Letter from MLK III to John Edwards

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Run time: 02:45 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aos3hvO5_Ro   Posted on YouTube: January 25, 2008 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: January 25, 2008 By DU Member: be inspired Views on DU: 2148

 
This is a video I made with the help of friends J. Eddie Thornton III and RedJet. The video is an illustration of the recent letter from MLK III to John Edwards. It is a slideshow of photos on related themes, and for the soundtrack, J. Eddie Thornton III reads the letter.

If you like this video, please spread it around to other blogs, or email it to friends. This letter can help make a difference in the election, and we need more people to know about it. Thanks!

[dk2]

1. Wow

Powerful video, thanks for sharing it.

An inspirational letter to John Edwards from Martin Luther King III. "My Father would be Proud!" WOW


Powerful, yet where is the MSM coverage on this?

[Raine1967]

10. Thank You!

:applause: Wonderful montage, wonderful reading of the letter.

I posted it over on our blog, which has officially endorsed John Edwards.
(I hope it is ok that I said that.. )

[be inspired]

15. Thank you!

Thanks for the endorsement of JRE, too!

[redqueen]

11. "where is the MSM coverage on this?"

It got a mention, and then nothing.

Not a ratings-booster like mudslinging. :)

[redqueen]

2. Excellent job!

:applause:

Thank you SO MUCH!

:yourock:


Spread the word, people! John Edwards DOES exist!

:kick:

[balantz]

3. Beautiful Work!

Thank you so much!

[pioneer111]

4. Great letter of support from MLK III for JRE

and the video with the letter is just WOW. Thanks be inspired.

Terrific video that needs to get out there. I am emailing it to friends.

[Janiam]

5. You did a wonderful job with this

I've emailed to everyone and Mr. RedJet will email to everyone. He can even email it at work under the guise of "look at my personal voice-over work..." instead of a political video which is not allowed. :D

Again, you did an awesome job. Thanks so much for putting the pieces together!

- RedJet

[be inspired]

6. Thank you to you and Mr. RedJet!

Thanks so much for helping to make this happen! And Eddie's voiceover is wonderful!

[unapatriciated]

7. delete

[lame54]

9. the above delete - I was accidentally on my wife's name

[lame54]

8. That was awesome - here's the letter

January 20, 2008


The Honorable John E. Edwards

410 Market Street

Suite 400

Chapel Hill, NC 27516


Dear Senator Edwards:


It was good meeting with you yesterday and discussing my father’s legacy. On the day when the nation will honor my father, I wanted to follow up with a personal note.


There has been, and will continue to be, a lot of back and forth in the political arena over my father’s legacy. It is a commentary on the breadth and depth of his impact that so many people want to claim his legacy. I am concerned that we do not blur the lines and obscure the truth about what he stood for: speaking up for justice for those who have no voice.


I appreciate that on the major issues of health care, the environment, and the economy, you have framed the issues for what they are - a struggle for justice. And, you have almost single-handedly made poverty an issue in this election.


You know as well as anyone that the 37 million people living in poverty have no voice in our system. They don’t have lobbyists in Washington and they don’t get to go to lunch with members of Congress. Speaking up for them is not politically convenient. But, it is the right thing to do.


I am disturbed by how little attention the topic of economic justice has received during this campaign. I want to challenge all candidates to follow your lead, and speak up loudly and forcefully on the issue of economic justice in America.


From our conversation yesterday, I know this is personal for you. I know you know what it means to come from nothing. I know you know what it means to get the opportunities you need to build a better life. And, I know you know that injustice is alive and well in America, because millions of people will never get the same opportunities you had.


I believe that now, more than ever, we need a leader who wakes up every morning with the knowledge of that injustice in the forefront of their minds, and who knows that when we commit ourselves to a cause as a nation, we can make major strides in our own lifetimes. My father was not driven by an illusory vision of a perfect society. He was driven by the certain knowledge that when people of good faith and strong principles commit to making things better, we can change hearts, we can change minds, and we can change lives.


So, I urge you: keep going. Ignore the pundits, who think this is a horserace, not a fight for justice. My dad was a fighter. As a friend and a believer in my father’s words that injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere, I say to you: keep going. Keep fighting. My father would be proud.


Sincerely,

Martin L. King, III

[wordpix]

16. thank you, MLK III, you recognize John Edwards for the man he is!

The MSM can only say he's angry. I'm hoping Hil and Obama will trash each other just enough to give JE a fighting chance.

[Kajsa]

12. Wonderful, Inspired!

I will now go and spread the good word.

Thanks so much for making this video!

:pals:

[avaistheone1]

13. Powerful!

Very thoughtful and meaningful. Thank you so much.

[Chalco]

14. Amen. nt

[stravu9]

17. Gotta Love John!

Go John!

[ooglymoogly]

18. I regret that I have but one rec to give. KR

[focusfan]

19. i guess he sees alot in John Edwards

i sure hope he gets elected

[onehandle]

20. Kick! nt

[FirstLight]

21. God, I would love to see this...

as a full commercial in CA!!!

GO JOHNNY GO!!!

[7horses]

22. Go...

John go!!!

[yandorboy]

23. great endorsement. That\'\'s what it sounds like n/t