AWARENESS: REMEMBERING DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
On the third Monday of January, schools, federal offices and the like across America remain closed as we celebrate the birth, life and dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
It is a time for the nation to remember the injustices that Dr. King fought; a time to remember his fight for the freedom, equality and dignity of all races and peoples; a time to remember the message of change through nonviolence. Although many people see this as “a day without work” or “a day away from school,” it is so much more than that; it is the celebration of equality, the celebration of freedom and the celebration of a truly inspiring individual.
Below is the full version of Dr. King’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech, which he delivered at the Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.) on Aug. 28, 1963.
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We have come a long way
we have not arrived yet, however Dr. MLK Jr would be so proud today..
RIP to such a phenomal leader
I know Dr. King is smiling down from heaven…Thank you for having the courage to step into your calling. One person can truly make a difference…
#2 ditto
Although the dream has been fulfilled it is only JUST beginning. Happy Birthday Dr. King.
A dream that has reached reality!! WOW, cant believe we are living his dream.
He will and forever be an phenomenal leader, educator, human rights activist , a father, a husband and more importantly a MAN THAT HAD A DREAM FOR ALL OF US.
Never never forget your history!!!!
RIP MLK
I love MLK
I remembered him on election day when Obama won and said change has come.I put his speech on my myspace page & I was just automatically reminded of his speech when Obama’s votes came through.Change has finally came!
DITTO #2
#1 DITTO
We’ve come so far, but still have far to go!!!!
He part of the reason for our celebration today and tomorrow.
RIP!!!!
We will always remember Dr. King.. Im glad he had a dream.
all i can truly say at this point in time is thank you to dr king and others like him for giving me and future generations a bigger and brighter future, i am so honored to be a BEAUTIFUL AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN!!!!!!!
We have come far this is so beautiful to me;
Simply amazing…this makes me proud to be black. I wish we could be united as 1 more often.
Life lived. Purpose fulfilled.
Get it together CL, THIS MLK COVERAGE SHOULD BE AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE.
Co-Sign #13 It’s a shame that this post only has 13 comments at the time of my commenting. While people argue back and forth about Beyonce on the other post. I like CL but a Beyonce post or that of an RnB singer is the only posts that garner more comments partly because people like to go back and forth about her but can’t go back and forth on Post like Dr. King, Obama, or any other post. One of my goals this year is not to get caught up in that back and forth banter. Sometimes you can’t change peoples opinion. I feel bad for myself for not reaching my potential the way Dr. King fought for however, since I am working on my second degree I am going to aim higher and go for what I want with confidence because of the many FIrst that my people have died for fought for and the many sacrifices I put my mom through. Thanks Dr. King for your hard work and your willingness to lead a nation to change.
So proud to be black. We have progressed such a long way.
This was such a beautiful dream that Dr King Had, that has finally come to past. I am so proud that Dr King was a man that all of our men in america can pattern their lives after his. He was not only a man who broke barriers in our nation, but he was a man of Faith. His faith in God is what held him together and saw him through the obstacles that he over came. I am so proud of my country right now, and I know that Dr King would be proud. Although he is not her physically to see his dream for america come to pass, but I believe when he said that he has “seen the promised land”, that this is the promise he saw God fulfill with Barack Obama becoming president. Thank You Dr King Thank You for my dream!!!!!!!!
@ 12 well spoken and so true, im sad that i have to go to work on this day, but he has paid the way for many like me to be working so either way, im happy god bless
I believe like many dat its so impt to refelect on mlk day. In many cities, especially around the united states, mlk day is celebrated..around where I live in a small town in PA they only gave the students the day off this year because of inservice for teachers. Last year mlk was not even a holiday to many here. Many of the qfrican american and latino students have chosen to take mlk day off each year whether or not its given to them. I pray and hoppe that obamas presidency will chamge people in this small town. Its hard being black in small towns where there were once ppl of the KKK and when next door neighbors can’t even say good morning to you b/c you areour dreams have come true.in the neighborhood. Thanks to MLK and Barack Obama, now we can all have a dream
#13
#14
This site sips that Beyaki koolaid on a regular it’s a stretch to expect them to promote a worthy cause.
