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Dr. King’s Freedom Dream…“Are We Still Waiting? Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. By Billy ―Hollywood‖ Groves, CEO When we hear the name Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we immediately think of Dr. King leading a freedom march or speaking from a podium to throngs of people. That is the image that most Americans and most admirers of Dr. King worldwide, hold dear. I really don’t think most people understand or comprehend the difficulty which Dr. King endured during his brilliant life, from his birth in 1929 to his assassination in 1968. Dr. King never dwelled on his own personal safety, or the tragedies and setbacks which bedeviled him throughout his life as a civil rights leader. Because he was so committed to the cause of bringing freedom and equality to African Americans, he never really focused on his personal situation. Dr. King’s home was bombed in 1956 and his wife Coretta King had to jump into the backroom with their newly born child to keep from being killed or in-
The Honorable Daphne Session , County Attorney of Houston County, brought greetings from the County at the MLK Jr. Commemorative Program
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. acknowledges crowd during his legendary ―I Have A Dream ― Speech
jured. Dr. King was away leading the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott against segregated buses in Montgomery. When Dr. King made it home, he found out his family was safe. Outside his home a crowd of Black men with loaded guns had assembled. The men were fed up with racism, mistreatment, and harassment by racists in Alabama and they were ready to retaliate against those forces. Dr. King came out of his house and told the crowd of angry men that he was leading a ―nonviolent‖ movement. He also told them that it was for the ―higher goal of the dignity of their people‖ that they had bound
themselves together in this cause and they must not let this incident take their eyes from that ―higher goal‖. The angry crowd calmed down and dispersed. In another incident of personal tragedy, Dr. King was stabbed by a black woman in New York City in 1958 at a department store where he was autographing copies of his book, ―Stride Toward Freedom.” Dr. King didn’t stop his mission of non violent civil rights work after that incident; in fact, it actually deepened his involvement in the Civil Rights struggle for freedom. Dr. King was beaten and arrested many times during his civil rights battles. In 1963, Dr. King wrote his famous ―Letter from a Birmingham Jail‖ which became the civil rights movement’s best theological defense of nonviolent action. Here is Dr. King’s answer (the Jail Letter) to the See The Dream page 3
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The Honorable Judge Sarah Clark offered greetings and apologies on behalf of her family , ancestors and others for past atrocities committed against African Americans, while ending with a plea to ―move forward in unity‖ during the 33rd MLK Jr. Commemorative Program
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Houston County’s 33 rd Dr. M.L.K. Jr. Commemorative Program
Founder and Chair Roberta Mason (R) and Yolanda Green (L) pose with picture of Honoree Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the 33rd Commemoration (See MLK Pictures page 3)
Miss Juneteenth 2010 & 2011 Queens and Court pose with program Speaker, KTRE -TV Anchor Christel Phillips (L-R) Kaliyah Hart , Phillips, Keyazimine Ware and Laveeta Collins