Concreteloop would like to pay much respects to the late and extremely great civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr.
May he be in rememberence on this day of honor and recognition – finally resting in peace, which he fought for on land.
“I Have A Dream” @ The March On Washington – 8/28/63
Everybody’s working harder than the King children to keep their daddy’s dream alive!!!
Not many of today’s children know who Dr. King was or what he believed in or stood for. Dr. King’s children have chosen not to bring children into this world for whatever reason. It’s not too late for his sons, although I doubt if they will start procreating now.
But if they wanted some guarantee that the world would not forget their father and what he died for, they should have produced a new generation of Martin Luther Kings.
Dr. King’s children do “VERY” little to keep his dream alive. They don’t give speeches or visit schools and communities across the country to inform the next generation about their father and the Civil Rights struggles.
They had better start kicking in where they fit in.
I didn’t truly understand what Martin Luther King did for African Americans during the 60s (blame it on the lack of Black History being taught in primary school), and it wasnt until this year, (my sophomore year in college) after taking an African History course that I have wrapped my brain around Martin Luther King’s prowess and accomplishments. He was really one in a million, and all African Americans should fret, because there will never be another leader like him.
I respect MLK, but we gotta figure out our future, cuz things are not looking good, the problems have evolved into a new type of monster. If we fall asleep, trust, we won’t wake up, and we as a ppl of both the black and human race, are real drowsy right now. Forget about looking for leaders, just look for Truth and He will lead our way. Real talk.
thank you King. you sure represented me.
Will some please tell that nappy headed gurl Asbury to not disrepect Martin Luther King. He was a great man and did so much to get us where we are today. Asbury is like black house cleaner that tried to attack MLK because she thought he was going to make her lose her job. I don’t know how she can sit on her fat black butt and call MLK a fraud. She try to act so smart but she is ignorant. Probably one of them types always showing her teeth to the white man, girl please.
Happy MLK Day to everyone.
What Dr.King did was woderful, and I thank him. I just wish all these ghetto thugs and hoodrats would get their shit together. Dr King gotta be rolling over in his grave right now. This man died so we could have equal rights, and for what? Too act like damn fools? I think not.
And Anne MAe, please take the beef back to the chatroom.
I had a part of this speech in my head..while I was sleeping. Thank you for posting. He spoke the truth.
A MAN of Spiritual Power and a Contagious Essence!
please do a good deed today and not sit on your behinds on the computer all day.
Martin Luther King was one of the many leaders that helped pave the way for black people today. Happy Martin Luther King Day everybody and can we all just get along for one day. geesh!
SING CELEBRATE! SING SING CELEBRATE! FOR A KING CELEBRATE! To All My People: Happy MLK Day!
that was really powerful.. and the purest truth.
Honestly, this day kinda saddens me. When I think about Dr. King, and all the other blacks who took serious ASS-WHOOPIN’S, were murdered, threatened and violated in so many other ways so WE could have access to education, have access to good jobs and hold our heads up high and be RESPECTED…
Today you turn on the TV…and see the Flavor Flavs, and videos where our people are disrespecting OURSELVES…we’ve almost pushed our own selves backwards. People were literally DYING so that we could get the right to vote, and so many of us take that for granted.
It’s a sad, sad day. Young people today don’t seem to take anything serious. We’re going to wake up one day and the rights/freedom our ancestors like Dr. King gave us are going to be gone. They are already trying to do it (how many blacks were not allowed to vote in the 2000 Gore/Bush Presidential election?)
We better wake up. THANK YOU DR. KING!!!
And thanks to his remarkable wife, Mrs. Coretta Scott King who was truly a tireless SOLDIER for his cause.
P.S.–thanks to C.L., too. I love the day-to-day entertainment stuff, but I truly appreciate the socially conscious aspect of this site.
I co-sing with #2 and #4, alot of our children today are growing up without the knowledge of what Dr. King did and what he stands for. He dedicated his life to the upliftment of his people….There must be a reasonable reason why his children have decided not to procreate although i cannot possibly think of one but who am I to judge? We will just have to carry on his name and his beliefs for him
R.I.P.
Thank you for everything you did…
This is a man who had undying and unconditional dream for ALL of God’s children. We as Americans should carry out his dream everday as well as educate our children about his dream and what he stood for, what he did for us then as well as today.
Thank you Dr. King for your courage and strength. RIP to you and your wife.
TO EVERYONE THAT MIGHT READ THIS, THAT IS NOT HIS FULL NAME. HE EARNED A DOCTRINES DEGREE WHICH MAKES HIM DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
Much Love and Respect goes out to you Mr. King.
