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From the acclaimed best-selling author of Ghost Soldiers and Blood and Thunder, a taut, intense narrative about the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the largest manhunt in American history. On April 23, 1967, Prisoner #416J, an inmate at the notorious Missouri State Penitentiary, escaped in a breadbox. Fashioning himself Eric Galt, this nondescript thief and con man - whose real name was James Earl Ray - drifted through the South, into Mexico, and then Los Angeles, where he was galvanized by George Wallace's racist presidential campaign. On February 1, 1968, two Memphis garbage men were crushed to death in their hydraulic truck, provoking the exclusively African American workforce to go on strike. Hoping to resuscitate his faltering crusade, King joined the sanitation workers cause, but their march down Beale Street, the historic avenue of the blues, turned violent. Humiliated, King fatefully vowed to return to Memphis in April. With relentless storytelling drive, Sides follows Galt and King as they crisscross the country, one stalking the other, until the crushing moment at the Lorraine Motel when the drifter catches up with his prey. Against the backdrop of the resulting nationwide riots and the pathos of Kings funeral, Sides gives us a riveting cross-cut narrative of the assassins flight and the 65-day search that led investigators to Canada, Portugal, and England - a massive manhunt ironically led by J. Edgar Hoover's FBI. Magnificent in scope, drawing on ...
Obama breaks down in tears at funeral of 'Godmother' of American civil rights movement Dorothy Height - April 30, 2010 - Tears streaming down his cheeks, grief overcame Barack Obama today as he attended the funeral of the woman he called the 'Godmother' of the American civil rights movement. The US president was weeping openly as he watched the service for Dorothy Height in Washington today. He delivered the eulogy for Dr Height, whose activisim stretched from the New Deal right up until Mr Obama's election as the first African American president of the United States. Dr Height died last week at 98 after a long illness. She was a pioneering voice of the civil rights movement who remained active and outspoken well into her 90s. She often received rousing ovations at events around Washington, where she was easily recognisable in the bright, colourful hats she almost always wore. Dr Height led the National Council of Negro Women for decades and marched with the Rev Martin Luther King Jr. She was honoured by Mr Obama during the service at Washington National Cathedral for her leadership on the front lines fighting for equality, education and to ease racial tension. Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk
In 1980, the Department of Interior designated King's boyhood home in Atlanta and several nearby buildings the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site. In 1996, United States Congress authorized the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity to establish a foundation to manage fund raising and design of a Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial on the Mall in Washington, DC. King was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established by and for African Americans. King was the first African American honored with his own memorial in the National Mall area and the first non-President to be commemorated in such a way. The sculptor chosen was Lei Yixin. The King Memorial will be administered by the National Park Service. King's life and assassination inspired many artistic works. A 1976 Broadway production, I Have a Dream, was directed by Robert Greenwald and starred Billy Dee Williams as King. In spring of 2006, a stage play about King was produced in Beijing, China with King portrayed by Chinese actor, Cao Li. The play was written by Stanford University professor, Clayborne Carson. King spoke earlier about what people should remember him for if they are around for his funeral. He said rather than his awards and where he went to school, people should talk about how he fought peacefully for justice.: I'd like somebody to mention that day that Martin Luther King Jr. tried to give his life serving others. I'd like for somebody to say that day ...
Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, activist and prominent leader in the African American civil rights movement. His main legacy was to secure progress on civil rights in the United States, and he has become a human rights icon: King is recognized as a martyr by two Christian churches. A Baptist minister, King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957, serving as its first president. King's efforts led to the 1963 March on Washington, where King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech. There, he raised public consciousness of the civil rights movement and established himself as one of the greatest orators in US history. In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other non-violent means. By the time of his death in 1968, he had refocused his efforts on ending poverty and opposing the Vietnam War, both from a religious perspective. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977 and Congressional Gold Medal in 2004; Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was established as a US national holiday in 1986. King's main legacy was to secure progress on civil rights in the United States, which has enabled more ...
