10 Other Things MLK Said

[Roxie]

At this time of year we always hear the same 2 or 3 MLK clips over and over, but there was much more to the man. So here are ten quotes from MLK (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIFTNmOOLmk) that aren't heard as often.

Have a good MLK day, everyone!

[darighaz]

You look really different in that video. Is it your hair?

[haterllnation]

Number 7 is the one that I thought, "Exactly." Well, all of them, really, but that stood out to me.

Edit: Is that you that posted that it gave you chills, Roxie? I just saw that on replay after I posted here.

[Roxie]

Yeah, that's the one

[Sock Full of Boiled Dimes]

I like this day because it got me out of school.

[Mechs]

I like this day because it got me out of school.

And it got me a 4 day weekend :D.

[Roxie]

Fantastic.

[Mechs]

That video is being saved to my favorites. Those were wise words.

[stsparky]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/11/Hertzberg.jpg

... As a major public figure in the world of Jewish organizational life, Hertzberg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Hertzberg) was at the center of the crucial events shaping American Jewish life since the end of World War II. He participated in the 1943 Rabbis' March, walked with Martin Luther King, Jr., in the 1963 March on Washington and Bloody Sunday at the height of the American civil rights movement, and also served as an intermediary between the American Jewish Community and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. ...

[MNJetter]

Ooh, MLK day. I almost forgot about that. The English teacher at one of my junior high schools asked me if there were any holidays that America celebrated other than the overused Christmas/Thanksgiving/Halloween regimen, that we could bring up in class, and I hadn't come up with any ideas yet.

....I'd use that youtube video, but the audio editing would make it difficult. As cool as it sounds to American ears, "almos-almos-almost" would probably be kind of confusing. :P