Happy MLK to all!
I hope that everyone takes the time out to reflect on the life and legacy of one of the most profound men in history. There will never be another Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., but we all should take a page from his book and become leaders in our own right. Dr. King’s life and death had great purpose. What purpose is your life serving? If you don’t know, you should take the time to discover what’s really important. To all of my brothers and sisters, let’s not become so blinded my the “bling” that we forget about the “Dream”.
Again I ask, “What are You Doing?”
What a beautiful, meaningful and touching speech! I am not american and I dont live in the United State so this is my first time hearing the entire speech, and I must say that it brought tears to my eyes.
This world needs more powerful, black leaders. MLK jr. is a great exemple of one.
May his soul rest in peace until we meet at once…
BIG UP what you said WIFEY….you took the words right out of my mouth!
When you take a look at revolutionary civil rights leaders like Dr. King you kind of realise the state many african-american communties are in.
Where did it all go wrong? Where did people start taking advantage of the rights others fought so hard for? And it is not even like african-americans are in the position to take advantage of these rights, many are still living in poverty and are affected by drugs and promisciouity.
I am sure there will be a realisation soon. African-americans of the past where forward thinking and very ambitious and determined. I am sure it will leak through the generations that soon come, not everyone can be a sell out surely?!
Thanks Dr. King for the ultimate sacrifice.
I hope that your legacy will continue to inspire future generations for years to come. In your spirit I hope that we will continue your cause, albeit updated for current times, but strong and resilient as if you were still in the march.
Young parents, take the time on this and other days, to remind your childeren who he was, if you don’t do it – no one will.
And now for the ignorant………..
Dr. King in his youth was one good looking man.
Dr. King tried to love somebody
(Do you wanna love somebody)
For his sake, put your hate away, take a day
(Take a day to love somebody)
Don’t play on the holiday, work to find a better way
Peace & Blessings to Dr. King. We need more leaders like him…
NO ZUDOIR AINT NOBODY WORKING A HARD AS U BEING FIRST ON EVERYDAMN POST
WHAT A GREAT MAN HE WAS AND PEOPLE STILL DONT GIVE HIM THE RESPECT HE DESERVES, LIKE MY JOB THATS WHY WE HAD TO WORK TODAY…:-(
Many thanks to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther and Mrs. Coretta Scott King Jr. Without whom we would not have the many freedoms that we have today. Thank you Dr. King for your non-violent approach. Thank you for what you sacrificed and practicing what you preached. Thanks to Mrs. King for being a true lady and being the true representation of what a Black Queen should be. Please dont’ let the celebration of what Mr. and Mrs. King accomplished just come up around his birthday or BHM. Everyday take time out to gain knowledge of what our ancestors have done for us. Take a little more time to improve on what they’ve already done.
Thank you GOD for blessing us with Mr. and Mrs. King for the length of time you have. May their souls Rest In Peace!
R.I.P. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Truly an extraordinary human being.
Thanks to the King Family for sacrificing themselves for the cause. May we almost remember and celebrate.
its important to be thankful to Dr. King for the eternal sacrfice he made to make our lives better, but at the same time keep the legacy alive to improve the world we live in now…
God bless his soul , I hope he is resting in peace.
I love this man
May his legacy live on.
PARENTS:
*Don’t wait for your children’s school to “educate” your kid on the plight of black folks. TEACH THEM YOURSELF!
Take them to museums, libraries, read age appropriate books on our struggles and progress together.
*STOP using the tired word Nigga.
*RISE up from oppression, whether that be the ghetto, a bad domestic relationship, lack of education or poverty.
*Start LOVING other black folks as if we were truly family. Your kids will then grow up doing the same.
THANK YOU DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AND HIS LOVELY WIFE CORETTA SCOTT KING. YOU FOUGHT AND SACRIFICE YOUR LIVES AND YOUR CHILDREN LIVES IN A VERY HOSTILE TIME TO MAKE LIFE EASIER FOR ME AND MY FUTURE CHILDREN. WE LOVE AND APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARDSHIPS!
What MLK did was a great thing.. without God on his side he would have never achieved any of this..
Happy MLK day, all
I wish all states celebrate this day, but not all. His dream is fulfilled.its a growing struggle still but i believe one day there wont be any animosity among races, if they set asides all judgments. Since our generation dont know anything, they need to make african american history a required course in all high schools because i think its neccessary for those to understand MLK and others fought for our freedom to strive the for the American Dream. RIP.
