MLK Day Special: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in His Own Words
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Today is the federal holiday that honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He was born January 15, 1929. He was assassinated April 4, 1968, at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. He was just 39 years old. While Dr. King is primarily remembered as a civil rights leader, he also championed the cause of the poor and organized the Poor People’s Campaign to address issues of economic justice. Dr. King was also a fierce critic of U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam War. We play his “Beyond Vietnam” speech, which he delivered at New York City’s Riverside Church on April 4, 1967, as well as his last speech, “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop,” that he gave on April 3, 1968, the night before he was assassinated.
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Do you agree the US doesn't listen to the voice of reason?
That is obvious. You can substitute Ukraine & Israel for Vietnam and nothing has changed.
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US was "Israel" when North America was inhabited by (Palestinians) indigenous people.
Spot on. We were the poster child for genocide. Nothing has changed.@@donHooligan
It is really hard to reason with a bunch of Sheeple. Especially when they are fed a constant diet of propaganda which they eat like candy. @@hoosierbaddy3052
If you use lower case then I reckon us humans don't have much use for reason. Logic is socially unacceptable.
Remarkable speech that was not printed in newspapers of the West.
😂 I bet this is making the right wing bigots mad as hell! They don't want speeches like this remembered! Thank you Amy and crew of D.N. for making one of the most iconic civil rights leaders speeches available to everyone who has forgotten them! 😊 Happy M.L.K. Jr. day! 🎉
Barry Gordy reduced Dr. King's and Malcolm X's speeches to records in the late 1960s. If white America (the West) wanted to know what either said, it wouldn't have been difficult to find out. We, black people, did not hide our history.
His words are as true now as they were then. So prescient and so wise. May his memory and legacy be eternal! The forces of evil killed h8m 1 year later but his words and example remain for posterity.
True he sounds exactly like the left before and after him. Once in a generation voice for the liberation we will keep demanding until the next generation picks up where we leave off.
Dr King was murdered by a nondescript, largely non-political, petty thug, and man of neither honor nor purpose.
Exactly as he said, it was the deadly force of his own government. This holiday is so wonderful and terrible, inspiring and schizophrenic. The United States has never collectively reckoned with this. Thank you for laying down your life, MLK
Let freedom ring.
What a visionary MLK Jr. was. His words are even more relevant today. We were blessed to have such an honorable leader❤🙏🏼
The substance of MLKJr’s speech continues to be true today with respect to so many of USA aggressions as we characterize the “enemy” as the aggressor while WE are on side of wealthy, decimating poor militarily-weak folks in other lands. We STILL desperately need a revolution of values in America. We continue to be on the wrong side. JFK’s words also ring true: those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
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Let me guess, where have the burning and looting events occur. BLM? ANTIFA? Btw, MLK was a Republican.
Absolutely agree. 💯🇰🇼🍉
I have loved this man since first I heard him.
Thank you Democracy Now for keeping his dream Alive ✨🙌🏽
Amen.
Oh yet, racial diversity is so wonderful today. Congratulations for supporting the party that supported slavery.
SMH yall are so blind and gullible
@@WingoTribe704MLK was a cheater, liar, a hypocrite.
MLK took advantage of women that looked up to him as a religious preacher. MLK cheated on his thesis(?) in college.
Hard to believe Dr. King if alive is 95 years old. It is possible he be alive today.
We mourn the depth of wisdom lost. We mourn for the co-opting of his image. For many including myself never fully read his writings, listened to all his speeches instead be led about by mainstream media. We mourn!
All these days, weeks, months, years, decades, half a century without. Deep loss.
Keep in mind we establish a holiday, a center, streets, buildings and so on, so that you Dr. King lives on.
A man of greatest integrity who took up his cross and followed the example given him all the way to martyrdom as his example, the Christ, did. Shining a light on the TRUTH is mortally dangerous and often fatal. Purveyors of deception prefer the darkness. This is the reason that independent journalism is so important, and very costly in terms of treasure and lives. Thank you, DemocracyNow, for all the work you do!
Agreed. Thank you Democracy Now for your important work.
Yes, amen!
Amen. Wonderfully said!
@saramill2097~ Better check your sources.. the FBI was responsible for his death.
