Opinion: Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1965 Montgomery oration still speaks to generations – Los Angeles Times

Martin Luther King Jr. speaking into microphones in a black-and-white photo

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. addressed the crowd at the end of the Selma-to-Montgomery march on March 25, 1965. (Morton Broffman / Getty Images)

…Between the covers of the Rev. Martin Luther King’s bold speech, there flows a big sea of possibility and promise. In this soft symphony of hope, each line echoes a booming base of vision. In the war room of our red, white and weary blues, we become pioneers in this renewal by awakening our conscience, summoning our courage, then treading the stony road through a tunnel of hope. Or, as Dr. King put it: Our God is marching on. And so must we.

Source: Opinion: Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1965 Montgomery oration still speaks to generations – Los Angeles Times

Muertes de migrantes en el río Bravo intensifican tensiones entre Texas y el gobierno federal – Los Angeles Times

Agentes del Departamento de Seguridad Pública de Texas

Agentes del Departamento de Seguridad Pública de Texas resguardan el ingreso al Parque Shelby, el jueves 11 de enero de 2024, en Eagle Pass, Texas.
(Sam Owens / Associated Press)

Source: Muertes de migrantes en el río Bravo intensifican tensiones entre Texas y el gobierno federal – Los Angeles Times

Happy Birthday, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | 3CHICSPOLITICO

 

Today is the official celebration of the birthday of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

A Look Back-1965 Selma March

This is my favorite section from

“Letter from a Birmingham Jail [King, Jr.]”

We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. Frankly, I have yet to engage in a direct action campaign that was “well timed” in the view of those who have not suffered unduly from the disease of segregation. For years now I have heard the word “Wait!” It rings in the ear of every Negro with piercing familiarity. This “Wait” has almost always meant “Never.” We must come to see, with one of our distinguished jurists, that “justice too long delayed is justice denied…”

 

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