She is nothing to banter about. People are so unfulfilled and caught up in vanity, they idolized a false prophet.
Unfortunately my job does not recognize this as a “holiday”…
We get “Battle of the Flowers” off in April (WTF is that??) But not MLK. Guess that’s what you should expect when you work for WPs
On this day, we are remembering you Dr. King. We respect and honor you. Thank you for everything that you’ve done in your short life. Because of your dream, we were able to elect an african american president. Altough we have a long way to go to fufill your dream in its entirety, we’ve made a few steps forward that we can still be proud of. Thank you!
R.I.P Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Battle of the Flowers? Huh? Where and what is that? My job recognize the holiday but if it is your holiday to work you must work or switch with a co- worker. I chose to work because Dr. King made it possible for me to even have a job such as the one I have!! I celebrate is birthday everyday with thanks to him for recognizing that we as people deserve equality. Many think if it as a day to chill but I give thanks at my desk right now to Dr. King and all the others then and now who strive to make a change.
@13 and14 Why are you tripping about what people are talking about? This is a gossip blog. DUH!!! Anything else on here is extra. Most people come on here for the gossip and don’t bother with the other topics. Just because they don’t comment on this doesn’t make them shallow or immature.
@19 who is this false prophet you speak of honey?
Man we have come along way but I personally still don’t think his dream has been ‘fullfilled’. But this is a day to celebrate. MLK is so special man. I remember always looking at his picture on the chimney mantle when I was little and just not understanding why it was there. Now today I looked at it again and just hugged it. Without his vision and his struggle (all the blacks at that time during civil rights) we wouldn’t be able to see Nov. 4 and tomorrow’s events. I would never have thought that togetherness can out number bigotry. I truly thought ‘white’ America wouldn’t let it happen. But it did. It’s amazing. I’m getting teary eyed. I just wish this man was still here to see it. Malcolm X too. MLK will always be saluted. Just cause we have a black president don’t mean we forget the past martyrs and their amazing job of changing the way America thinks. MLK forever.
And wtf I know this a celeb gossip blog but gosh ppl lay off Bey’s tits for a bit and pay attention to the importance of this day. This should be the top post. I guess it’s not in me to obsess over a celeb.
I’m very thankful that God sent us Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He had a dream and vision that has come to life. We will be celebrating our first black President tomorrow.
We have many more opportunities that we didn’t have 40 years ago. Thank you Dr. Martin Luther King, and to all my ancestors that made a difference to make me be able to sit where I want to sit, eat where I want to eat, go to school where ever I want to go to school, live where I want to live, be able to vote, etc… I could go on and on. I do have today off, and like every MLK holiday, I will do something to celebrate this wonderful, wonderful, wonderful man!!
Happy Birthday Martin Luther King Jr.!!!!
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The dream has arrive but it is only just the beginning and we are truly blessed to see such change in our lifetime while those who laid the groundwork like Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr cannot, so let us rejoice for how far we have come. Thank You Dr. King and Thank You President Obama
Happy Birthday Dr. King! Though I may not agree with your non violence, bloodless revolutionary approach to the “civil rights movement;” I am still thankful for you and the sacrifices you have made. As I studied your work, I heard stories of a strikingly human Dr. King emerged. Exhausted from lack of sleep, hounded by J.Edgar Hoover and the FBI, under siege by white supremacists and the growing Black Power movement, as you gobble down the bit of food left on the room service tray and tried to light a cigarette, the only thing you cared about was Coretta finding out you have not quit smoking. Or when you accepted the Nobel Peace Prize, how you pointed out the irony in your acceptance speech, when you made it clear that you are being awarded for peace, but 22 million Black people in America were engaged in a creative battle against the long lasting bastion of racial injustice. Dr. King, you embodied everything America wishes to be and can never be; you were selfless, noble, dignified, gracious and truly very righteous. I am thankful for the fact that you cared so much about Black people and cared about our future that you literally gave your life for the betterment of the race. Just like Moses, you knew you would not see the “promise land” but yet still, you took us on the journey. You knew that throughout this journey, ultimate sacrifices will have to be made; you didn’t ask others to make that sacrifice but instead, stood in the line of fire. Dr. King, you delivered the perfect message, though it may have come from an imperfect messenger that one can achieve anything in life, if and only when one is willing to sacrifice everything for it.
