MARTIN LUTHER KING ~ A Civil Rights Leader
A Man of Peace ~ who led Peaceful Demonstrations
RECOGNISED and Respected throughout AMERICA ~ and
THROUGHOUT the World ~ for his message of LIBERATION
I have visited LORRAINE HOTEL where he was assassinated
NEXT to the MLK Memorial Center in Memphis Tennesee !
LESSONS of Civil Liberty & Rights ~ after 4 April 1968 ~ were
UNDERSTOOD better after MLK paid for it in his own BLOOD
THE President Lyndon Johnson carried the Legislation through !
HIS "I Have a Dream" speech (1963) was a powerful
EXPRESSION of his vision of "A Better Day in the Future"
REAL Progress has been made ~ but what JOHNSON and .....
KING accomplished was just the BEGINNING ~ not the END
I HAVE A DREAM ~ Is a Vision ~ yet to be Fulfilled !
NOT even a Black President BARAK OBAMA (2008 - 16) could
GUARANTEE Real Equality for AFRO-AMERICANS ~ AMEN
Thanks for visiting ~ comments welcome ~ Love BRIAN XOX
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May he RIP great write love
Thanks MARLENA ~ pleased you liked it ! It was the 50th Anniversary of his death yesterday ! I learned about him @ School and in American Studies @ the UK Open University ~ Yours BRIAN X
Your welcome an I did as well!! I actually live close by where he was married to Coretta Scott on June 18, 1953, on the lawn of her parents' house in her hometown of Heiberger, Alabama.
WOW MARLENA ~ Do you live in ALABAMA ? I've only stayed in MOBILE ~ Love it Love the People ! I went to the restaurant where they "throw dough" great fun ! I love American Diners so uninhibited and so inexpensive compared with the UK !
Yours BRIAN X
A great man whose message is still needed even now.
Thanks ANDY ~ The full extent of MLK's Dream is yet to be realised. Segregation has ended but there is still a lot of covert animosity from White Americans towards Hispanics ~ Afro-Americans and Native Americans ext. Thanks BRIAN !
Mio Caro Amico BRIAN,
Beautiful poem about a great man! As Andy stated, MLK’s “message is still needed even now” ... and I dare say...ESPECIALLY NOW! We’re so divisive... too far right...too far left! It’s a mess! I hope things will get better in this USA!
Un Abbraccio e Baci...
~Laura~
GRAZIE LAURA ~ La Nostra Cara Amica ~ MLK one of the most Noble Men of the 20th C ! What the USA needs is to DUMP TRUMP and elect a Young (under 50) DEMOCRAT who will build on the Foundation laid by JFK ~ LBJ ~ Carter & Obama and "Make America EQUAL AGAIN ! ~ AMEN ! Baci e Abbracci con Amore ~ T'Amici ANGELA e BRAIN XOXOX
A fine write Brian.
Well expressed - a great homage Brian.
A wonderful tribute! I cried as I read "I have a dream" to my daughter. He was truly one of the great ones! Thanks for sharing! Sister Christina
Fine tribute to a great man - he set the pattern for much future change toward better attitudes.
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