Thank you MLKJ!!!! I love you all!!
I’m extremely thankful for MLK, what he stood for, what he believed in, and what he fought for.
He paid a helluva price for what we have today & still, can have tomorrow.
But please, ease up on his heirs. We should be more understanding to the scars that they have had to and still carry from his assaination. It would be hard for anyone to function in a world that carried extreme love and extreme hate resulting in the death of their loved one.
If anything, every african american should be doing more to show honor on this day for MLK.
Without this man I swear to God we wouldn’t be where we are.
Madd respect for CL for posting something so great and powerful. We all love the gossip and the pics, but this really shows that you all GET IT! Thank you.
Yes, rest in Peace Dr. King but this is not a happy time for Black people and certainly not a time to rejoice like Black people have made it so far.
Just look around people. Black people the world over are still not considered as part of the equation.
We talk about Freedom? We live in a world were there are more and more people starving and only a hand full of men sit around a table deciding the fate of millions by where they will put money and resources.
Look at the many African nations that are starving and are living in poverty, no development and no resources. Look at the color of their skin. Are we really so free? We live in a country where just a few generations have gone by where our older relatives were simply trying to survive. Have Black people really gained significant freedoms? I think not. Until Black people stop looking to Jesse Jackson and others like him to ”be the Black Leader”, there will never be freedom. Black people need to stand up for themslelves and rebuke those that want to make a career out of their misfortunes. Until Black people stop looking to professional Athletes as their role models, there will never be freedom. Teach the children about the Black people who have become surgeons or professors or teachers that made a difference in history. Until Black people stop believing that you have to go under the knife to be considered a beautiful Black person, there will never be freedom. Black people are trapped in a cycle over their hair and skin tone. Enough is enough. Just love and accept yourself. Until Black men and women treat each other with respect, there will never be freedom. Until Black men and women stop making babies with no direction in their lives, there will never be freedom. Until Black people stop looking to singers and entertainers to validate their place in this world, there will never be freedom. An entertainer should be nothing more than just entertainment. Now a scholar or that brother on the street trying to make a difference can teach me a thing or two. It doesn’t make a difference. One has book smarts and the other has street smarts. I don’t know about you but they both have something to offer.
Black folks right this very minute are sitting around the lunch table talking about somebody or somebodies business. Black folks right now are arguing over JHud and Bey and don’t know how they will pay their cable bill next month. No disrespect to Dr. King but Black people have become so complacent in thinking that MLK Day is some huge accomplishment.
Look around, most companies don’t make it an ”official holiday”. Because the people in charge don’t really see MLK day as something that affects their lives. While Black people praise the achievments that MLK did during his lifetime, there are more and more Black people down on their luck, hating on each other, killing each other, talking behind each others back, rolling eyes at each other, or sleeping and creeping around on each other.
I believe that Dr. King stood for unity in the world but he also meant unity within Black people.
Black people think that it is as simple as being able to vote or being able to go to school. Wake up Black people and read a book, or better yet go out and help your community or this so called community that Black people claim to still be apart of. Black people are falling down on the job because they think they have ”made it” because they can buy material things. There are millions of Black people with no education, kids they can’t take care of, and sexually transmitted diseases they can’t shake. The real problem with Black people is that they want what other people have. Most Black people don’t have sh%§1*t but will be the first to come to work with a new hairstyle or new clothes. If Black people really want to see freedom, they need to get in the game and stop knocking each other down in the process.
Get real and learn something about the world. Dr. King just scraped the surface for so many people but there is so much more to do. Wake up people, he had a dream but it is not the reality he hoped for.
Do any of you guys think that the Palestinans will gain their freedom by sitting back and being complacent and letting others decide their fate? Hell no.
Here are just a couple of quotes from Malcolm X;
QUOTES
By Malcolm X
”When a person places the proper value on freedom, there is nothing under the sun that he will not do to acquire that freedom. Whenever you hear a man saying he wants freedom, but in the next breath he is going to tell you what he won’t do to get it, or what he doesn’t believe in doing in order to get it, he doesn’t believe in freedom. A man who believes in freedom will do anything under the sun to acquire . . . or preserve his freedom.”
More quotes…
From articles and speeches
”I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don’t believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn’t want brotherhood with me. I believe in treating people right, but I’m not going to waste my time trying to treat somebody right who doesn’t know how to return the treatment.”
