Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. O'BRIEN: Martin Luther King III, nice to talk to you. (Yes, sir), Through the blood of the slaughtered. Let us therefore continue our triumphant march (Uh huh) to the realization of the American dream. In the 1950s and 1960s, his words led the Civil Rights Movement and helped change society. We are on the move now. Today I want to tell the city of Selma, today I want to say to the state of Alabama, today I want to say to the people of America and the nations of the world, that we are not about to turn around. (Speak, sir) It was normalcy by a cafe in Selma, Alabama, that led to the brutal beating of Reverend James Reeb. (Yes, sir), I come to say to you this afternoon, however difficult the moment, (Yes, sir) however frustrating the hour, it will not be long, (No sir) because "truth crushed to earth will rise again." We are on the move now. How long) because "you shall reap what you sow." To meet this threat, the southern aristocracy began immediately to engineer this development of a segregated society. But he actually refined it for the -- for August 28. (Yes, sir) March on poverty (Let us march) until no starved man walks the streets of our cities and towns (Yes, sir) in search of jobs that do not exist. You see, it was a simple thing to keep the poor white masses working for near-starvation wages in the years that followed the Civil War. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord; © Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305. How long? JEH: No, we go to someone who is in the Klan and persuade him to work for the government. (Yes, sir) The road ahead is not altogether a smooth one. (Yes, sir). The Civil Rights Act of 1964 gave Negroes some part of their rightful dignity, (Speak, sir) but without the vote it was dignity without strength. March) until brotherhood becomes more than a meaningless word in an opening prayer, but the order of the day on every legislative agenda. And there were those who said that we would get here only over their dead bodies, but all the world today knows that we are here and we are standing before the forces of power in the state of Alabama saying, 'We ain’t goin’ let nobody turn us around'... Today I want to tell the city of Selma, today I want to say to the state of Alabama, today I want to say to the people of America and the nations of the world, that we are not about to turn around. Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado. Once more the method of nonviolent resistance (Yes) was unsheathed from its scabbard, and once again an entire community was mobilized to confront the adversary. (Yes, sir), "‘Cause the battle am in my hand." How long? Toward the end of the Reconstruction era, something very significant happened. (Yes, sir. I must admit to you that there are still jail cells waiting for us, and dark and difficult moments. 'Selma' couldn't use Martin Luther King's actual speech because Dreamworks and Spielberg own the rights, but here's part of it, MLK's address at the Selma to Montgomery march in 1965. (Yes, sir) That’s what happened when the Negro and white masses of the South threatened to unite and build a great society: a society of justice where none would prey upon the weakness of others; a society of plenty where greed and poverty would be done away; a society of brotherhood where every man would respect the dignity and worth of human personality. (Yes, sir) I like that old Negro spiritual, (Yes, sir) "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho." (Yes, sir) We are on the move now. (Yes) No, we will not allow Alabama (Go ahead) to return to normalcy. Martin Luther King, Jr.: but it bends toward justice. J. Edgar Hoover: They discussed that after it was over, if the woman died, they were going to throw the guns into the blast furnace where they worked in those steel mills down there. (Tell it) That is exactly what we don’t want, and we will not allow it to happen, (Yes, sir) for we know that it was normalcy in Marion (Yes, sir) that led to the brutal murder of Jimmy Lee Jackson. (Right sir) And he ate Jim Crow. Let us march on ballot boxes (Yes) until all over Alabama God’s children will be able to walk the earth in decency and honor. There were ten of us as speakers. (Speak, Doctor). Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at UCLA about a month after his triumphant march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, that made civil rights history. Well) with the conviction that segregation is on its deathbed in Alabama, and the only thing uncertain about it is how costly the segregationists and Wallace will make the funeral. Glory, hallelujah! But if we will go on with the faith that nonviolence and its power can transform dark yesterdays into bright tomorrows, we will be able to change all of these conditions. And with her ungrammatical profundity, she said, "My feets is tired, but my soul is rested." That crippled and eventually destroyed the Populist Movement of the nineteenth century. (Yes, Lord) Now, I’m not talking about a sentimental, shallow kind of love. Yes, sir) [Applause]. (Yes, sir). (Yes, sir) The beating and killing of our clergymen and young people will not divert us. Address “The Other America” March 12, 1968 - Grosse Pointe, MI (Recorded by Linda Gruber, Transcribed by Patrick J. Carrenard) Bishop Emrich, my dear friend Congressman Conyers (Rep. John Conyers Jr., D, MI) Ladies and Gentlemen, I need not pause to say how very delighted