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As King Encouraged, America Must Face Her Flaws
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As King Encouraged, America Must Face Her Flaws

Rev. Dr. Najuma Smith-Pollard, Contributing WriterJanuary 10, 2018

In Dr. Martin Luther King’s posthumously published essay, “A Testament of Hope,” he wrote, “It is forcing America to face all its interrelated flaws-racism, poverty, militarism and materialism”. In the past seven years, like it or not, our nation has had to face all its interrelated flaws – racism, poverty, militarism and materialism; and sexism, as represented by the wave of #’s from #TrayvonMartin to #Metoo. Those who have used their privilege to silence, repress and even oppress black and brown men and women, immigrants, LGBTQ, and other vulnerable people groups, are feeling the pinch and pressure from activists and everyday

MLK: He Lived and Died for Justice
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MLK: He Lived and Died for Justice

Larry Buford, Contributing WriterJanuary 10, 2018

This is the 50th year since the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated during the tumultuous 1960’s. He lived for justice and died for justice. In his 1963 “I Have A Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial he said in part: “e’ve come here today to dramatize a shameful condition. In a sense we’ve come to our nation’s capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir…It is obvious today

MLK: Beyond Vietnam Speech 50 Years Later
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MLK: Beyond Vietnam Speech 50 Years Later

Kimberlee Buck, Staff WriterApril 5, 2017

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke his first public antiwar speech, “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence,” in front of 3,000 people at Riverside Church in New York City.