– Speech, Dec. 12 1964, New York City
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About Malcolm X
”…I always had a deep affection for Malcolm and felt that he had a great ability to put his finger on the existence and the root of the problem. He was an eloquent spokesman for his point of view and no one can honestly doubt that Malcolm had a great concern for the problems we face as a race.”
– Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in a telegram to Betty Shabazz after the murder of Malcolm X.
Happy B-Day!!!
Forgive me for being long winded, I want to make sure I cover all the bases. So, here goes…
1. It would be nice to see the King children more involved. Not to excuse this, but I think for some of them it’s a lot of pressure on them and a lot to live up to. It was almost like their lives have been pre-determined for them without it ever having been started. Rev. Yolanda King (who was only 12 when her father was assinated) has always been active in my city (Jacksonville, FL). They will be having a Dr. King breakfast here (which they do every year) and she is the keynote speaker. Bernice and Dexter, I have seen in things in the past, as well as Martin III. It’s gotta be tough on them… think of Atallah (sp) and all of Malcolm and Betty Shabaz’s daughters. To some people, no matter what they do it’ll never be enough because they are not their parents.
2. I was watching a wonderful documentary yesterday on PBS called ‘Citizen King’ on Dr. King and they had telling first hand accounts from those who marched next to Dr. King like Andrew Young and members of SNCC (sp). They showed footage of every march he ever led including the march he had in Cicero, CH where he was hit in the head with a brick. Amazingly enough, Dr. King covered the gash with his hand and kept marching. To him, the march just like the movement must go on. They interviewed Dr. King and asked him if he was scared. He said he knew death was eminent for 2 reasons: 1. If they can get to the President (Kennedy), they can get to him. 2. Dr. King said he noticed at one of his marches, protesters were throwing rocks and firecrackers that sounded like gunshots; he said he saw the police duck. He said the people who were supposed to be protecting him were scared for their own lives… how safe was he?
3. I knew the Black Panther Party Movement started with Stokely Carmichael, Huey Newton, Bobby Seale, Angela Davis and others. What many people may not know is that they were all volunteers for the SNCC (sp) and helped register people to vote. I watched as Stokely (with Martin by his side) climbed on top of the hood of a car and told everyone their that ” you tell them White folks, the day of the scared n***er is over” to a thunderous applause. This of course is what they called us back then. That and Negro and Colored. There’s a part of me that can’t help but feel disappointment to see us now. We had so much passion, so much fire. But now… I always thought it was Malcolm who inspired Martin to stop referring to us as Negro and start using Black. But in fact, it was Stokely. They also showed the march Martin had after Bloody Sunday and when Martin and the protesters walked over the bridge, there was a sea of state troopers waiting with batons and tear gas. What did Martin do, he and the protesters, White and Black got on their knees and prayed. Later Andrew Young was interviewed and said in the middle of them praying, the wall of troopers split and left an opening. Now of course Martin didn’t know if this was a trap or not. Andrew said Martin stood up and instead of walking through, he turned around and led the marchers back over the bridge to the church where they started. Needless to say the people were pissed. Andrew said Martin was even booed. Later Martin said it wasn’t about winning or loosing, he said the fact that the men stood to the side was what it was all about. All Martin wanted was to be let through. Once he got that, he knew he could turn around.
4. Martin was and indeed still is a great man. Interesting fact, he started because he was nominated to lead a church march. After that, people found him so compelling, they kept asking him. Next thing you knew, he became… well we celebrate it every year. The only reason there has not been another Martin is because we’re waiting to appoint or even annoint someone. No one is willing to step forward.
5. If Martin were alive I believe he’d be 78. I can only imagine what there wouldn’t be. There wouldn’t be as much Black on Black violence (he once talked to a group of Chicago gang members for 2 hours and refused to let them leave until they understood the error of their ways), war (he vehemently protested the Vietnam War. You can insert your own Bush joke here), better education (I don’t think these kids would be walking, talking, dressing, and acting like thay are if he were here. I guess that’s what happens when you let BET parent your children.
I guess what I’m trying to say is this worl would have been a better place if he were alive and allowed to live a full life as his lifelong partner Coretta Scott were allowed to do. A lot of people died the day Martin was assasinated. Maybe not their bodies, but their souls. A lot of people simply gave up. He was a martyr of us Whites, Jewish, Hispanic and Asian people (he acknowledged them in his speeches) only to have died an inhumane death. It’s like a poem once said, it’s easier to build a memorium than a movement. But at some point, it has to start somewhere. Someone has to step forward and soon. We’re like grasshoppers in a glass jar with no lid (that’s an old adage you parents may know about). We can be free if we want to be. We spend so much time fighting and looking down, we don’t even realize the one thing that was constricting us has been lifted. There is no reason in 2007, for us not to be free and no one to blame but ourselves.
