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Hekate

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81. No. 23, toward the end MLK was trying to speak out against the war, and trying to....

Sat Apr 4, 2015, 10:08 PM

Apr 2015

....make Americans (most of whom were in fact white) understand, really understand, that poverty and injustice and lack of opportunity were not just about African Americans, and that the majority of participants in welfare programs were not black, but white. There's disproportion, and then there's sheer numbers.

They didn't want to hear it you know. They just wanted to shut him up.

"They were not listening, they're not listening still. Perhaps they never will."

All of it was "his real work."

It breaks my heart.

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MLK was slaughtered on this day 47 years ago [View all] malaise Apr 2015 OP

........... steve2470 Apr 2015 #1

Who murdered him? What were the circumstances yeoman6987 Apr 2015 #2

He was shot for exactly the same reason JFK was..... A HERETIC I AM Apr 2015 #3

Thanks. So it was a guy like lee Harvey. yeoman6987 Apr 2015 #4

If you think a second rate shot with a crappy gun from a bad enfilade.... A HERETIC I AM Apr 2015 #9

Not saying anything. yeoman6987 Apr 2015 #10

Some of us are "of a certain age." IOW: We were alive in 1968. WinkyDink Apr 2015 #12

I wasn't born until 1973 JustAnotherGen Apr 2015 #24

;-) WinkyDink Apr 2015 #61

+1 appalachiablue Apr 2015 #68

I was looking outside the window wishing I was out there yeoman6987 Apr 2015 #70

Being born in the last year of Eisenhower.... A HERETIC I AM Apr 2015 #13

Same as John, Jr. was. 1960. WinkyDink Apr 2015 #15

Well....I'll be 56 on May 6th. n/t A HERETIC I AM Apr 2015 #17

I was born half way through Harry Truman's Administration. libdem4life Apr 2015 #33

In 1968 I lived 20 miles from the White House A HERETIC I AM Apr 2015 #34

Indeed. Then there was the Viet Nam War. Attended Richard Nixon's alma mater. libdem4life Apr 2015 #44

Thank you. lastlib Apr 2015 #64

A bit of irony...in 1964 I was President of the Young Republicans in Whittier. Met libdem4life Apr 2015 #66

This message was self-deleted by its author libdem4life Apr 2015 #36

It was a terrible, terrible day ailsagirl Apr 2015 #43

I was in Memphis when Dr. King was killed. pangaia Apr 2015 #67

This message was self-deleted by its author ailsagirl Apr 2015 #42

James Earl Ray steve2470 Apr 2015 #5

Thanks. Reading the OP yeoman6987 Apr 2015 #6

MLK has been very "sanitized," known for his civil rights marches, but Jackpine Radical Apr 2015 #29

So he was only known for his "marches" and not his "real" work, huh? Number23 Apr 2015 #32

You seem to have thoroughly misunderstood me. The fault is probably mine. Jackpine Radical Apr 2015 #40

I think people are aware of these issues but they are just simply not as revered as the danger Number23 Apr 2015 #86

I think that you misunderstood the post. yardwork Apr 2015 #55

You could not be more wrong and I have absolutely no idea why you felt the need to chime Number23 Apr 2015 #84

One of my favorite passages~ sheshe2 Apr 2015 #62

No. 23, toward the end MLK was trying to speak out against the war, and trying to.... Hekate Apr 2015 #81

I know that he spoke out about the war. But that is one component of King's legacy and is much, MUCH Number23 Apr 2015 #85

I know, I know.... Hekate Apr 2015 #88

I didn't realize you were a Kiwi. That might be the source of the confusion. Jackpine Radical Apr 2015 #92

I am not a Kiwi. Did you not see my response to that person's stupid and pointless post? Number23 Apr 2015 #94

I saw your response but didn't realize your generic rejection of that post Jackpine Radical Apr 2015 #95

Again, I sincerely appreciate your civility. Number23 Apr 2015 #96

Really? You didn't know? panader0 Apr 2015 #7

Nope but a kind DUer gave me some valuable info. yeoman6987 Apr 2015 #8

The guys with three first names: James Earl Ray and Lee Harvey Oswald. panader0 Apr 2015 #20

