Jan 19th, 2025, Keeping Dr. Martin Luther King's WORD ALIVE❣Forever and ever 💛

I'm spending the day listening to Dr. King's speeches. The man was such an eloquent orator.

No notes
No teleprompter
Just truth coming from the mind and heart
A true honorable leader that should always be respected and remembered

60 yrs later and we still have 2 America's.  2026.

I’m a white man, and in school I’m taught that Dr. King was the man who had a dream for racial equality. He was, and I respected him for that. However, I was never taught that he was a socialist acknowledged the underreported housing crisis, rising wealth inequality, and white backlash towards “radical” ideas. He wasn’t just a preacher, a leader of a movement, he was a man far ahead of his time who argued for a fundamental change of societal values. And that makes me respect him even more.

"This other America has a daily ugliness about it that constantly transforms the buoyancy of hope into the fatigue of despair."   He spoke for all people and he will always be my hero.

This is THE speech. The road map to a better America for all. This is also the speech that makes my heart ache, our country and the world lost so much the day he was taken from us. Long live your spirit and ideals, Dr. King 🙏🏼

Almost 60 years later, and his words still resonate.

Yes. That is right. I attended many of his speeches when I was growing up in Jackson, Mississippi. I am  73 years old now. I lived through what you are hearing on this speech.

I listened to this speech on Jan. 20, 2025. The day Donald Trump was sworn into office, again. Dr. King's words reverberate to this very day, to people like myself. Sadly, there is still so much relevance to what Dr. King was pointing out. Two Americas still exist, and today, the latter America that Dr. King spoke of, the divided America, won today, unfortunately. His final words in this speech are my only solace for the next four years. God be with us all.

38 years old ...1 year left to live ... this young man, the son/brother of our ancestors, fought until his final breath. What a warrior ...he is eternal!!!

Rev Dr. King is STILL RIGHTEOUS !  It is 2025 and the Other America --  two America still exists . And Dr. King always care as much for poor people as any Black person when he talked about Civil Rights for All - in 2025 . Struggle to make  ONE NATION - and here we are again.  We all need to listen to this together. 💛

They never mentioned this speech in school. They always talked of "I have a dream" as if it's the only speech he ever gave.

It's not about how you got here...It's about the fact that you are educated enough to come! You heard something and looked for deeper understanding.  PAY ATTENTION!!...It's about waking up! The earlier the better but we have to at least get up!

"The law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me"

Listening on 1/19/2026 ❤

I was in the audience at Stanford on that day.  I will not forget it.  We've made lots of progress since then, but the struggle is not over.  The deep-rooted problems Dr. King mentioned have not disappeared, but they are more widely acknowledged today.  This speech is as relevant today as it was in 1967.  We should all listen again and remind ourselves that we have a duty to promote human rights not only in law, but even more importantly in daily life.  Thank you, Dr. King.

I am proud that I walked with this Brother and was honored to escort his body to his final resting place
May the Creator reward him generously for his sincere efforts to make our better and safer

What's amazing to me is that  50 years later this speech sounds like it was given yesterday

Amazing, these situations are still going on now in the year 2024. Dr. King you could never be ignored.  Teresa Hughes, Slayden Mississippi.