For that I say THANK YOU!
Happy B-day Dr. King
@29 just remember those who take by the sword will perish by the sword.
@SMH…
Huh?
Happy MLK Day/ Obama Week everybody
#13 and 14, how about yall get ur own blogs!
@32 i was making a remark concerning this: ” Though I may not agree with your non violence, bloodless revolutionary approach to the “civil rights movement;” that’s all.
Thank you Dr. King for being the forerunner and catalyst for the massively confused state of the negro in America today. Thank you for propagating that false dream and using “Christianity” as a cloak for your communist leanings and worship of caucasian “enlightenment” thinking (Deuteronomy 13:1-5, Jeremiah 23:25-32, II Cor 11:13-15). 41 years after your death and you’re still being used to destroy the minds of your own people, smh. Job well done.
Dr. King will always be the root of African American success!
There’s nothing wrong with what Dukesman said. That is the difference between the male mind and the female mind. When Christ said, “all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword” (Mat 26:52), he was referring to the carnal mind. Christ was not non-violent, nor did he teach non-violence. He taught a spiritual, and a right and exact understanding of the scriptures. He is the one that TOLD PETER TO BUY THE SWORD in the first place (Luke 22:36). He also told Pilate that if His kingdom were of this world, then His servants would “fight” (John 18:36). In other words, timing is everything (Ecclesiates 3:1-8). There is a time to fight and there is a time to die. Christ was in his time to die. MLK was used to bring a docile, effeminate mentality onto our people so that the anointed could be made manifest. The ANOINTED are the ones that will see through this garbage (Matt 24:24). The world is in decay; we are in the midst of WWIII, black people are in their lowest state ever, and negroes are talking about “the dream has been fulfilled”, lmao. Are you kidding me? If this is the dream, then we are in the Twilight Zone.
Let me correct that; there’s nothing wrong with what Dukesman said concerning the use of force, when applicable, lol.
i have nothing to say i am in tears as i am typing this simply beautiful is all i have to say Thank God Were Free At Last!
@SMH…
I heard what you were saying but I did not understand it. MLK preached non-violence yet still he received nothing but the white man’s brutality. The white man does not know what reciprocity means. Dr. King never lived by the sword yet still he died by it. How can you explain that? MLK became a sitting duck, target practice for the white man. All I am saying is, I do not believe in that doctrine. I believe in the doctrine of an eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth and limb for a limb – that old time religion, if you will…(ha)…If you want to love your enemy, turn the other cheek, hold hands and sing “we shall overcome;” then by all means go ahead. But I must inform you that you are in the minority. There are a new breed of Negroes who have abandoned the non violent philosophy of Dr. King because we know that is a seed that have been sewn on barren soil.
@Judah,
Brother, why the correction in comment # 38? You said it right the first time…lol..Force is applicable, now, isn’t it?…lol
@MZLEE,
Oppression, like everything else has evolved. Long gone are the days of shackles on our hands and feet. They have lifted those tangibles and resorted to the intangibles – now they have shackled the Black man’s mind. The KKK has turned in their robe and hoodies for blue uniforms. They no longer burn crosses; they handcuff and shoot you in the back, sodomize you with broom handles and walkie-talkie antennas. Sweetheart, you definitely have tears in your eyes if believe we are free.
@SMH…
I heard what you were saying but I did not understand it. MLK preached non-violence yet still he received nothing but the white man’s brutality. The white man does not know what reciprocity means. Dr. King never lived by the sword yet still he died by it. How can you explain that? MLK became a sitting duck, target practice for the white man. All I am saying is, I do not believe in that doctrine. I believe in the doctrine of an eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth and limb for a limb – that old time religion, if you will…(ha)…If you want to love your enemy, turn the other cheek, hold hands and sing “we shall overcome;” then by all means go ahead. But I must inform you that you are in the minority. There are a new breed of Negroes who have abandoned the non violent philosophy of Dr. King because we know that is a seed that have been sewn on barren soil.