@saramill2097~ Abernathy.. the FBI agent who witnessed it, no doubt. Again, check your sources.
He could be talking today. What an amazing man.
No, you'd would hate him today. Different times for Democrat's, hate is their main cause today.
@@paraglidingnut26 I am neither republican nor democrat. I resent both for what they have done to this country. There must be more intelligent leaders who care more about America than their party and their pockets. We have very smart scientists great artists great writers. We must have better people than the trash in both sides running this country.
I just want to cry
When I feel
A Noble man like him was murdered
"just stare...and live the nightmare" --Rage Against The Machine
Thank you Democracy Now, Amy, for allowing your listeners to comemorate Dr. King's memory with his visionary speeches, just as relevant today as they were 56 years ago.
And the Democrat party supported slavery. Great job Democrat's!
Wonderful look back at his insightful and significant speeches so applicable to the present, sadly.
Im not thanking any of these pandering news stations. They are profiting off this. Thank you, MLK Jr for standing up for what's right. Even though you saw the cost. Your words are still bringing hope to us.
White America hates to hear that Dr. King was for reparations.
Chillingly prophetic speech. Thank you for remindng us!
Hearing it for the first time it is CHILLING me to the bone of how relevant and prescient it is today...thank you Democracy Now !!
Are you reminded that the Democrat party supported slavery? Know your history.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS MEMORABLE VIDEO, it refreshed my memory; brought tears to my eyes and reminded me of our past and future struggles.... ( a 74 year old baby boomer!)
Im glad I attended an elementary school that was dedicated to the life and works of MLK. Passaic NJ MLK #6 school 💚
Rip my brother u still live on threw us we love you
God Bless You Dr. MLK Jr 🙏
MLK is blessed because he was a minister first before being an activist, and a Republican.
@@paraglidingnut26 Interesting, considering he never believed in Jesus. If you only knew the real truth of this pervert.
@@charless971it doesn't matter, when we know it is DR King is the greatest man to Walk on planet earth 🌎 in the past 200 years second is Malcolm x
Democracy Now gave us 3 separate speeches, when all news networks will only talk about 1 today.
It is too much pain we lost a human like him
too much yet you can handle it...
Dry bones live ❤!
It is amazing that MLK was so wise at only 38 years of age.
That’s a fact they don’t make em like him anymore💯
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You can only make YOURSELF that way.
Fred Hampton was 21, and a bit wiser. (some might say)
Now today’s 35-40 year olds are explaining to some blue hair nose piercing on Tick Tock, why they don’t hang out anymore. “…good times create weak men..”
@@matt3024 great point💯🎯👌🏽
Thanks Amy and Democracy Now team!
Oh yes, support the party that actually supported slavery, great job!
What a truly great human being. He was almost a seer they won't allow people like him exist. God bless you MLK.
MLK was such a great preacher 🗣️
MLK was a minister before being an activist. But the Democrat party no longer supports God or the Black community, if you actually knew American history.
The most powerful in America politicians now licks their chops to seek the black church in America it’s not a good thing the american people cannot be without the black church it’s one of our only hopes.
He was a profound practitioner of his own words and exhortations, and still so very much missed.
I pray for the freedom fighters of Palestine!
May they have freedom soon!
no freedom fighters in palestine, only terrorists.
I pray for them too!
MLK would not want this day to be a holiday, but i day to get to work. Speak up for freedom. Give a voice to the voiceless 🕊
MLK Jr Day is intended to be a day of service to others.
How you know what Dr. King wanted , did you ask him before he was murdered ?
I disagree with you on that..... Without out it his work would be hidden and eventually fade away with the other black history, that's finding it's ways out of schools...
@@lonniefloyd1091 we not talking about his work , we talking about what you said concerning work and the holiday . You don't just have to be at work to carry on Dr. KING work , it's a big world out there for people to be off work and carry out his work without someone saying you need to get back to work . Do you regret that Dr. Martin Luther KING jr. has a day that HONOR him ? Because what you think is narrow minded and benefits only those that make money on you being at work on the clock .
