Martin
Luther King Jr. Day is Monday, honoring one
the greatest civil rights leaders of all time.
Celebrated this year
on January 16, 2012, the holiday falls on the
third Monday of January every year, right around
King's birthday, which is January 15. King would
have been 82 this year. His "I Have A Dream"
speech was recited on August 28, 1963 during the
March on Washington. King spoke in front of the
Lincoln Memorial. Perhaps the most
famous of King's speeches, the repetition "I
have a dream" resonated with marches and became
a symbol of civil rights. The speech was
initially titles "Normalcy, Never Again," but as
Dr.
King became more and more impassioned, he
began to "preach" continuously repeating the
phrase.
Watch King's
historic speech below.
THE
PROBLEM WE ALL LIVE WITH --
The White House's recent addition
of a Norman Rockwell painting has prompted a serious
discussion of civil rights. Rockwell's 1963 painting,
"The Problem We All Live With" shows a young girl on
her way to first grade after the school board mandated
the desegregation of two New Orleans schools in 1960. To
commemorate the piece, President Obama received a visit
from Ruby Bridges, the student depicted in the painting.
At six years old, Bridges was escorted by Federal
Marshals to William Frantz Public School as its first
African American student, thereby signaling the
beginning of the integration of the local public school
system.
THANK YOU Ruby Bridges. THANK YOU President
Obama.
Martin
Luther King Jr. Day is Monday, honoring one
the greatest civil rights leaders of all time.
