Billy Kyles said, “Forty years ago I did not have any words to explain my feeling about that moment, and I still do not to this day. “ He closed his speech with repeating “Just because the dreamer is dead does not mean that the dream is dead.”
The last section was Legacy and in this section Mayor David Dinkins spoke, and honestly he w a horrible speaker. He ran over his speech time rambling for thirty minutes, and I did not hear him say anything incredibly significant. However, one of the sponsors of the event from Harrahs Casinos spoke briefly. He said that if it was not for the speakers and their friends that were at the ceremony then he would not be were he was today. He said that he remembers his mother coming home crying the night MLK was shot. She was a maid, and the woman she works for made her work at a party she was throwing. This party was celebrating that MLK was dead. This made chills go up my spine, just that people can be so cruel and disgusting. However, when you think about people in the movement, you realize how brave and selfless they were being. These people in the movement were trying to help themselves, but at the same time they knew they would be helping generations to come. Last night I realized that MLK is more than an icon in a history book; I always knew that he did a lot for our country. Yet, last night I realized how much he sacrificed, and how much blood and tears he shed for everyone to have equal rights.
2 comments:
Whoah, I've never heard of anything so heartless as that party (well maybe, but that's pretty up there on the list). It's awful to throw a party celebrating anyone's death. I do agree that MLK stood for, and still stands, for a lot of things. And celebrating with a party for that is like destroying all of it.
People in the movement just wanted equality and equal opportunity. I agree with what they stood/stand for. Everyone should get a shot at the American Dream.
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