Seriously, for decades Coretta Scott King took petitions with the signatures of mostly black folk to Congress for this recognition. My only regret was that my community wouldn't allow those of us who were teens to sign the petitions. My mother belonged to the NAACP when she was a teen and had been involved in activism since then before there was a "civil rights movement." So I looked upon it as part of our culture.
The ending of his final speech is so haunting; it's like he knew what was about to happen
He absolutely did know, and said so often.
Once the FBI decides you're going to die, you're probably going to die.
His bravery and commitment cost him his life, but look what he gave us. That remarkable human will probably haunt us till the end.
He said he would not live past his 40th birthday, he died at 39
The great prophets always know💯
@@langturner1542He suspected as far back as 1963 that he would die violently. Mrs. King stated in a later interview that when they were watching the TV coverage of the assassination of President Kennedy, he said, "That's exactly how I'm going to die. Because our country is still too sick."
MLK a great man who spoke against the war RIP. We lost 57,200 men in Vietnam..I was 18 in 1965 and drafted in the army and would of been sent to fight that senseless war.I moved to Puerto Rico instead and was told I was not needed for service since I was a hippie. Today I'm 76 and been serving God for the past 42 years as an Evangelist and missionary to Haiti .I praise God he saved me and I always say I'm living on borrowed time.
He thought that speaking for other downtrodden people would be good for everyone. Black people got the government to remove caps on immigration. Assuming that those people would be natural allies. However, once immigrants get here they join team white supremacy. Asians are some of the most rabid racists in America. Black Americans are on their own. If you are not for reparations, you are not for us.
Have we learned noting in our 246 years of existence? Spending 6.4 trillion on militarism since 2001, ignoring the needs of those in the homeland. MLK speaks to us today. Thanks for broadcasting this.
"We are five days from fundamentally changing the United States of America".
Democrat Barry instituted, endorsed, and placed the federal government’s many resources behind the Marxist division of America into oppressed and oppressor groups -- using race and sex as substitutes for workers and producers. The destruction of national unity, the downplaying of merit and equal opportunity (in pursuit of equal outcomes) and the deliberate favoring of our enemies over our allies is now manifest. Almost two decades later, we have seen how these policies have led to wars in the Middle East, the destruction of our educational systems, danger to our lives from poor management, and a substantially weakened military capability. From the personnel and policies that resulted in the wars in the Middle East to the appointment of the antisemitic Claudine Gay, we see Barry’s sissy hand !Q!Q!
We turned over our country to a 1/2 black, gay, democrat, muslim who hated the United States of America and did not grow up here. What did you think would happen?
The seed of truth sprouts up on this day as it did that one. Keep your heads up! The darkness cannot stop the light. It can only smother it for a short time
❤❤❤ Sending to my 4 college age children to remember the ideas of this great American.
His speech is for today ,
Change the name to Palestine
Thank God for MLK Jr.
Unreal. My heart aches for his death, and how fifty years later, his dream has not been realized. It makes me angry, sad, yet hopeful. Our leaders today cannot compare. Thank you, Democracy Now!, for sharing this!
Thank you for sharing this, the irony that that this is still relevant does not escape me, we still have far to go...
"Great times create great people. No one becomes great in the face of complacency or indulgences. Here it will not be just a few exceptional individuals in the human family that will make all the difference, for many more people must be called to their higher purpose now. And higher purpose is not just simply a definition or an idea. It is an immense sense of responsibility and self-determination leading to dramatic action."
_The New Message from God_
Hands down the best Orator in human history.
He and Abraham Lincoln share that distinction.
So many powerful and prophetic quotes.
“Love is the key.”
“Power without compassion, might without morality, and strength without sight”
“We have made peaceful revolution impossible by refusing to give up the privileges and pleasures that come from the immense profits of over seas investments”
“We must rapidly begin the shift from a thing oriented society to a person oriented society.”
One of my professors worked with Dr. Martin Luther King, and it was one of the most meaningful and fullfilling experiences of his life. If King were alive, I believe that he would be speaking at Free Palestine protests.
Thank you Amy and Democracy Now.
"A Cloud Never Dies" Thich Nhat Hahn
When Dr King met Thay, he recognized himself in him. Thay teaches about interconnectedness. Dr King recognized the Pureland as the Kingdom. And Thay recognized the Kingdom as the Pureland. They are both still teaching us. A cloud never dies.