@MZLEE,
Oppression, like everything else has evolved. Long gone are the days of shackles on our hands and feet. They have lifted those tangibles and resorted to the intangibles – now they have shackled the Black man’s mind. The KKK has turned in their robe and hoodies for blue uniforms. They no longer burn crosses; they handcuff and shoot you in the back, sodomize you with broom handles and walkie-talkie antennas. Sweetheart, you definitely have tears in your eyes if believe we are free.
@Judah,
Brother, why the correction in comment # 38? lol. Yeah you’re right…only when applicable
# 37 JUDAH said:
“and negroes are talking about “the dream has been fulfilled”, lmao. Are you kidding me? If this is the dream, then we are in the Twilight Zone.”
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I cosign 1000%
We’ve certainly come along way because of Dr. Martin Luther King. I’m so grateful.
Thank GOD for this MAN! Imagine how proud he would proud of his legacy and Barack Obama!
Thanks J. Dakar! You post, people say just what they want.
Thanks Angel for allowing people to have a voice. Keep on doing it big!! 
Happy Birthday Dr.King !!!!!!
I listened to the “I Have a Dream” speech earlier today and it was so cool to hear just how much of the dream has come to fruition! This is such an exciting time in the history of our country, yet it is incredible the amount of people who fail to see the significance of the past in our present and future! Without those who put their lives on the line for change, we might never live to see the day when an African-American would take the oath of office to become the nation’s 44th president. I am forever grateful for the sacrifices of our forefathers for the freedoms we as Americans are allowed today. Thank you Dr. King for dreaming so big and for encouraging a nation to do the same!
Every time I hear the “I have a Dream” speech I learn something new each time, things I did not pay attention to before. Thank you MLK, Malcom X, Medgar Evers and the many, many, many forefathers and mothers who fought so that our change could finally come! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR. KING. May your sould really rest in peace!
DR King paved the way for blacks everywhere, his bravery and courage are beyond words. Because of the strength of great fellow blacks like Dr King people like myself can keep there heads up. Since going to Uni I have endured racism living in a very white area where they are not exactly friendly to minorities, but Im so grateful that I am getting a world class education and if not for knowing about the sufferings other blacks have endured I probably would have given up a long time ago.
DR Kings memory will live on forever
And I cosign with 13 & 14.
Today is a great day Tommorrow will be even better, I Thank God for the Dream and the Dream has been fufilled. Happy Birthday Dr King.
If you say “yes I can” to the “dream” you had today, they will become reality…
@Dukesman
I had to qualify my agreement with your post because you also went into a portion on your admiration for Martin Lucifer King. The man was a deceiver. I cannot co-sign that at all.
@Judah,
Lol…I can agree with that. There were some things that he did, that make me shake my head, too. However, I am just looking at the fact the man bled for something he believed in. That is why I threw in the caveat about “the message from an imperfect messenger.” Negroes nowadays don’t want to bleed for one another or for the betterment of the race. If you were to ask them, “Brother, are you willing to die for your human rights, right here in America?” He will look at you as if you have two heads. Or he will tell to “get over it…that happened along time ago. Look at all the progress we’ve made.” On the other hand, when I was in Iraq I saw a lot of them bleed for this country and the constitution that classified them as sub-human…lol.
Happy Birthday Martin Luther King Jr.!!
Although I never supported Obama, still don’t and never will, I do realize we definitely have come a long way. I will pray for him, of course but….he didn’t get my vote.
MLK had to be an angel. I thank God everyday for sending such a worthy man on Earth for the freedom I have today. I just finished watching the Rosa Parks story and I was so stunned. I knew whites treated us badly but I was just….speechless.
They had a “White Bible” and a “Black Bible” .. I cannot believe that. I just never understood why people who believe, and trusted God would ever treat us like that.
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MLK Jr. did a lot for the world.
I am from Jamaica and have much respect for what he did to advance society.
I feel extra special too…because my birthday is also the 15th (but I see you celebrate his day the Monday after).
Long, live MLK, Jr..
I can actually agree with a few lines that both Judah and DukesMan have said. Imagine THAT! We have NOT overcome and I”m not sure if we ever will. I have yet to work for a firm or organization in my 37 years but two that even close the office to celebrate Dr. King’s Birthday since inception. That fact alone speaks volumes!
In the meantime, we gotta love the man who died for the cause!
Some Dreams really do come true…..!