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DesEtoiles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-04-06 04:07 AM
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One man come in the name of love
ARTIST: U2
TITLE: Pride (In the Name of Love)

One man come in the name of love
One man come and go
One man come here to justify
One man to overthrow


{Refrain}
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love

One man caught on a barbed wire fence
One man he resist
One man washed on an empty beach
One man betrayed with a kiss

{Refrain}

Early morning, April 4
A shot rings out in the Memphis sky
Free at last, they took your life
They could not take your pride

{Refrain to fade}
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Greeby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-04-06 04:19 AM
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1. ......
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Lexingtonian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-04-06 04:30 AM
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2. Mine eyes have seen the Glory....
And they were telling me --. Now, it doesn't matter, now. It really doesn't matter what happens now. I left Atlanta this morning, and as we got started on the plane, there were six of us. The pilot said over the public address system, "We are sorry for the delay, but we have Dr. Martin Luther King on the plane. And to be sure that all of the bags were checked, and to be sure that nothing would be wrong with on the plane, we had to check out everything carefully. And we've had the plane protected and guarded all night."

And then I got into Memphis. And some began to say the threats, or talk about the threats that were out. What would happen to me from some of our sick white brothers?

Well, I don't know what will happen now. We've got some difficult days ahead. But it really doesn't matter with me now, because I've been to the mountaintop.

And I don't mind.

Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over. And I've seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land!

And so I'm happy, tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man! Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord!!


Memphis, April 3, 1968

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkivebeentothemountaintop.htm
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Greeby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-04-06 04:45 AM
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3. (AUDIO) RFK - Statement on the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/robertkennedyonmartinlutherking.html

Delivered 4th April 1968, Indianapolis, Indiana

-snip- So I ask you tonight to return home, to say a prayer for the family of Martin Luther King -- yeah, it's true -- but more importantly to say a prayer for our own country, which all of us love -- a prayer for understanding and that compassion of which I spoke.

We can do well in this country. We will have difficult times. We've had difficult times in the past. And we will have difficult times in the future. It is not the end of violence; it is not the end of lawlessness; and it's not the end of disorder.

But the vast majority of white people and the vast majority of black people in this country want to live together, want to improve the quality of our life, and want justice for all human beings that abide in our land.

Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world. Let us dedicate ourselves to that, and say a prayer for our country and for our people.

Thank you very much.-snip-

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