Martin Luther King's funeral is held in his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia. Lester Maddox, governor of the state at the time, refuses to close the state government in honor of the slain Civil Rights leader, or attend the funeral. Maddox felt King was an "enemy of the country." The governor additionally stationed 64 riot-helmeted state troopers at the entrances of the capitol to protect "the property of the state." Jacqueline Kennedy walks through the streets with American civil rights activist Bernard Lee in the funeral procession of assassinated civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Atlanta, Georgia, April 9,
Joseph Bias, the man who sang at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s funeral, performs with accompaniment by Donald Ryan at Friday Noon Lunch. TU Wesley Foundation - To Know Christ and Make Him Known
Joseph Bias, the man who sang at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s funeral, performs with accompaniment by Donald Ryan at Friday Noon Lunch. TU Wesley Foundation - To Know Christ and Make Him Known
Joseph Bias, the man who sang at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s funeral, performs with accompaniment by Donald Ryan at Friday Noon Lunch. TU Wesley Foundation - To Know Christ and Make Him Known
Joseph Bias, the man who sang at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s funeral, performs with accompaniment by Donald Ryan at Friday Noon Lunch. TU Wesley Foundation - To Know Christ and Make Him Known
This Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is sponsored and brought to you by NorthStar Research Institute. This tribute consists of compilations of Dr. King's speeches that are performed by Christopher Allen; including a speech written and performed by Christopher Allen honoring, Nobel mother, Clara Lee Barnes. This is a three part series tribute on Youtube: Part one includes: "I Have A Dream" (Music by Anthony Hamilton); and "Never Alone" (Music by Marvin Sapp); speeches performed by Christopher Allen. Part two includes: "Justice & Righteousness" (Music by John P. Kee); and "Mountain Top" (Music by Aretha Franklin); speeches performed by Christopher Allen. Part three includes: "The Struggles of a Black Woman" (Music by Maxwell); speech written and performed by Christopher Allen. My mother, Clara Barnes is my biggest supporter in everything I do; she has been the unsung hero in my life, every step of the way. For this reason, this tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is dedicated to my mother, Clara Lee Barnes, honoring her for all her sacrifices, lifelong struggles, and undying support to her family. Following a hard life of labor of picking cotton; as well as, serving as a cook in the homes of plantation owners, in the rural Northwestern Mississippi Delta. In April 2007, my mother had a stroke, at the age of 71 that rendered her partially paralyzed with paralysis on the left side of her body. In August 2007, a day following her 72nd birthday, she was prep for an ...
This Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is sponsored and brought to you by NorthStar Research Institute. This tribute consists of compilations of Dr. King's speeches that are performed by Christopher Allen; including a speech written and performed by Christopher Allen honoring, his mother, Clara Lee Barnes. This is a three part series tribute on Youtube: Part one includes: "I Have A Dream" (Music by Anthony Hamilton); and "Never Alone" (Music by Marvin Sapp); speeches performed by Christopher Allen. Part two includes: "Justice & Righteousness" (Music by John P. Kee); and "Mountain Top" (Music by Aretha Franklin); speeches performed by Christopher Allen. Part three includes: "The Struggles of a Black Woman" (Music by Maxwell); speech written and performed by Christopher Allen. My mother, Clara Barnes is my biggest supporter in everything I do; she has been the unsung hero in my life, every step of the way. For this reason, this tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is dedicated to my mother, Clara Lee Barnes, honoring her for all her sacrifices, lifelong struggles, and undying support to her family. Following a hard life of labor of picking cotton; as well as, serving as a cook in the homes of plantation owners, in the rural Northwestern Mississippi Delta. In April 2007, my mother had a stroke, at the age of 71 that rendered her partially paralyzed with paralysis on the left side of her body. In August 2007, a day following her 72nd birthday, she was prep for an ...
Jack Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Bobby Kennedy + Teddy Kennedy Tribute. - sung by Marvin Gaye. Has anybody here seen my old friend John? Can you tell me where he has gone? He freed a lot of people. But it seems, the good, they die young. I just looked away . . . and he was gone! Has anybody here seen my old friend Martin? Can you tell me where he has gone? He freed a lot of people. But it seems, the good, they die young. I just looked away . . . and he was gone! Has anybody here seen my old friend Bobby? Can you tell me where he has gone? He freed a lot of people. But it seems, the good, they die young. I just looked away . . . and he was gone! Has anybody here seen my old friend Teddy? Can you tell me where he has gone? He freed a lot of people. But it seems, the good, they die young. I just lokked away . . . and he was gone!
