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1-31-07

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Special supplement by the Milwaukee Community Journal

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963.

A bouquet of flowers were recently left at the feet of a statue of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. located on the street that also bears his name. The flowers were presumably left on the same day as his birthday. (photo by Harry Kemp)

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice.

Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

by Gov. Jim Doyle
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a time to reflect not only on a great life, but on a great cause. On this day, we’re celebrating not just a man, but what he stood for. Read more

"I Have A Dream"

"When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God’s children, Black men and White men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"

It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of captivity. But one hundred years later, we must face the tragic fact that the Negro is still not free. Read More

Would Dr. King be on Youtube?

"Our nettlesome task is to discover how to organize our strength into compelling power."--Martin Luther King, Jr. Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? (1967)

As Americans pause this weekend to reflect on the legacy of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., we must take time to remember that one of his greatest legacies is that of unending, enduring and effective advocacy. Read more

Dr. King’s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech

Martin Luther King’s Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1964

Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness, Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen:

I accept the Nobel Prize for Peace at a moment when 22 million Negroes of the United States of America are engaged in a creative battle to end the long night of racial injustice. Read more

Congresswoman Gwen Moore addresses the audience at the recently held annual city-wide Martin Luther King celebration at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. (photo by Harry Kemp)

What if Martin were alive today.....

Article by a student at Pocantico Hills School, Sleepy Hollow, New York, first published in 2002

Three years ago a group of second grade students created a timeline of the events in the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Three years and 300,000 visitors later they revisited their work. These students, now 5th graders, spend some time laughing and reminiscing before the conversation turned serious. What would have happened if Dr. King had not been Read more

Dancin’ for the King

This dance group was one of many that performed at the recently held citywide King celebration held at the Marcus Center for the Perfoming Arts. (photo by Harry Kemp)

No Small Dreams
The radical evolution of MLK’s last years

by Michael Eric Dyson
Article courtesy of "Lip"s Magazine
Martin Luther King, Jr., stands as possibly the greatest American rhetorician of the 20th century. Read more

City Hall held its Martin Luther King birthday observance in the rotunda. (photo by Harry Kemp)

Dr. King’s Legacy

King is one of the most widely revered figures in American history. Even posthumous accusations of marital infidelity and academic plagiarism have not seriously damaged his public reputation but merely reinforced the image of a very human hero and leader. Read More

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