Dr. King should be remembered as one of the people in history who changed the world. The civil rights movement changed America for the better, and that movement, like all movements, evolved into what we now call the human rights movement. Change is taking place globally to bring freedom and demoracy to people who don't even know what they are. Dr. Kings place in world history should not be diminished because of the color of his skin- he should be honored for the content of his character- and for the good he did for America and the world.
Those people who fought along side Dr. King for civil rights and especially those others who died for that cause have a legacy, too. If you didn't experience what they experienced by segregation and worse, then there is no real way you can understand completely their feelings for Dr. King.
When I started attending a Oneness church, the pastor didn't even want us to invite black people to church and sure didn't want them to attend. I credited it to ignorance and his having been brought up in the deep south where that teaching was so pervasive. I wonder how God looks at it when people continue with prejudices and discrimination?...I'm not being accusatory of anyone here. Just wondering and heading to walk....
I remember when I was little we would go to Mississippi to visit relatives. Hate and fear were very strong there. Dr. King was a very hard worker for civil rights, it is only fitting to me that we have a day to remember him as one who tried to unite America against racism.
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
I remember as a young child wondering why black kids couldn't go to school with us and thinking it made no sense. There were separate restrooms, water fountains and they couldn't eat at the lunch counters, etc. There was really no such thing as "separate but equal"...What a turbulent time the 60s were when the significant changes in civil rights came.
When you begin to consider Americans who never served as a President, or as a military commander, the list of truely GREAT Americans that stand ahead of Dr. King is very short.
One can argue that Ben Franklin is first on that list simply because there might not even be a United States of America without him, beyond that no one comes to mind....
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When you begin to consider Americans who never served as a President, or as a military commander, the list of truely GREAT Americans that stand ahead of Dr. King is very short.
One can argue that Ben Franklin is first on that list simply because there might not even be a United States of America without him, beyond that no one comes to mind....
I hate that he was killed in the prime of his life.
Wonder just how different things would be had he not been killed. Would he have continued on the path he was going or would he have been distracted? Would Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton be different than they are today?
Just a load of questions of what if!
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Master of Science in Applied Disgruntled Religious Theorist Wrangling
PhD in Petulant Tantrum Quelling
Dean of the School of Hard Knocks
When I see news clips of the dogs and fire hoses being used against black people it hurts my heart to see that kind of hate just because someone is a different color. And it is sad but true that there are still people that hate and use subtle language and attitudes but underlying that is fear.
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
here's how i think it ought to be done. I think America should have one day for all the heros and you pick the one you want to celebrate. you can pick Lincoln, Washington, MLK, St patrick, colombus or whoever, instead having a zillion holidays.
here's how i think it ought to be done. I think America should have one day for all the heros and you pick the one you want to celebrate. you can pick Lincoln, Washington, MLK, St patrick, colombus or whoever, instead having a zillion holidays.
Oh no, my husband is working today and getting all that holiday pay......
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
here's how i think it ought to be done. I think America should have one day for all the heros and you pick the one you want to celebrate. you can pick Lincoln, Washington, MLK, St patrick, colombus or whoever, instead having a zillion holidays.
That's bascially what they did for President's Day. Combined Lincoln and Washington holidays into the one.
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Master of Science in Applied Disgruntled Religious Theorist Wrangling
PhD in Petulant Tantrum Quelling
Dean of the School of Hard Knocks
here's how i think it ought to be done. I think America should have one day for all the heros and you pick the one you want to celebrate. you can pick Lincoln, Washington, MLK, St patrick, colombus or whoever, instead having a zillion holidays.
I dont have a problem with Presidents day being seperate, nor do I have a problem with MLK day. MLK was singluar in American History. No non-President has had the kind of impact on American Culture the way MLK did.
At some point in time, there might be a cause to realign an "American Hero's day, that brings some kind of light to all the Great Americans who have made us what we are, but even though it has been 40 years, MLKs contribution remains ever present.
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