Happy birthday to MLK! Check out this post in honor of his birthday. This is a great blog, always informative pieces on myriad topics, focusing on hip hop, media and politics.
Today is Martin Luther King Jr‘s actual birthday January 15th 1929. The official holiday is this Monday January 20th..Its also the same day President Obama is inaugurated. We wanted to offer up a few pieces to help you remember, inspire and get you through the day….
First up is a nice video that pays tribute to Bloody Sunday.. That was on March 7 1965 when Dr King and about 600 Civil Rights marchers attempted to walk from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. When they came to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge, they were met with a line of police and bully clubs.. many of the marchers were badly beaten.. This song captures the moment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a115XUCoq_g
Next is a clip from a speech in King’s later years where he talks about Black empowerment and the vicious lies we were told about Black inferiority…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGtjAaJeUWY
Next is the speech…
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