I … (Yes, sir) He gave him Jim Crow. We sure appreciate it. Yes, sir) to turn the whole nation to a new course. In its simple, yet colorful, depiction (Yes, sir) of that great moment in biblical history, it tells us that: Joshua fit the battle of Jericho, (Tell it), Joshua fit the battle of Jericho, (Yes, sir), And the walls come tumbling down. A president born in the South (Well) had the sensitivity to feel the will of the country, (Speak, sir) and in an address that will live in history as one of the most passionate pleas for human rights ever made by a president of our nation, he pledged the might of the federal government to cast off the centuries-old blight. (All right). And from the wells of this democratic spirit, the nation finally forced Congress (Well) to write legislation (Yes, sir) in the hope that it would eradicate the stain of Birmingham. MLK Global marks 50 years since Reverend Dr Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. Montgomery was the first city in the South in which the entire Negro community united and squarely faced its age-old oppressors. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: President Miller, Dr. Clark, members of the faculty and members of the student body of this great institution of learning, ladies and gentlemen, I need not pause to say how very delighted I am to be here and to have the opportunity of being a part of your lecture series. He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; Martin Luther King, Jr.: If I had sneezed, I wouldn’t have been down in Selma, Alabama, to see the great movement there. The only normalcy that we will settle for is the normalcy that allows judgment to run down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream. (Yes, sir) I know there is a cry today in Alabama, (Uh huh) we see it in numerous editorials: "When will Martin Luther King, SCLC, SNCC, and all of these civil rights agitators and all of the white clergymen and labor leaders and students and others get out of our community and let Alabama return to normalcy?". Keeping watch above his own. Not long, He also vowed a federal crackdown on the Klan. Presidential Speeches | Ronald Reagan Presidency November 2, 1983: Speech on the Creation of the Martin Luther King, Jr., National Holiday Let us march on ballot boxes (Let us march. Let us march on ballot boxes until the salient misdeeds of bloodthirsty mobs (Yes, sir) will be transformed into the calculated good deeds of orderly citizens. And you know, if I were standing at the beginning of time with the possibility of taking a kind of general and panoramic view of the whole of human history up to now, and the Almighty said to me, "Martin Luther King, which age would you like to live in?" Yes, we are on the move and no wave of racism … (All right) We must follow nonviolence and love. Transcript of Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I have a dream' speech January 18, 2021 Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Reflecting on the civil rights hero’s profound impact Alveda King, Martin Luther King Jr.’s niece, reflects on his legacy for future generations on ‘Fox & Friends.’ ( Speak, sir) It was normalcy by a cafe in Selma, Alabama, that led to the brutal beating of Reverend James Reeb. I believe in standing up for what is right, fair and just. The burning of our churches will not deter us. Not long, (All right. [Audience:] (Speak) Our bodies are tired and our feet are somewhat sore. We pay him for it. Yes, sir. They then directed the placement on the books of the South of laws that made it a crime for Negroes and whites to come together as equals at any level. (Yes, sir) The battle is in our hands. Standeth God within the shadow, #MLKDay. "Our God is Marching On" — Selma, Alabama, on March 25, 1965 Martin Luther King … The sermons and speeches of Martin Luther King Jr., comprise an extensive catalog of American writing and oratory – some of which are internationally well-known, while others remain unheralded and await rediscovery.. Martin Luther King Jr. was a prominent African-American clergyman, a leader in the civil rights movement and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate. It is normalcy all over our country (Yes, sir) which leaves the Negro perishing on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of vast ocean of material prosperity. As it turned out, there had been a fourth man in the car, an FBI informant. Not long, because no lie can live forever. Speak) [Applause]. (Uh huh) And when his undernourished children cried out for the necessities that his low wages could not provide, he showed them the Jim Crow signs on the buses and in the stores, on the streets and in the public buildings. Not Long” speech. Speak, sir) So I stand before you this afternoon (Speak, sir. White America was profoundly aroused by Birmingham because it witnessed the whole community of Negroes facing terror and brutality with majestic scorn and heroic courage. (Yes, sir. (Yes, sir), My people, my people, listen. How long? But not until the colossus of segregation was challenged in Birmingham did the conscience of America begin to bleed. MARTIN LUTHER KING SOURCE: MICHELLE HENRY RESOURCES TIMELINE OF HIS LIFE (SOURCE: accessatlanta.com) Martin Luther King Jr., Civil Rights Leader CLICK HERE (SOURCE: findingdulcinea.com) ONLINE EXERCISE WITH VIDEO: THE HISTORY OF CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT (SOURCE:letshavefunwithenglish.com) ONLINE EXERCISES & PRINTABLE