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Martin Luther King Day! (1/15/24) & Black History Month in February
January 15, 2024 - February 29, 2024
Today is Martin Luther King Day!
Black History Month is coming up in February!
Below is a link to a speech Dr. King gave a few days after Rosa Parks was arrested for not sitting at the back of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955. As far as I know, it is the earliest recorded speech of of his. The quality of the recording is not very good, but it’s a miracle that we have it. This YouTube video contains a transcription of the speech.
Something happens near the end. The people in the church realize that in this moment, in this place, the world is going to change. The roof comes off the church.
I’ve listened to this recording many times. I cry every time, without fail.