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GoodFella Joined: 04 Jul 2003 Posts: 2205 Location: A little bit sideways!	Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 8:09 am    Post subject: Jan. 15th 1929   I guess we might of missed this guys birthday. Sad we did. A great person. Some quick info below. ~GoodFella http://www.aolsvc.worldbook.aol.com/wb/Article?id=ar300380&st=Martin+Luther+King Quote: Early life. King was born on Jan. 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. He was the second oldest child of Alberta Williams King and Martin Luther King. He had an older sister, Christine, and a younger brother, A. D. The young Martin was usually called M. L. His father was pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. One of Martin's grandfathers, A. D. Williams, also had been pastor there. More of the story. Quote: The early civil rights movement. King's civil rights activities began with a protest of Montgomery's segregated bus system in 1955. That year, a black passenger named Rosa Parks was arrested for disobeying a city law requiring that blacks give up their seats on buses when white people wanted to sit in their seats or in the same row. Black leaders in Montgomery urged blacks to boycott (refuse to use) the city's buses. The leaders formed an organization to run the boycott, and asked King to serve as president. In his first speech as leader of the boycott, King told his black colleagues: "First and foremost, we are American citizens. ... We are not here advocating violence. ... The only weapon that we have ... is the weapon of protest. ... The great glory of American democracy is the right to protest for right." Terrorists bombed King's home, but King continued to insist on nonviolent protests. Thousands of blacks boycotted the buses for over a year. In 1956, the United States Supreme Court ordered Montgomery to provide equal, integrated seating on public buses. The boycott's success won King national fame and identified him as a symbol of Southern blacks' new efforts to fight racial injustice.
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Nofsdad Joined: 06 Jul 2003 Posts: 7077 Location: Central CA	Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 6:30 pm    Post subject:   I was 12, just old enough to begin to understand the enormity of the problem of racism in this country when the bus boycott took place. Having grown up in a small, rather isolated community that only had one black family, one of whom was my best friend, I had just never realized there was a situation such as that described in Montgomery and other parts of the country. Rosa Parks has long been one of my heroes, along with Dr King. I simply don't understand the mentality of anyone who attempts to divide us and stuffs us into neat little cubbyholes of Black, White, Hispanic, Asian, etc. It just isn't natural to sit in judgement of anyone's worth to humanity based on the color of their skin ot their religion or ethnicity or even their age or sex. I guess it's just one of those things that makes me a pinko, liberal lefty.
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sleK Administrator Joined: 30 Jun 2003 Posts: 1010 Location: over yonder	Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 8:18 pm    Post subject:   PBS is airing part two of an awesome documentary on the rise and fall of Jack Johnson tonight. Johnsons refusal to "play by the rules of the white establishment" almost certainly set the stage for the civil rights movement that MLK championed.
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WhatHappenedToS Plus Joined: 27 Jan 2005 Posts: 155	Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 6:38 am    Post subject:   Dr. King's message, along with his mission is sometimes lost... Most people think of him only as an advocate of the rights of African-Americans.... The truth is, his message was an all-encompassing embrace of all people... when we fight and scratch amongst ourselves, we need to take a moment and realize that we are all the same... Most people who read my posts do not know me personally, but I will tell the readers of this venue what I believe... All living things have different purposes but equal value . Justice will be had, in this life or the next. Kindness will prevail over every angry word, action, or motive. The derelict you meet on the street may be an angel, sent to make you see yourself as you really are. Those in positions of responsibility who lie to promote their own interests rather than the interests of the whole will fall. At the end of the day, we will all be changed. PEACE TO ALL.
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USA#1 Joined: 04 Jul 2003 Posts: 1964	Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 8:42 pm    Post subject:   Good words, my friend.
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GoodFella Joined: 04 Jul 2003 Posts: 2205 Location: A little bit sideways!	Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 8:09 am    Post subject:   sleK wrote: PBS is airing part two of an awesome documentary on the rise and fall of Jack Johnson tonight. Johnsons refusal to "play by the rules of the white establishment" almost certainly set the stage for the civil rights movement that MLK championed. I finally got a chance to see this on PBS in reruns last week. I'm a big fan of Ken Burns and this program was just great! Good TV for a change. ~GoodFella
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