Another year has come to reflect upon your legacy and examine the many ways we have progressed and fallen short of your vision of a beloved community. Looking at the world today, it appears as if we have a long way to go, but I still retain the hope that it will become a reality.
'Why I Oppose The War in Vietnam" is by far MLK's most critical and visionary speech (and largely ignored for obvious reasons) in my opinion. although the U.S media mostly derided it as "demagogic slander". Here it is in it's full beauty and power: http://www.wrybread.com/misc/vietnam/martin_luther_king_on_vietnam.mp3
Landmark speeches by MLK: http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/mlkpapers/
"Courage is an inner decision to go forward in spite of obstacles and frightening situations...Courage faces fear and thereby masters it...
We must constantly build walls of courage to hold back the flood of fear."
We must constantly build walls of courage to hold back the flood of fear."
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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