MLK talking about politics at a funeral?

Eric J in MN

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Thu Feb-09-06 08:15 AM
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MLK talking about politics at a funeral?

On some blog, I saw info about Martin Luther King talking about politics at the funeral for black girls who had been murdered, but I can't find it.

Anyone have a link with an example of MLK talking about politics at a funeral?

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Hello_Kitty

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Thu Feb-09-06 08:16 AM
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1. Well he would have been WRONG dontchaknow!

If it happened today Wolfie and Paula would be clucking their tongues over him politicizing a funeral.

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ET Awful

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Thu Feb-09-06 08:19 AM
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2. Ask and ye shall receive

Edited on Thu Feb-09-06 08:20 AM by ET Awful

http://www.africanamericans.com/MLKjrEulogy.htm

"And yet they died nobly. They are the martyred heroines of a holy crusade for freedom and human dignity. And so this afternoon in a real sense they have something to say to each of us in their death. They have something to say to every minister of the gospel who has remained silent behind the safe security of stained-glass windows. They have something to say to every politician (Yeah) who has fed his constituents with the stale bread of hatred and the spoiled meat of racism. They have something to say to a federal government that has compromised with the undemocratic practices of southern Dixiecrats (Yeah) and the blatant hypocrisy of right-wing northern Republicans. (Speak) They have something to say to every Negro (Yeah) who has passively accepted the evil system of segregation and who has stood on the sidelines in a mighty struggle for justice. They say to each of us, black and white alike, that we must substitute courage for caution. They say to us that we must be concerned not merely about who murdered them, but about the system, the way of life, the philosophy which produced the murderers. Their death says to us that we must work passionately and unrelentingly for the realization of the American dream."

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Eric J in MN

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Thu Feb-09-06 08:22 AM
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3. Thank you.

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ET Awful

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Thu Feb-09-06 08:24 AM
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5. Notice that contrary to Freeper assertions, he makes no reference

to Democrats hindering civil rights, but to Republicans and Dixiecrats (former Democrats who left the party BECAUSE of the platform supporting civil rights).

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MannyGoldstein

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Thu Feb-09-06 09:02 AM
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6. Thannks a Million

Speaks volumes!

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annabanana

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Thu Feb-09-06 08:24 AM
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4. Dontcha just Lo-o-o-ove DU?

I know I do!
:loveya:

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