"The Vision of a World Made New"
January 16, 2012
Nannie Helen Burroughs invited Martin Luther King, Jr. to speak * at the Women's Convention Auxiliary, National Baptist Convention in September 1954.
*PDF file. Click on the arrows rather than try to scroll.
Thank you for the MLK link :-)
How are you liking Sarah Tolerance?
I also have A Discovery of Witches out from the library but not sure if I will read it- have heard many mixed reviews.
Posted by: Aarti | January 16, 2012 at 06:12 PM
Will there ever be a time when justice will reign throughout society?
Posted by: Cheryl S. | January 17, 2012 at 07:23 AM
Isn't it amazing that he was THAT good at 25? At 25, I was an ass.
Posted by: Marji | January 17, 2012 at 10:09 AM
Extraordinary. Thank you for sharing.
Posted by: Kim | January 17, 2012 at 03:43 PM
I wonder what the world would be like if he hadn't been murdered?
Posted by: Chris | January 18, 2012 at 05:39 AM
Thanks - I spent an hour knitting and listening to some speeches I hadn't heard before on Democracy Now. Before the sink backed up.
Posted by: mary lou | January 18, 2012 at 08:07 AM
Powerful stuff. Im going to have to look up more of his speeches.
Posted by: mrspao | January 19, 2012 at 02:14 PM
late to this but never too late to listen...thank you for sharing...
Posted by: Rachel | January 20, 2012 at 01:50 PM
I'm not sure I managed to get over here to say "Happy New Year," so . . . hope you're enjoying 2012. Love that last Hez photo. She looks very mysterious.
Posted by: Bookfool, aka Nancy | January 25, 2012 at 06:12 PM