Thank everyone for taking the time to visit this thread. Have a blessed day. God willing, I will speak/ see to you tomorrow. PEACE!
I AGREE WITH WIFEY……BUT HAPPY MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY BLACK PEOPLE. TRY TO DO SOMETHING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
PEACE
Even though we have a long way to go, we’ve come a long way thanks to our leaders. Happy Martin Luther King day everyone!!
i agree with # 2, it’s lost on many of today’s youth. It’s a vacation to them to have this day.
IM REALLY PISSED OFF AT THE HISTORY CHANNEL RIGHT NOW. I WAS LOOKING IN TV GUIDE TO SEE IF THEY WERE GOING TO SHOW ANYTHING IN KING’S MEMORY OR, DAMN AT LEAST SOMETHING SINCE THIS IS HIS DAY. THEY ARE NOT SHOWING ANYTHING HAVEING TO DO WITH ANY BLACK PERSON TODAY. WTF? IRONICALLY LAST NIGHT I WAS WATCHING THAT CHANNEL AND THEY HAD A TWO HOUR LONG SPECIAL ABOUT THE DEATH OF JOHN F. KENNEDY WHICH WAS ACTUALLY VERY INTERESTING, SO NATUARALLY I JUST ASSUMED THAT THEY WOULD BE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT MLK’S UNTIMELY, TRADGIC DEATH.
THE PEOPLE AT THE HISTORY CHANNEL MUST REALLY BE TAKING THE DAY OFF BECAUSE THEY COMEPLETELY FORGOT WHAT TODAY IS!
BASTARDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHAT’S BET DOING?
@#34, I agree with everything you said, i would also like to add that let us stop using a lower case B when we type Black. it’s a small thing, but it says so much.
YO ALABAMA SO DAMN COUNTRY?!!?!? THEY AINT EVN CELEBRATING MLK DAY BUT WE HAVE THE DAY OFF BUT WHATS PISSIN ME OFF IS THEY DOIN inaugurations, THEY AINT EVN ACKNOWLEDGE THE DAY IS FOR MLK…MAN IM SOOOOOO MAD
wow there ar more posts/replies on beyonce than mlk and other important issues. that says a lot.
^^^ das a good point
when i was younger, i learned about the way blacks were treated. I was like i’m glad i wasn’t born during that time period. the older i got, (i’m 20 now) i began to see that racisim is still very much alive, but in a more subtle way. personally, i would rather know who disliked me instead of dealing with these closet racists. they sit behind their computers and spew hatred. they say the things they wish they could say when in public. to make a long story short, don’t be so quick to trust people. Anyway, happy birthday Dr. king, I love you for your efforts.
R.I.P. Dr. King. I wish you were still around to teach some of these other young black youths how to behave and represent our culture in a good way.
i wish he was still alive… i would love to listen to another one of his speeches. he has done so much and i feel so many are ungrateful for this. he has worked so hard and i feel horrble that there are still those that set people back further and further…
RIP Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
It’s so crazy I’m sitting here at my desk(yes I’m at work on a holiday)and this woman called in to get her member number( I work for Blue Cross senior services)and when I told her she had to call a diffrent department,that was not open due to the holiday she replied “What holiday?” I said Martin Luther King Day and she said Oh for God sakes! and hung up in my face. She said it as if he didn’t even matter. I’m still in shock, why I don’t know because this not the first time and wont be the last but how can people be so ignorant after all these years. I read all the post that said his family is not keeping his memeory alive because they are not reproducing but the fact of the matter is, it’s just as much our responsibility as theirs to keep his memeory alive.
its sad how DR.KING and others like him were practically risking their LIVES to give us freedom and equal rights, well now that we have it, SOOOOOO many young black people are taking it for GRANTED and soo much of the young black male population is in PRISON..yall are turning DR.KING over in his GRAVE!
although, i have NO problem with the usage of the “n word” and i won’t front because i use that word.
and its really crazy how as heroes, some people would go and put 50 cent or Jim Jones, well listen. If there was NO MLK jr;there would be NO rappers or anything of that sort so give GOD praise,then Dr.Martin
much luv
P.S
his family isn’t the only one responisble for spreading his work and spreading the knowledge.
i’ve seen soo many factful and INTERESTING posts up here so it’s our job too,if your not part of the SOLUTION, then ur part of the PROBLEM