Lisa Hunt sings "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" a 1967 single released by American soul singer Aretha Franklin. Produced by Alessandro Sorbello www.AlessandroSorbello.com for New Realm Media as part of Italian Week http an initiative of the Consulate of Italy in Australia and part of Italian Fashion Week italianfashionweek.blogspot.com "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" is a 1967 single released by American soul singer Aretha Franklin on the Atlantic label. The record was a big hit for Franklin, reaching number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100, and became a standard song for her. Aretha Franklin is one of the giants of soul music, and indeed of American pop as a whole. More than any other performer, she epitomized soul at its most gospel-charged. Her astonishing run of late-'60s hits with Atlantic Records--"Respect," "I Never Loved a Man," "Chain of Fools," "Baby I Love You," "I Say a Little Prayer," "Think," "The House That Jack Built," and several others--earned her the title "Lady Soul," which she has worn uncontested ever since. Yet as much of an international institution as she's become, much of her work--outside of her recordings for Atlantic in the late '60s and early '70s--is erratic and only fitfully inspired, making discretion a necessity when collecting her records. It was recorded by Carole King on her landmark 1971 album Tapestry, and by Mary J. Blige, whose 1995 version, from the soundtrack of New York Undercover, also charted. Bobby Womack did a ...
Ist Blaxploitation Film. Uptight! - On the night following the MLK assassination, Cleveland broke out in riots. A group of black militants stagd a robbery of a gun and ammunition warehouse to fight the man. Johnny, the millitant leader, kills a guard during the gun robbery. Tank , a fellow millitant, turns in Johnny to the police to get the reward money. The militants try to track Tank down to kill him for ratting out Johnny. One of the first blaxploitation films. Filmed in Cleveland's east-side black Hough neighborhood. Martin Luther King funeral footage.
"Take My Hand, Precious Lord" (aka "Precious Lord, Take My Hand") is a gospel song, written August 1932 by Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey (1899-1993), melody by George N. Allen (1812-1877). It was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s favorite song, and he often invited gospel singer Mahalia Jackson to sing it at civil rights rallies to inspire the crowds; at his request she sang it at his funeral in April 1968. Opera singer Leontyne Price sang it at the state funeral of President Lyndon Baines Johnson in January 1973 and Aretha Franklin sang it at Mahalia Jackson's funeral in 1972. It was sung by Nina Simone at the Westbury Music Fair on April 7, 1968, three days after the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King. "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" was inducted into the Christian Music Hall of Fame in 2007. (more)
"Take My Hand, Precious Lord" (aka "Precious Lord, Take My Hand") is a gospel song, written August 1932 by Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey (1899-1993), melody by George N. Allen (1812-1877). It was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s favorite song, and he often invited gospel singer Mahalia Jackson to sing it at civil rights rallies to inspire the crowds; at his request she sang it at his funeral in April 1968. Opera singer Leontyne Price sang it at the state funeral of President Lyndon Baines Johnson in January 1973,[7] and Aretha Franklin sang it at Mahalia Jackson's funeral in 1972. It was sung by Nina Simone at the Westbury Music Fair on April 7, 1968, three days after the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King. "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" was inducted into the Christian Music Hall of Fame in 2007.
Michael Jackson Memorial Service performance and rememberance by: MARTIN LUTHER KING III and BERNICE A. KING (children of slain civil-rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.) Michael Jackson Memorial Service The public memorial ceremony to follow will be: Date: July 7, 2009 Time: 10:00 am Place: Staples Center Tickets: Free from: MichaelJacksonFuneral.org MICHAEL JACKSON FUNERAL Details about the Michael Jackson Funeral Michael Jackson will be privately buried July 7th at Forest Lawn Cemetery at 8 am.
Michael Jackson Funeral part 9 Jermaine Jackson Martin Luther King III Bernice King Say Goodbye
Watch Martin Luther King III praise Michael Jacksons contributions to entertainment in MJs Memorial Service held in the Staples Center, LA in the presence of top Hollywood actors and singing personalities.
A very touching and inspiring speech given by the King family. In memory of Michael Jackson. May you always live on. Feel free to share thoughts on whizsearch.blogspot.com
The son and daughter of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. eulogizes Michael Jackson, whom Martin says "was truly the best at what he was".
