Music and MLK
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LaVon
Jan 16, 2012, 11:54:39 PM1/16/12
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As Martin Luther King Day comes to a snowy end, I came across a speech
he gave several weeks before his assassination:
It is not enough for me to stand before you tonight and condemn
riots. It would be morally irresponsible for me to do that without, at
the same time, condemning the contingent, intolerable conditions that
exist in our society. These conditions are the things that cause
individuals to feel that they have no other alternative than to engage
in violent rebellions to get attention. And I must say tonight that a
riot is the language of the unheard...
Read more at http://lavonhardison.com/2012/01/16/beautiful-fool-mlk-day/
he gave several weeks before his assassination:
It is not enough for me to stand before you tonight and condemn
riots. It would be morally irresponsible for me to do that without, at
the same time, condemning the contingent, intolerable conditions that
exist in our society. These conditions are the things that cause
individuals to feel that they have no other alternative than to engage
in violent rebellions to get attention. And I must say tonight that a
riot is the language of the unheard...
Read more at http://lavonhardison.com/2012/01/16/beautiful-fool-mlk-day/
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