REMEMBERED AS A CHAMPION FOR
JUSTICE AND EQUALITY.
DICK BRENNAN REPORTS.
THEY CELEBRATED IN WORDS AND
SONG AT THE BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF
MUSIC HONORING THE REVEREND
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR..
THE EVENT IS CALLED THE LARGEST
KING TRIBUTE IN THE CITY AND
INCLUDES ARTISTS ACTIVISTS AND
CIVIC LEADERS.
CELEBRATING DR. KING'S BIRTH
DATE IS NOT A DAY OFF.
IT IS A DAY ON.
IT IS A DAY TO REFLECT.
ON DR. KING'S SACRIFICE.
A DAY TO REFLECT ON THE CIVIL
RIGHTS STRUGGLE.
THE MARTIN LUTHER KING
HOLIDAY FIRST OBSERVED IN 1986
TWO DECADES AFTER THE
ASSASSINATION OF THE COUNTRY'S
GREATEST CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER.
HIS WORDS REMINDED THE ARC OF
THE MORAL UNIVERSE IS LONG BUT
IT BENDS TOWARD JUSTICE.
I WANT TO DO GOD'S WILL AND
HE HAS ALLOWED ME TO GO TO THE
MOUNTAIN.
I HAVE LOOKED OVER AND I HAVE
SEEN THE PROMISED LAND.
DR. KING, ON HIS BROAD AND
MIGHTY SHOULDERS HELD UP A
GIANT MIRROR TO AMERICA.
WITH HIS ELOQUENCE AND
INTELLECT AND MORAL AUTHORITY
HE FORCED AMERICA TO LOOK INTO
THAT MIRROR AND AMERICA DID NOT
LIKE WHAT HE SAW.
AT THE NATIONAL ACTION
NETWORK THE REVEREND AL
SHARPTON SAYS ON THIS DAY HE IS
LOOKING FOR DEEDS NOT WORDS.
TOO MANY PEOPLE WILL BE
HOLDING HANDS AND SINGING WE
SHALL OVERCOME.
TODAY HONORING DR. KING AND
NEVER TELLING US WHAT THEY WILL
HELP OVERCOME WITH.
I DON'T NEED YOU TO CATCH MY
RHYTHM, I NEED YOU TO CATCH MY
PROPER.
WHEREVER WE FIND OURSELVES
OPPRESSED, AND PRESENT,
WHEREVER WE FIND OURSELVES
MARGINALIZED WE CONTINUE TO
MOVE FORWARD.
DR. KING WAS 39 YEARS OLD
WHEN HE WAS ASSASSINATED.
THE FAMOUS MOUNTAINTOP SPEECH
AS IT BECAME KNOWN WAS GIVEN
THE DAY BEFORE HE DIED ON APRIL
3, 1968.