Michael Jackson - funeral live staple centre. Michael Jackson's memorial service in Los Angeles at the Staples Centre will provide a public farewell for the King of Pop, with performances from Stevie Wonder and Mariah Carey and appearances by Martin Luther King, Jr's children and Brooke Shields. The service follows a private funeral to be held for friends and family at the Forest Lawn cemetery.
Michael Jackson - funeral live staple centre. Michael Jackson's memorial service in Los Angeles at the Staples Centre will provide a public farewell for the King of Pop, with performances from Stevie Wonder and Mariah Carey and appearances by Martin Luther King, Jr's children and Brooke Shields. The service follows a private funeral to be held for friends and family at the Forest Lawn cemetery.
A hearse containing Michael Jackson's golden casket began theshort drive to Staples Center on Tuesday following a private service at a Hollywood Hills cemetery. Jackson's family members and dozens of friends, led by his parents, Joe and Katherine, were seen entering a building at the cemetery. News reports estimated as many as 20 helicopters circled overhead. Police said that after the private ceremony, Jackson's body would be taken to the singer's public memorial at the Staples Center, which was to be televised live around the world. Among the celebrities expected to attend the memorial were Stevie Wonder, Mariah Carey, Usher, Lionel Richie, Kobe Bryant, Jennifer Hudson, John Mayer and Martin Luther King III. Outside the Staples Center, Claudia Hernandez, 29, said she loved Jackson's music as a girl growing up in Mexico. Now a day-care teaching assistant in Los Angeles, Hernandez said she cried watching TV coverage of his death. "I'm trying to hold in my emotions," said Hernandez, wearing a wristband to allow her admittance to the service and holding a framed photograph of Jackson. "I know right now he's teaching the angels to dance." Police blocked off roads and warned those without tickets to stay away because they would not be able to get near the downtown venue. Inside the Staples Center, a stage was bathed in blue light and a spray of yellow and orange flowers was placed in front of a podium. The backdrop featured a photo of a smiling Jackson looking up toward the ...
Michael Jackson Funeral Live Breaking News At Staples Center Burial Michael Jackson Dead Died Death June 25th 2009 funeral Staples Center LA Neverland Five sharpton abdul ABC Unbelievable Speechless World Popular Music Icon kids MTV motown 25 / Music Video Dance Best of tribute Billie Jean Beat it Thriller Scream 26.06.2009 26th /
Stevie Wonder, Mariah Carey, Jennifer Hudson, John Mayer, Usher and Lionel Richie are among the stars paying tribute to Michael Jackson on Tuesday July 7 2009. along with them many hundreds of high profile people will be in attendance like LA Lakers star Kobe Bryant, actress Brooke Shields, Martin Luther King III and his sister Bernice and Motown founder Berry Gordy. An attorney for Jackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe said she would not attend. Tickets admitted 11000 people to the Staples Center and another 6500 to the Nokia Theater overflow section next door, as millions watch the event, which started at 10 am PT, streamed online and also shown on at least five networks. Rest in peace "The King Of Pop' Michael J Jackson
Fans are freaking out over a supposed Micheal Jackson ghost that appears in a Larry King show in the United States. Apparently the footage from CNNs television crew was a tour of the deserted ranch and now the believers of the supernatural are sure the shadowy figure in one of the hallways is actually Jackson. celebrity.rightpundits.com Michael Jackson memorial live feed video stream is being searched as people are dying to know if Michael Jacksons memorial service will be televised. We will have live web feed and will be live blogging the event so please do join us. celebrity.rightpundits.com Michael Jackson memorial live feed video stream is posted below and we hop you will join us for Michael Jacksons memorial service as it is televised across the country. All the major television networks, a slew of cable news and entertainment channels, including CNN, MSNBC, E! Entertainment, TV Guide Network and TV One, plan to carry the event live on tv at 10 am The memorial service time actually begins at 10 am PST, but many networks are starting the memorial service broadcast much earlier. Michael is going out big as the memorial service will also be seen in 88 movie theaters across 31 states. The names of performers, politicians and friends who will take part in Michael Jacksons July 7th memorial service include; Kobe Bryant, Mariah Carey, Berry Gordy, Jennifer Hudson, Shaheen Jafargholi, Magic Johnson, Martin Luther King III, Bernice A. King, John Mayer, Lionel Richie, Smokey ...
