| Live like a King! Remember, honor, and prophetically be | | | | and are acquitted of manslaughter. Is this democracy |
| guided into the future by the outstanding legacy of the | | | | and the kind of America Dr. King gave his life for? |
| King family. Had not Africans arisen to confront | | | | Unless we as a people continue to stand up to |
| injustice in America, there would be no human or civil | | | | injustice, the freedoms our forefathers fought for shall |
| rights in this country. | | | | be lost as America becomes a police state to serve |
| Capture the greatness of African American civil rights | | | | the military-industrial complex. No government for the |
| leaders and impart their spirit today in the hearts of a | | | | profiteers can also be for the people. Nevertheless |
| new culture. Let us once again properly identify with | | | | what we tolerate will continue to dominate. Therefore |
| their struggle. For me my personal history and | | | | it is time for us to arise, raise the standard, and take a |
| interaction with Africans is rather unusual as I as a | | | | stand to redeem the homeland. |
| white man have been numerous times to Africa. The | | | | The White House could use some color to again feel, |
| 8 countries I have spoken to audiences in are the | | | | get real, and heal the homeland. |
| impoverished war-torn nations of East Africa. | | | | African Americans have always led the way and |
| We must honestly acknowledge the historical atrocities | | | | been at the tip of the spear to pierce through evil and |
| at the hands of white supremacists and the nations | | | | injustice. In this hour more than ever, African |
| they duped into following their ideology. Unlike many | | | | Americans must fight for people of every color who |
| white speakers and ministers who go through Africa, I | | | | are being exploited and disenfranchized. The voice of |
| encouraged my African brothers to not emulate white | | | | African Americans must be heard throughout our land! |
| men in their dress, but rather be authentic in their | | | | Interacting with the victims of genocide in war-torn |
| individuality. I tell my African friends: "You were born an | | | | Rwanda and Burundi (East Africa) where 1.2 million |
| original. Do not die a copy." | | | | brothers divided and killed one another had a deep |
| I personally deeply love and identify with Dr. Martin | | | | effect upon me. My travels deep into "the bush" of |
| Luther King Jr. and his family. In fact I had the privilege | | | | Africa (Malawi and Mozambique) where villagers had |
| of meeting his daughter Bernice King in Southern | | | | never before seen a white man, provided me a |
| California, when she spoke on great expectations for | | | | wonderful cross-cultural experience and the chance to |
| the future. The King family was spied on by the FBI for | | | | experience being a minority myself. |
| 4 years after the assassination of Rev. King the great | | | | When times get tough, we must ask ourselves: |
| Civil Rights leader. | | | | Are you a thermometer or a thermostat? |
| The King family's forward struggle and refusal to yield | | | | Are you a mover and a shaker, or being moved and |
| our universal human rights should be an inspiration to us | | | | shaken? |
| all. Even when faced with personal danger, threats, | | | | Are you part of the problem, or part of the solution? |
| violence, and death they boldly carried on full force to | | | | Are you living and loving fearlessly? |
| overthrow injustice and the farce of government that | | | | What are you living for and for what will you be |
| claimed to represent we the people. The King family | | | | remembered? |
| peaceably achieved reformation taking America out of | | | | Is what you are living for, worth dying for? |
| the Dark Ages and one step closer into the light. Let | | | | Do you have a dream? Are you daily moving toward |
| us continue the fight for freedom lest we lose what Dr. | | | | making it a reality or is it merely a fantasy? |
| King accomplished for us. | | | | What you refuse to confront, you can never correct. |
| History curiously repeats itself. While America bombed | | | | What you tolerate, will continue to dominate. |
| and burned Vietnam with napalm, Hoover's FBI was | | | | You don't need a high IQ, if you have a strong "I will" |
| assassinating civil rights leaders such as Dr. Martin | | | | and unflinching determination. |
| Luther King and Fred Hampton of the Black Panther | | | | It's time we know ourselves by the spirit and the |
| Party. Today the ATF kills women & children and | | | | content of our character, rather than the color and |
| burns & bulldozes churches (Waco, TX). Police | | | | shade of our skin. When we arise within and stop |
| brutalize WTO peaceful protestors on Seattle's | | | | being distracted with conversations of color, we shall |
| streets. NYPD murder African Americans celebrating | | | | truly show the world what it is to transcend racial |
| a bachelor party. Eight Florida boot camp workers | | | | prejudice and live powerfully. |
| punch, kick, and kill a 14-year-old African American boy | | | | |