo for that backstory.. I remember when McCain was a holdout for not celebrating Cha Jan 2015 #18
National Holiday for voting - let's make this happen! lovemydog Jan 2015 #21
I will keep up that mantle too.. mahalo for feeling so strongly about it, lmd. I think about Cha Jan 2015 #23
K4MLK Cha Jan 2015 #15
K4MLK Cha Jan 2015 #16
. K4MLK Cha Jan 2015 #19
K4MLK I can do this all night. Cha Jan 2015 #24
Unfortunatey, I had to work today but I listened to his speeches on and off for most nirvana555 Jan 2015 #25
Thank you for telling your history with MLK, nirvana.. It's wonderful you had such Cha Jan 2015 #27
K4MLK Cha Jan 2015 #26
K4MLK Cha Jan 2015 #28
I love it!.. Honoring Dr King in Selma, Alabama! Cha Jan 2015 #29
Celebrating Dr KIng's life on DU.. so nice to be among people who care. Cha Jan 2015 #30
Hilarious.. 342 views so far and 18 recs on MLK Day. I really appreciate those peeps who took a Cha Jan 2015 #31
Peace and Remembrance~ Cha Jan 2015 #32
K&R! napkinz Jan 2015 #33
I love that man. His fight from back in arthritisR_US Jan 2015 #34
That's right, arthristis.. it's still ongoing unfortuanately. Mahalo for stopping by and Cha Jan 2015 #36
I'm crying right now because I remember arthritisR_US Jan 2015 #40
Aww.. poignant tears.. Cha Jan 2015 #41
I'm just stupid sad. She was so livid with what arthritisR_US Jan 2015 #43
Wow, what a learning experience for you, arthritisR US. Nobody I knew wanted to Cha Jan 2015 #45
My Mum died last year and that bloody sweet arthritisR_US Jan 2015 #54
Oh, how very very special for your Mum's funeral to have Randy honoring her in celebration of Cha Jan 2015 #55
His Mum rang me, she was so sweet and arthritisR_US Jan 2015 #56
I can imagine how grateful Randy's Mum was for taking in her son in Cha Jan 2015 #57
... napkinz Jan 2015 #35
Just beautiful quotes, napkinz.. Mahalo! Oh that Dr King.. such LOVE! How'd ya like Cha Jan 2015 #37
shows another side of him we -- who only know of him in history books and videos -- haven't seen napkinz Jan 2015 #38
Exactly! And, one I'd never seen before.. just saw it a few days ago and wanted to Cha Jan 2015 #39
K&R yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #42
Mahalo to you, yuiyoshida.. Cha Jan 2015 #44
Anything for you yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #46
LOL.. Cha Jan 2015 #47
O.O" yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #48
No problem.. I do that.. get in mind somebody is Cha Jan 2015 #49
doumo arigatou gozaimasu yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #50
Of course you did.. Cha Jan 2015 #51
The photo of the little girl yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #52
Yes, I did think that was you as a youngster, yuiyoshida.. she is so precious and then you Cha Jan 2015 #53
Lewis never failed to bring tears to my eyes when he talks about this. merrily Jan 2015 #58
I agree, Merrily.. "No words are enough." Not able to put into words the gratitude and appreciation Cha Jan 2015 #59
Hate to disagree, but it was exonerated before their bottoms hit the stools. merrily Jan 2015 #60
Okay! Cha Jan 2015 #62
That's my opinion anyway, no matter what the law was. merrily Jan 2015 #63
I got it. sounded good to me. :) Cha Jan 2015 #67
beautiful post Cha marym625 Jan 2015 #61
You're Welcome, Mary and thank you! Cha Jan 2015 #65
I'm sticking with love, too KMOD Jan 2015 #64
You're funny, KMOD.. Cha Jan 2015 #66
I so much hope KMOD Jan 2015 #68
Oh sweet.. Cha Jan 2015 #69
Thanks for posting this Cha TexasProgresive Jan 2015 #70
Thank you, TexasProgressive! Just got back from your post Cha Jan 2015 #71
K4MLK Cha Jan 2015 #72
K4MLK Cha Jan 2015 #73
K4MLK Cha Jan 2015 #74
K4MLK Cha Jan 2015 #75
K4MLK Cha Jan 2015 #76
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K4MLK Cha Jan 2015 #78
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K4MLK Cha Jan 2015 #80
Kicking! sheshe2 Jan 2015 #81
Mahalo she.. here's to SOTU! Cha Jan 2015 #82
Amen Stephen Retired Jan 2015 #83
Mahalo Stephen Retired.. Cha Jan 2015 #86
Love the pic of Harry and Martin. Made me smile. sheshe2 Jan 2015 #84
And, some of us need that right NOW! Mahalo for the beautiful black & white photos Cha Jan 2015 #85

Cha

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1. MLK had a dream but it's up to us to invest in it..
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 12:45 AM
Jan 2015

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Cha

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22. Definitely, freshwest.. and What A Message he has!
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 02:41 AM
Jan 2015

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~
 

ND-Dem

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6. k&r
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 01:06 AM
Jan 2015
Evil may so shape events that Caesar will occupy a palace and Christ a cross, but that same Christ arose and split history into A.D. and B.C., so that even the life of Caesar must be dated by his name. Yes, “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” There is something in the universe which justifies William Cullen Bryant in saying, “Truth crushed to earth will rise again.”