"This it it" News CNN NBC Burial Michael Jackson Dead Died Death June 25th 2009 funeral Staples Center LA Neverland Forest Lawn Five sharpton abdul ABC Unbelievable Speechless World Popular Music Icon kids MTV motown 25 / Music Video Dance Best of tribute Billie Jean Beat it Thriller Scream 26.06.2009 26th / SONGS USED: "Enya - Only time", "Enya - Boadicea", "Michael Jackson - You are not alone"
A moonwalk and Martin Luther King's funeral get all tied together. Song by Sheri Bauer-Mayorga. Lincoln Mayorga, piano & Otto Gardner, bass. Performed at Schenectady Community College 10/08. Song recorded on TownHall Records CD, "On The Wrong Side Of The Railroad Tracks": http:///www.townhallrecords.com
This is the first part of Dr. King's Drum Major Instinct Sermon. The Scripture Text is Mark 10:35-40, 43-44. This is posted in remembrance of Dr. King who is a great influence in my life. As we all know, Saturday April 4, 2009 marks the 41st Anniversary of his assassination. Let us reflect and keep moving toward making his dream a reality. *BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE SECOND PART. IT HAS A SPECIAL ENDING.* Be a Drum Major,Enjoy and Be Blessed!!!
This is the second part of Dr. King's Drum Major Instinct Sermon. The Scripture Text is Mark 10:35-40, 43-44. This is posted in remembrance of Dr. King who is a great influence in my life. As we all know, Saturday April 4, 2009 marks the 41st Anniversary of his assassination. Let us reflect and keep moving toward making his dream a reality. At the end of this clip Mahalia Jackson is singing "If I Can Help Somebody" which is the song Dr. King quotes at the end of the sermon and one that matches what his life was all about. Mahalia Jackson was Dr. King's favorite Gospel singers. Enjoy and Be Blessed!!!
Cliff Tyree, a social worker from Columbus, Ohio, talks about life during the civil rights era and attending Dr. Martin Luther King's funeral in 1968.
Funeral Services at Martin Luther King Memorial Chapel Funeral Directors.
malcolmxfiles.blogspot.com Karl Evanzz, a staff writer for the Washington Post, researched more than 300000 pages of declassified FBI and CIA documents for his book, The Judas Factor. In its introduction he states, "After analyzing these resources, I am convinced that Louis E. Lomax, an industrious African-American journalist who befriended Malcolm X in the late 1950's, had practically solved the riddle of his assassination." He believed that Malcolm X was set up for the assassination by a former friend, John Ali, who was an agent/informer for an intelligence agency. Malcolm X had previously commented that Ali had been responsible for his ouster from the NOI. Ali eventually rose to the position of National Secretary of the NOI. Lomax was later killed in an automobile accident (due to brake failure). It is now known that government and law enforcement agencies planted infiltrators in the OAAU, NOI and almost all of the other civil rights movement organizations. Some of these agent/informers were highly placed. Their assignments were not only to report on all of their activities, plans and members, but to create disruption, distrust and to frighten any supporters. The involvement of the government's "Cointelpro" (counter-intelligence program) operation to "neutralize" Malcolm X through BOSS, the NOI, and organized crime is strongly inferred by Evanzz in his book. The goal of the Cointelpro program was to neutralize radical and subversive political organizations and ...
Dr. Angelou speaking at the funeral of Coretta Scott King
Speaking of how Jesse Jackson will be remembered.
This was during Cosby's experimental period when he sang and played piano in addition to acting and stand up comedy. This sad track gets its emotion from the funeral of Dr. Martin Luther King after his assasination in '68. Nevertheless, ATCQ used it to perfection for the high spirited We Can Get Down. ATCQ Q-Tip Phife Dawg Ali Shaheed Muhammad Hip-Hop Jazz Funk Bill Cosby Jive NBC Uni 1968 Bunions Marching Band Badfoot Rennaisance Midnight Marauders A Tribe Called Quest
Please see full film @ dlg.galileo.usg.edu In this WSB newsfilm clip from Atlanta, Georgia in the fall of 1966 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. comments on the United States' Congress failure to pass legislation guaranteeing equal access to housing. King declares that "America has not come to terms on its conscious on the whole question of housing integration." He points to the defeat of the civil rights legislation before the 1966 Congress as an illustration of the North's hypocrisy towards race relations. King condemns Illinois senator Everett Dirksen, senate minority leader, for supporting congressional legislation aimed at southern problems but avoiding legislation that would influence race relations in the north. Although fair housing legislation was considered and not passed in 1966 or in 1967, after the April 4, 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. president Lyndon B. Johnson urged Congress to pass fair housing legislation as at tribute to Dr. King; the Fair Housing Act of 1968 was signed on April 11, 1968, two days after King's funeral.
