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    Default Tomorrow is the celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

    Tomorrow we celebrate the life and works of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. One of the great activists of the 20th Century and honored with a statue on Westminster Abbey.

    His actions greatly contributed and returning Blacks to equality in America. Though I don't agree with everything he said and did, there is no doubt the world is better off with him in it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Future Redleg Officer View Post
    Tomorrow we celebrate the life and works of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. One of the great activists of the 20th Century and honored with a statue on Westminster Abbey.

    His actions greatly contributed and returning Blacks to equality in America. Though I don't agree with everything he said and did, there is no doubt the world is better off with him in it.
    Indeed. A great man.

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    let's celebrate him with CHICKEN!!!

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    He gets me out of school, so he's good in my book.



    With all seriousness though, he was a great man. Sincere in his beliefs and firm in them. A man of God as well.

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    What's funny is that the day after is Robert E. Lee's birthday, on the 19th. And it's celebrated here in the South in many states.

    Both of them were great men and achieved a lifetime of meaning. King's message of non-violent social progression is something that will be forever remembered. It's something that Malcolm X certainly failed to grasp until later in his life.
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    And when he did the Nation of Islam killed him.
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    There is no segration and oppression in America now.

    Nope. Not one jot.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hookah Smoking Caterpiller View Post
    There is no segration and oppression in America now.

    Nope. Not one jot.
    Yeah, pretty much. Racism is pretty much a dead issue in America. Sexism has mostly been destroyed too, with only a few lingering pockets being beaten into submission. Homosexuals, though, still have a bit of the way to go though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hookah Smoking Caterpiller View Post
    There is no segration and oppression in America now.

    Nope. Not one jot.


    Perfect reason not to celebrate the contributions of a man who championed the cause of freedom.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hookah Smoking Caterpiller View Post
    There is no segration and oppression in America now.

    Nope. Not one jot.
    no one said it was perfect here. but it sure is a hell of a lot better because of the works by MLK and people like him.
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    Tomorrow we celebrate the life and works of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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    He was definitely a great man, liberties as citizens of U.S. Blacks are enjoying are a result of his undaunted struggle for their rights.Hats off.
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    King made great strides in civil rights, but racism is far from dead. My sister lives in birmingham and I went to see her, all I can say is that segregation is alive and well they don't *officially* prevent people from segregating, but the neighborhoods, the stores, the parts of towns all pretty segregated. . . . we still have a ways to go.

    The exclusion would be this very tasty barbeque place in birmingham that wasn't segregated. . . .

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    King was a good man who wanted equality for black Americans, not to be treated worse or to be given special favors. I admire him a lot and he should make anyone proud to be called an American.


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    Quote Originally Posted by CtrlAltDe1337 View Post
    King was a good man who wanted equality for black Americans, not to be treated worse or to be given special favors. I admire him a lot and he should make anyone proud to be called an American.
    wonderful!, shall we have a feast of fried chicken to celebrate his black heritage?
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    Quote Originally Posted by bushbush View Post
    wonderful!, shall we have a feast of fried chicken to celebrate his black heritage?
    I'm hearing the president is doing just that.

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    He would be disappointed in the black "proponents" today.
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    Hey, he gets me out of school

    and to be honest if it wasn't for him, I'd probably be living in the UK, so....

    Thank God for MLK DDD

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