Amazing indeed malaise Apr 2015 #23

We'll never know the whole truth. Sound familiar? WinkyDink Apr 2015 #11

It took 60 years for the dirt on WWII to start to come out Demeter Apr 2015 #31

I remember that day so well. Blue_In_AK Apr 2015 #14

I remember hearing about it, I was only 9 steve2470 Apr 2015 #16

I was 19 malaise Apr 2015 #21

I was in kindergarten etherealtruth Apr 2015 #18

It was a bad day for those of us who were around Buzz Clik Apr 2015 #19

And for those who came later. Jackpine Radical Apr 2015 #30

It truly was a bad day (time). Window Apr 2015 #77

I remember cities going up in flames. Comrade Grumpy Apr 2015 #22

I was fairly conscious politically malaise Apr 2015 #26

I will never forget where I was - raven mad Apr 2015 #25

Everyone can research much here... MrMickeysMom Apr 2015 #27

Thanks MrMickeysMom malaise Apr 2015 #28

Happy to help, malaise... MrMickeysMom Apr 2015 #35

In 1999, the King family filed a wrongful death suit RufusTFirefly Apr 2015 #37

I have learned that sometimes the CT websites malaise Apr 2015 #39

... In_The_Wind Apr 2015 #38

I was 27 days away from giving birth to my first child mountain grammy Apr 2015 #41

Touching post, mountain grammy ailsagirl Apr 2015 #46

Wow! malaise Apr 2015 #74

Yes, and there's a wonderful tribute to him on the Obama Diary.. Cha Apr 2015 #45

mahalo Cha steve2470 Apr 2015 #47

Thank you, steve Cha Apr 2015 #51

Robert F. Kennedy's Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination Speech napkinz Apr 2015 #49

Thank you, napkinz~ Cha Apr 2015 #53

two great speeches, two great individuals ... lost to us napkinz Apr 2015 #57

Great link malaise Apr 2015 #73

Wow that last picture is powerful, takes my breath away. Rex Apr 2015 #65

It is so Powerful, Rex.. and so unbearably sad. Cha Apr 2015 #69

I put MLK on a different level than JFK. To me MLK's fight against the white establishment Rex Apr 2015 #87

JFK, then MLK. I think the world would be different. Damn, Only The Good Die Young. RKP5637 Apr 2015 #48

RFK as well ... jimlup Apr 2015 #52

Yes, definitely RFK too. I will always feel there was a lot going on behind the scenes. RKP5637 Apr 2015 #58

So do you think James Earl Ray was guilty or was it a frameup as he claimed? /nt jimlup Apr 2015 #50

Frameup malaise Apr 2015 #90

He had a dream...... democrank Apr 2015 #54

Pride (In the Name of Love) Manifestor_of_Light Apr 2015 #56

I was in 1st grade BumRushDaShow Apr 2015 #59

I Have Been to the Mountaintop Full Speech: WillyT Apr 2015 #60

Thanks WillyT malaise Apr 2015 #75

Anytime malaise... Anytime... WillyT Apr 2015 #80

It was a horrible day in American history (I can still remember where I was when I heard the news).. George II Apr 2015 #63

Great man, terrible loss for the world. 1968 the year of tragedy, I was young, living in MD. appalachiablue Apr 2015 #71

Not slaughtered, assassinated. RoccoR5955 Apr 2015 #72

They were all slaughtered malaise Apr 2015 #76

Damn, I am old -- and he is not... Hekate Apr 2015 #78

"Let us kill him...and see what will become of his dreams." deutsey Apr 2015 #79

Well his dream lives on malaise Apr 2015 #89

His amazing speech from 1967: Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam lovemydog Apr 2015 #82

Thanks for this malaise Apr 2015 #93

I was living in Newark nj gwheezie Apr 2015 #83

Marrell McCollough - agent provocateur MinM Apr 2015 #91