Cha

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8. Such a beautiful intelligent person, ND-Dem.. Mahalo so much for that timeless quote from MLK!
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 01:12 AM
Jan 2015
 

ND-Dem

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9. Yes, he was. I think the greatest speaker in modern history; all his speeches are stirring and
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 01:16 AM
Jan 2015

move people to the good, & not a false or phony note in them.

Cha

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10. And, that's why they had to kill him.. not having a clue how he would live on
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 01:18 AM
Jan 2015

Forever.

Thank you.

JI7

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7. the one with belafonte is so cute
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 01:09 AM
Jan 2015

i wonder of all the thoughts/feelings going through john lewis .

Cha

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11. Pure "Joy", JI7.. John Lewis' is not holding back in that tweet pic.. all the years since he
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 01:22 AM
Jan 2015

locked arms with Martin Luther King seem to be flooding back.

I salute John Lewis

lovemydog

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13. Happy birthday MLK!
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 01:33 AM
Jan 2015


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

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14. Beautiful lyrics from Stevie Wonder for Martin Luther King, lovemydog!
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 01:41 AM
Jan 2015

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

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17. Thanks Cha. He wrote it when John McCain from Arizona
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 02:07 AM
Jan 2015

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

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18. Wow! Mahalo for that backstory.. I remember when McCain was a holdout for not celebrating
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 02:18 AM
Jan 2015

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

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21. National Holiday for voting - let's make this happen!
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 02:33 AM
Jan 2015

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

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23. I will keep up that mantle too.. mahalo for feeling so strongly about it, lmd. I think about
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 02:51 AM
Jan 2015

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~

nirvana555

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25. Unfortunatey, I had to work today but I listened to his speeches on and off for most
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 03:12 AM
Jan 2015

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

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27. Thank you for telling your history with MLK, nirvana.. It's wonderful you had such
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 03:18 AM
Jan 2015

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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31. Hilarious.. 342 views so far and 18 recs on MLK Day. I really appreciate those peeps who took a
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 04:14 AM
Jan 2015

minute to celebrate Dr King's life.

Cha

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36. That's right, arthristis.. it's still ongoing unfortuanately. Mahalo for stopping by and
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 04:56 AM
Jan 2015

celebrating Dr King's life with us.

Onward!

arthritisR_US

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43. I'm just stupid sad. She was so livid with what
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 05:37 AM
Jan 2015

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

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45. Wow, what a learning experience for you, arthritisR US. Nobody I knew wanted to
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 05:44 AM
Jan 2015

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

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54. My Mum died last year and that bloody sweet
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 06:25 AM
Jan 2015

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)
55. Oh, how very very special for your Mum's funeral to have Randy honoring her in celebration of
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 06:29 AM
Jan 2015

her life.

arthritisR_US

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56. His Mum rang me, she was so sweet and
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 06:41 AM
Jan 2015

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

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57. I can imagine how grateful Randy's Mum was for taking in her son in
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 07:03 AM
Jan 2015

a foreign country.. Thank you, Canada and your Mum, Joy, aR US!

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Cha

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37. Just beautiful quotes, napkinz.. Mahalo! Oh that Dr King.. such LOVE! How'd ya like
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 04:59 AM
Jan 2015

that pic of Harry Belafonte and him cracking up with pure Joy?!

napkinz

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38. shows another side of him we -- who only know of him in history books and videos -- haven't seen
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 05:03 AM
Jan 2015

Cha

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39. Exactly! And, one I'd never seen before.. just saw it a few days ago and wanted to
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 05:07 AM
Jan 2015

post it on MLK Day.

Wonder if Harry remembers what was so incredibly funny at that point in time?

Mahalo napkinz

Cha

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44. Mahalo to you, yuiyoshida..
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 05:38 AM
Jan 2015

for answering the call!

Celebrate Dr King's life.. amazing man.. ".. hate is too great a burden to bear.. "

Cha

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49. No problem.. I do that.. get in mind somebody is
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 06:02 AM
Jan 2015

one gender or the other and it turns out they're just the opposite!

問題ない Mondainai~ I googled!


yuiyoshida

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50. doumo arigatou gozaimasu
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 06:06 AM
Jan 2015

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

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51. Of course you did..
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 06:09 AM
Jan 2015

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

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52. The photo of the little girl
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 06:16 AM
Jan 2015

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)
53. Yes, I did think that was you as a youngster, yuiyoshida.. she is so precious and then you
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 06:25 AM
Jan 2015

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

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58. Lewis never failed to bring tears to my eyes when he talks about this.
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 07:05 AM
Jan 2015

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

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59. I agree, Merrily.. "No words are enough." Not able to put into words the gratitude and appreciation
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 08:22 AM
Jan 2015

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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Cha

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66. You're funny, KMOD..
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 08:50 AM
Jan 2015

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.."

TexasProgresive

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70. Thanks for posting this Cha
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 09:18 AM
Jan 2015

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

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71. Thank you, TexasProgressive! Just got back from your post
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 09:39 AM
Jan 2015

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

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84. Love the pic of Harry and Martin. Made me smile.
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 11:18 PM
Jan 2015

"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

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85. And, some of us need that right NOW! Mahalo for the beautiful black & white photos
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 11:25 PM
Jan 2015

of Dr King and his family, she~

I hadn't seen that one of him, Coretta and the baby in the little jump chair.

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