http://dragonballyee.com/blog/2008/01/21/mlk-day/ a new city. a new life. here's my two sense. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:39:09 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://dragonballyee.com/blog/2008/01/21/mlk-day/comment-page-1/#comment-62259 Dan Tue, 22 Jan 2008 03:47:40 +0000 http://dragonballyee.com/blog/2008/01/21/mlk-day/#comment-62259 Thanks for posting that, Albert. I don't think I've ever seen the full text of that speech. I cannot imagine the country the way it was before civil rights legislation. Oh I've read about it, taken courses on it, and talked to people about what it was like back when Jim Crow was the law in this country, but thanks to Dr. King (and many, many thousands of others) I have been spared witnessing that injustice at least. I also would not have been able to love the woman I do had the civil rights movement not found such a powerful voice (she's black, I'm as pasty as any Scots-Irish guy ever was.) No, Dr king wasn't the only person in the civil rights movement, and I know it is still not really finished, but there's no doubt that it would not have gotten as far without him. Imagine what he might have achieved... Thanks for posting that, Albert. I don't think I've ever seen the full text of that speech.
I cannot imagine the country the way it was before civil rights legislation. Oh I've read about it, taken courses on it, and talked to people about what it was like back when Jim Crow was the law in this country, but thanks to Dr. King (and many, many thousands of others) I have been spared witnessing that injustice at least.
I also would not have been able to love the woman I do had the civil rights movement not found such a powerful voice (she's black, I'm as pasty as any Scots-Irish guy ever was.)
No, Dr king wasn't the only person in the civil rights movement, and I know it is still not really finished, but there's no doubt that it would not have gotten as far without him. Imagine what he might have achieved…

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