Martin Luther King, Jr., National Holiday, S. 25: Joint Hearings Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate and the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, First Session, on S. 25, March 27 and June 21, 1979U.S. Government Printing Office, 1979 - 170 стор. |
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... Martin Luther King , Jr. , articles , by Jim Bishop , 1972 .. The Negro Almanac , 1976 bicentennial edition , Ploski , Harry A. , Ph . D .. Negro Story Bulletin , May 1968 .. Editorials from Newsletter , Martin Luther King , Jr ...
... Martin Luther King , Jr. , articles , by Jim Bishop , 1972 .. The Negro Almanac , 1976 bicentennial edition , Ploski , Harry A. , Ph . D .. Negro Story Bulletin , May 1968 .. Editorials from Newsletter , Martin Luther King , Jr ...
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... Martin Luther King , as a Federal holiday . This legislation honors Dr. King not only for the strength of his leadership and the courage of his commitment to human rights , but also for his unique contri- bution to the fundamental ...
... Martin Luther King , as a Federal holiday . This legislation honors Dr. King not only for the strength of his leadership and the courage of his commitment to human rights , but also for his unique contri- bution to the fundamental ...
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... King . As thousands of his followers marched through Atlanta streets hand in hand singing " We Shall Overcome , " I ... Martin Luther King , Jr. After all , he was a man of our own times who fervently advocated the causes he espoused ...
... King . As thousands of his followers marched through Atlanta streets hand in hand singing " We Shall Overcome , " I ... Martin Luther King , Jr. After all , he was a man of our own times who fervently advocated the causes he espoused ...
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... Martin Luther King , Jr. , as a holiday and I find no problem with that situation . The establish- ment of legal public holidays , except in rare instances , should be the primary prerogative of the States . In fact , the birthday of Dr.
... Martin Luther King , Jr. , as a holiday and I find no problem with that situation . The establish- ment of legal public holidays , except in rare instances , should be the primary prerogative of the States . In fact , the birthday of Dr.
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... Martin Luther King , Jr. , would be recognized . But more than that , Mr. Chairman , all he stood for and the people who feel the great deeds of him , should also be recognized . If I might , since it has been my good fortune to ...
... Martin Luther King , Jr. , would be recognized . But more than that , Mr. Chairman , all he stood for and the people who feel the great deeds of him , should also be recognized . If I might , since it has been my good fortune to ...
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Сторінка 125 - When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Сторінка 49 - American pledge his life, his property and his sacred honor — let every man remember that to violate the law is to trample on the blood of his father, and to tear the charter of his own and his children's liberty.
Сторінка 128 - But when you have seen vicious mobs lynch your mothers and fathers at will and drown your sisters and brothers at whim; when you have seen hate-filled policemen curse, kick...
Сторінка 125 - Those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.
Сторінка 128 - Daddy, why do white people treat colored people so mean?"; when you take a cross-country drive and find it necessary to sleep night after night in the uncomfortable corners of your automobile because no motel will accept you; when you are humiliated day in and day out by nagging signs reading "white...
Сторінка 113 - I am not a visionary. I claim to be a practical idealist. The religion of non-violence is not meant merely for the rishis and saints. It is meant for the common people as well. Non-violence is the law of our species as violence is the law of the brute.
Сторінка 125 - But one hundred years later, we must face the tragic fact that the Negro is still not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity.
Сторінка 48 - Let every American, every lover of liberty, every wellwisher to his posterity swear by the blood of the Revolution never to violate in the least particular the laws of the country, and never to tolerate their violation by others.
Сторінка 128 - ... (however old you are) and your last name becomes "John," and your wife and mother are never given the respected title "Mrs."; when you are harried by day and haunted by night by the fact that you are a Negro, living constantly at tiptoe stance, never quite knowing what to expect next, and are plagued with inner fears and outer resentments; when you are forever fighting a degenerating sense of "nobodiness" then you will understand why we find it difficult to wait.
Сторінка 61 - I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.