Paul, I remember the march in Cicero, Illinois. I wish that I had met the man. He pushed our boundaries at a time we needed them to be pushed. He was truely fearless and right in his wishes for us all. Regards, Bob S.
On 1/16/06, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, powerful words from a dedicated man. I was able to shake his hand > one afternoon in the mid sixties when he led a march in Cicero, > Illinois. I wish I had been carrying a camera that day. > Paul > On Jan 16, 2006, at 5:02 PM, frank theriault wrote: > > > Today's Martin Luther King Day in the USA, no? > > > > I was going to say "Happy MLK Day", but I don't know if that's > > appropriate, although I suppose the day is (among other things) a > > celebration of the man and his accomplishments. > > > > Whatever the appropriate greeting might be, Martin Luther King Jr. was > > and is one of my personal heroes. He had incredible courage and > > commitment. He moved an entire generation, and an entire nation. He > > was certainly one of the great orators of this century (I'd say that > > he ranked up there with Churchill in that regard). > > > > He taught us that non-violence works. He taught us (to paraphrase MLK > > himself) to judge a human by the content of their character rather > > than the colour of their skin. > > > > I remember, as an 11 year old, hearing that he was shot. Not long > > after, RFK was assassinated as well. I was genuinely afraid that it > > was all unravelling. In some ways, I think it did. What a different > > world we might live in today had neither of those two had their life > > taken from them that horrible spring. (but I digress...) > > > > Martin Luther King wasn't a perfect man (it's said he may have cheated > > on his wife), as none of us are. But it can truly be said of the man > > that he changed the world in a positive way. Perhaps it's appropriate > > to end this with his own words, from what was certainly his greatest > > speech: > > > > "...when we allow 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!" > > > > cheers, > > frank > > > > > > -- > > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > > >
