Obama: King’s legacy about service
January 17, 2011 at 6:19 am in Grand Forks Herald
A.G. Holder: MLK Jr. ‘nation’s greatest drum major of peace’ The shootings in Tucson, Ariz., loomed large as the nation marked the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. today, with many speakers drawing on his message of nonviolence as a key lesson in the wake of the tragedy. Open the article to see a YouTube video of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech. Continue Reading
King’s message was about American imperial power and it’s insistence on pursuing the Viet Nam War. He was a threat to the establishment of the warfare state and was assassinated for his opposition. As the FBI memo stated “the rise of a black messiah must be prevented”.
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