Coltrane wrote the song 'Alabama' in response to the bombing. He patterned his saxophone playing on Martin Luther King's funeral speech. Midway through the song, mirroring the point where King transforms his mourning into a statement of renewed determination for the struggle against racism, Elvin Jones's drumming rises from a whisper to a pounding rage. He wanted this crescendo to signify the rising of the civil rights movement. New Generation Coltrane had already revolutionised jazz twice--the sheets of sound and his 'classic quartet' sound. He changed direction again with the recording of Ascension. He threw himself into the free jazz movement which was coalescing around a new generation of young musicians--Ornette Coleman, Archie Shepp and Albert Ayler. The music was pure improvisation. Coltrane was now playing two hour long solos. The music was free from constraints and barriers. Coltrane began to introduce percussionists, harp players and African vocalists. He was creating a world music 25 years before the term was even coined. For some in the free jazz movement the musical revolution was purely artistic, but for many that aesthetic revolution was linked to the explosion sweeping the Northern cities. Coltrane's drummer, Rashid Ali, said as much: 'Those were trying times in the 1960s. We had the civil rights thing going on, we had King, we had Malcolm, we had the Panthers. There was so much diversity happening. People were screaming for their rights and wanting to be ...
Dr. King's Funeral Service
At the March on Washington in 1963 Mahalia sang in front of 250000 people "I've Been 'Buked, and I've Been Scorned", in which Martin Luther King, Jr. made his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. She also sang "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" at the funeral of her friend Martin Luther King, Jr. She was one of his favorite gospel singers. Indeed, her good friend Martin Luther King said "a voice like hers comes along once in a millennium". In addition to sharing her singing talent with the world, she mentored the extraordinarily gifted Aretha Franklin; she was a close friend of Aretha's father, CL Franklin, and a frequent guest in the Franklin home.
FOR ORIGINAL UNEDITED VERSION: katwalkatharsis.blogspot.com Original song has been substituted with 'Tis So Sweet by MG! Enjoy the visuals while you can!!♥ At the March on Washington in 1963 Mahalia sang in front of 250000 people "I've Been 'Buked, and I've Been Scorned", in which Martin Luther King, Jr. made his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. She also sang "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" at the funeral of her friend Martin Luther King, Jr. She was one of his favorite gospel singers. Indeed, her good friend Martin Luther King said "a voice like hers comes along once in a millennium". In addition to sharing her singing talent with the world, she mentored the extraordinarily gifted Aretha Franklin; she was a close friend of Aretha's father, CL Franklin, and a frequent guest in the Franklin home.
"We know now there were no weapons of mass destruction over there [standing ovation]... but Coretta kew and we know that there are weapons of misdirection right down here. Millions without health insurance. Poverty aounds. For war billions more but no more for the poor." -Reverend Dr. Joseph Lowery, at the Coretta Scott King funeral, in front of 4 presidents
glimpse of the burial from a spectator's point of view.
Dr. King's final sermon, "The Drum Major Instinct", is heard at his own funeral.
We shall overcome--very moving she gets totally saturated with the song, even at the end as she walks from the mic the power of her voice is still overwhelming. This song was a staple of the civil rights movement, Mahalia worked closely with Dr. Martin Luther King. She also sang Precious Lord at his funeral in 1968
Looking back at the 60's, the Vietnam War, and the message of a great spiritual teacher, Martin Luther King, Jr.
The famous Indianapolis speech, in which RFK broke to a mostly black crowd the news of MLK's assassination, followed by a dramatic audio/video montage of the very moments of his own assassination. After it was over, eleven bullets were found altogether, although Shiran's gun could only carry eigth.
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