WORKSHEETS (SOURCE: esolcourses.com) LESSON ON MARTIN LUTHER KING … The Institute cannot give permission to use or reproduce any of the writings, statements, or images of Martin Luther King, Jr. Not long, because Glory, hallelujah! And that will be a day not of the white man, not of the black man. Martin Luther King, Jr. is perhaps the most famous orator of the 20th century. Glory, hallelujah! We must come to see that the end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience. MLK Global calls for a renewed ‘internationalising’ of Dr. King’s vision. (Yes, sir), Yes, we are on the move and no wave of racism can stop us. Written on July 18, 1952, to his future wife, Coretta Scott, in which King revealed some surprising thoughts on capitalism and communism. (Yes, sir) The only normalcy that we will settle for is the normalcy of brotherhood, the normalcy of true peace, the normalcy of justice. All right) And in a real sense this afternoon, we can say that our feet are tired, (Yes, sir) but our souls are rested. And there were those who said that we would get here only over their dead bodies, (Well. Talk) but all the world today knows that we are here and we are standing before the forces of power in the state of Alabama saying, "We ain’t goin’ let nobody turn us around." (Speak, sir) Somebody’s asking, "How long will prejudice blind the visions of men, darken their understanding, and drive bright-eyed wisdom from her sacred throne?" (Uh huh) And I smiled to see in the newspaper photographs of many a decade ago, the faces so bright, so solemn, of our valiant heroes, the people of Montgomery. Not long, (Yes, sir) because "no lie can live forever." Martin Luther King, Jr.: If I had sneezed, I wouldn’t have had a chance later that year in August to try to tell America about a dream that I had had. Selma March, political march led by Martin Luther King, Jr., from Selma, Alabama, to the state’s capital, Montgomery, that occurred March 21–25, 1965. We are still in for a season of suffering in many of the black belt counties of Alabama, many areas of Mississippi, many areas of Louisiana. After Montgomery’s, heroic confrontations loomed up in Mississippi, Arkansas, Georgia, and elsewhere. (Yes, sir) The bombing of our homes will not dissuade us. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is known for being one of the greatest orators of the twentieth century, and perhaps in all of American history. (Go ahead) I’m not talking about eros, which is a sort That day - March 26, 1965 - President Johnson announced the arrests of four men suspected of murdering Viola Liuzzo. Not long: (Not long), Yet that scaffold sways the future, (Yes, sir), How long? We have been drenched by the rains. (Listen to him) That is what was known as the Populist Movement. I know you are asking today, 'How long will it take?' Our whole campaign in Alabama has been centered around the right to vote. That's what we are laying for now - to head off these individuals when they come to work this morning and shake them down. (Yes, sir) The wanton release of their known murderers would not discourage us. Somebody’s asking, "When will the radiant star of hope be plunged against the nocturnal bosom of this lonely night, (Speak, speak, speak) plucked from weary souls with chains of fear and the manacles of death? (Yes, sir), Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord; (Yes, sir), He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; (Yes), He has loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword; (Yes, sir), He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat; (Speak, sir), He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment seat. And I’m happy to say that I see them every day in the student generation, who cherish democratic principles and justice above principle, and who will stick with the cause of justice and the cause of civil rights and the cause of peace throughout the days ahead. Dr. King was the 10th speaker and I was the sixth. Some have literally slept in the mud. 4 RICHTON PARK LIBRARY MLK PROGRAM: Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., discusses the denial of voting rights and police brutality in the black community. Be jubilant my feet! He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat; If it may be said of the slavery era that the white man took the world and gave the Negro Jesus, then it may be said of the Reconstruction era that the southern aristocracy took the world and gave the poor white man Jim Crow. At its conclusion, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his “How Long? The march became a landmark in the American civil rights movement and directly led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. President Johnson rightly praised the courage of the Negro for awakening the conscience of the nation. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on Aug. 28, 1963. MLKJP, GAMK, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers (Series I-IV), Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc., Atlanta, Ga. Cypress Hall D, 466 Via Ortega, Stanford, CA 94305-4146 The burning of our churches will not deter us. [Applause]. President Johnson: What is an infiltrator and an informant? They told us we wouldn’t get here. (Yes, sir) We are on the move now. The Rev. The confrontation of good and evil compressed in the tiny community of Selma (Speak, speak) generated the massive power (Yes, sir. 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