Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

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Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. (AP Photo)

Thank him for the dream!

 

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But today, thanks to a scheduling quirk, President Obama's inauguration festivities and Martin Luther King Jr. Day overlapped and, in many places, intertwined.

Although Obama was sworn in for his second term at a discreet event at the White House Sunday, the inaugural pomp became part of the celebration of the national holiday honoring the slain civil rights leader.

People gathered this morning, for instance, at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, where King and his father once worked as preachers, for a service led by Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference.

King's youngest daughter, Bernice, attended the event and addressed the crowd, the Associated Press reported, describing her father's belief in fighting with Christian love, not guns, as "one of the bravest experiences of gun control that we've ever heard of in the history of our nation."

After the commemorative service, people stuck around the sanctuary for an inauguration "watch party."

The National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tenn., which is built on the site of the Lorraine Motel where King was assassinated in 1968, hosted a day-long event of crafts, performances and guest speakers. In a nod to King's history of service, the museum offered free admission to people who donated blood and a discounted price for those who donated canned food.


By midday, more than 3,500 people had already turned out for the event, museum spokeswoman Connie Dyson said.
"It's festive, warm and people are celebratory," she said. "They're really excited about two things: We're still celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King and the second inauguration of President Obama. The spirits are very high."

Joyce Oliver, who attended the museum event Monday, told the Associated Press that the overlap with Obama's second inauguration made the holiday especially meaningful: "This is the dream that Dr. King talked about in his speech. We see history in the making. This is the second term for a black president. This is something he spoke about, that all races come together as one."

Around the country, people used the Twitter hashtag #MLKDay to encourage others to spend their day off volunteering or taking a trip to one of the country's national parks, which waived their entrance fees today.

 

[Mkereketwa_Huyu]

Hii thread iko irrelevant kwetu watanzania na isitoshe walio wengi hawamjuwi huyo mtu.:glasses-nerdy: Sisi tulikuwa na Nyerere, simba wa vita, Karume, Kambona, Mimi mwenyewe, wazazi wangu, na mashujaa wetu walio tangulia mbele ya haki katika vita ya Kagera na sehemu zingine katika kuikomboa Afrika. Hawa ndiyo wanaotuhusu, vingine hivi ni vya kulazimishana tu. Think of it. Yaani inakuwa kama mfano wa bongo fleva, tunawekewa vitu ili tuvibeze na kubatiza kuwa ni vyetu wakati si kweli tuna vitu vyetu wenyewe ambavyo ni vizuri zaidi. Inakeraaaaa:angry:

 

[Andrew Nyerere]

Hii thread ni very relevant kwetu. Hawa negroes wamepata Uhuru jsut about the same time as us,in the early 1960's. Huyu aliongoza Civili Rights baada ya Rosa Parks kukataa kuhama ,ndani ya basi,kwenye sehemu ambayo ilikuwa reserved for whites. Baada ya ubishi mkubwa kutokea kuhusu jambo hili,negroes in Alabama decided they would not take the commuter buses,they would walk to work. Kwa hiyo ukaanza mgomo wa Wanegro kukataa kupanda basi.[daladala].
In the end Martin Luther King jr. aliuawa na Naval Intelligence,ilikuwa hit squad ya about eight people.[Habari za kuaminika kwa vile zinasemwa na wale wale Intelligence Officcers waliokuwa wanatumwa kufanya haya mambo,kama vile kumuua Kennedy] In the end the Civil Rights attained victory kwa vile Johnson wanted to become President,and he needed the vote of The North,so he had to convince his fellow Southerners to free the negroes.

 

[kpm]

Hii thread iko irrelevant kwetu watanzania na isitoshe walio wengi hawamjuwi huyo mtu.:glasses-nerdy: Sisi tulikuwa na Nyerere, simba wa vita, Karume, Kambona, Mimi mwenyewe, wazazi wangu, na mashujaa wetu walio tangulia mbele ya haki katika vita ya Kagera na sehemu zingine katika kuikomboa Afrika. Hawa ndiyo wanaotuhusu, vingine hivi ni vya kulazimishana tu. Think of it. Yaani inakuwa kama mfano wa bongo fleva, tunawekewa vitu ili tuvibeze na kubatiza kuwa ni vyetu wakati si kweli tuna vitu vyetu wenyewe ambavyo ni vizuri zaidi. Inakeraaaaa:angry:

Dhana yako haiko sahihi, ila unaweza kuendelea kudhani kuwa unatakiwa kumwaenzi watu uliowataja pekee ikiwa tu hujaelewa ni nini watu weusi wa marekani walikua wanapigania enzi hizo! Ni muhimu kujua kuwa Martin Ruther King Jr. alikuwa anatetea haki za watu ambao asili yao ni Afrika (weusi) ambao kwa mtazamo wa wazungu 9enzi hizo) ni kuwa watu weusi ni sawa tu bila ya kujali wewe umetokea Tz au Msumbiji. Kwa hiyo haki ya wanegro kupatikana kwa harakati za watu kama akina Dr Ruther King Jr ni kitu cha kihistoria si tu kwa waafrika wenyewe bali pia kwa wapenda haki wote duniani. "The thread is relevant to us".