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I had never listene[YouTube=]d to the entirety of some of his speeches. What a great man. Here is his last speech before he was assassinated, "I've been to the mountaintop".

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Yes - a great American.

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If I remember the story correctly, King wasn't supposed to even be at that meeting. King was feeling poorly, it was a rainy night, and not many people were expected. When some of the others of his group arrived, the place was packed, so someone was sent for King, who just winged the speech without any notes.

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You nailed it numbers ... great man and as joe said a great American.

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Dedication of King Memorial postponed by Hurricane Irene
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial dedication has been postponed due to Hurricane Irene's impending assault on the East Coast, NBC News has learned.

The dedication ceremony's organizers — the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation — announced its decision on Thursday night, citing the interest of public safety.

If weather permits, the memorial will be open on Friday and Saturday, though the official dedication will be moved to September or October.

As many as 300,000 people had been expected to flock to the National Mall on Sunday to watch the dedication of a memorial in the civil rights leader's honor.
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Late for the day, but a great tribute to MLK by Sherrilyn Ifill.
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Highlights at 4:06 mark (collective bargaining) and the 5:45 mark (corporate greed) and the 6:25 mark (voter ID)



Bonus that you get to see the burgeoning darling of Fox News and lackey for the 1%,Scott Walker, squirm thru the entirety. And a black firefighter glaring at Walker in disgust a few times. around 1:30 she mentions King's view of war as an enemy to the poor, to loud applause. Everybody but boy governor.
The idiot Walker should have skipped. MLK was shot in Memphis where he was to march with striking sanitation workers.
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that is an awesome, awesome monument.

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Martin Luther King Day is that day that members of the Pierce County Affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness will be going to our state capitol to lobby legislators. Last January was my first time going. I will be going along again this year and I will have a personal story to share about my experiences last year with our broken mental health care system. I hope that my story will help our legislators understand the problems with our mental health care system.

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