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Monday, April 4, 2011

Martin Luther King- I’ve Been to the Mountaintop

Martin Luther King- I’ve Been to the Mountaintop

Martin Luther King- I’ve Been to the Mountaintop

by ANNA DANIELS on APRIL 4, 2011

in: ANNA'S VIDEO PICK, CIVIL RIGHTS

On April 3, 1968, Martin Luther King was in Memphis providing support and encouragement to 1300 African-American sanitation workers who had walked off their jobs in that city. His soaring prose repeats the mission that defined his life – the achievement of justice and equality for African-Americans which our constitution promised to each and every one of us. He made it