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Palms Together With Gratitude
Interesting person thanks for bringing up his name. I will try to read up on him later.
@@feistygheisty1980 He was a very determined person. He went on to establish some monasteries. One is Plum Village, in France. Another is Deer Park, in California. They each have English language YT channels. They are very accessible. He was the genuine article.
Respect to the Man, the Myth, the Legend. Brilliant and principled until the day he died.
Thank you Amy and Democracy now channel for sharing this
Happy 95th birthday
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.R.I.P.
Only 39 they kill us early but we make such an impact at an early age.
Listen to him speak, still gives me goosebumps. What a giant✊
The reason to truly believe in God is through this man. I miss you Dr.king.
So many of the issues that Martin Luther King, Jr. fought for have not been achieved. So much hate across this land, so many in prison, so much poverty, and so much war, but Martin Luther King, Jr., got it right and that is something precious to hold onto.
Certainly appropriate for our recent times...
His words are TRUTH!!!!
it almost feels like a joke that this country gave him a holiday after they destroyed his voice and fought against him at every turn, they didnt listen to him, and then gave him a holiday. and they just continued in their ways, and he was 100 percent correct.
Visionary.
That was a dark day for democracy and freedom what he gave his life for world peace rip respect namaste 🙏 😢 ❤
MLK DID NOT "GIVE" HIS LIFE! HE WAS "MURDERED" LIKE TOO MANY OTHER OF HIS PEOPLE. MURDERED, FOR ANTI-U.S. FBA/BLACK WS RACISTS WITH OTHERS TO HAVE THEIR GREEDY, WICKED WAYS
The Buddhist leader he quoted was Zen Master Thich Nhat Hahn. 🙏💖🌄
Thank you for this- I thought I knew Dr. King, but this led me down a day-long rabbit hole in honor of his legacy. I learned so much, and will continue learning from here, as well as truly honoring his legacy every year. As a white woman, I knew his history had been whitewashed and his legacy twisted, but I did not realize how much that matters, and how much I had to learn from him. Thank you for sharing his speech instead of just a cherry picked quote. It matters.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a great man. Thank you for honoring him on this day.
Thank you 🙌🏾 for showing MLK and his contribution to the world ❤️
I can still hear my mother screaming at the t.v. and the injustice of that day.....😢
Oh my goodness I’m at awe I can see why this video is not popular in the west 😭🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 he’s hitting the hammer on the head and it’s pulls the cover off of the west prophetically
May our freedom help proclaim our KING!
POWERFUL! LONG LIVE THE SPIRIT OF MARTIN LUTHER KING!
A comprehensive manifesto for human coexistence -- in 1967! 💚
Outstanding. "Communism is a judgement against failures in democracy"....key, key. Thank you, Democracy Now. I remember Vietnam as it was "cancelled" in terms of family coming home and friends living with their traumatized Dads....we simply cannot forget the trauma of generations and cannot forget MLK.
Rest In Power
Martin Luther King 🙏 🙏 🙏.
Thank you for this. Democracy Now= Excellent news reporting.
May God bless Martin Luther King Jr.
Relevant today as it was then!
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Don’t say Happy to man that never has been vindicated nor redeemed for the most essentials parts of life.
Don’t celebrate as you also know that there is no need to commemorate another year of lifestyles that repeat the same fundamental diss of life for the sake of Mr.Martin.
Having respect and regards means to issue warnings of knowing we now move with our rights daily ,instinctive and vigorously for the issues that are still happening today that this man and his wife gave life for.
Ancestor smiles when Justice is served so imagine how enraged Coretta was up until queens came to block year that serves no liberty and Justice for all…
Queen will block this year of another election that does nothing for public correction and fulfillment…
I will be here for liberation however…understanding that there is no need for progression that moves backwards.
We working forward now.
Thank you,Martin
Kings words with the beginning speeches about Vietnam apply to Gaza.
Black Africans are still being enslaved by the Arabs in Africa right now get lost
Awesome Tribute to a timeless voice for truth, equality, dignity and unselfish devotion toward the uplifting of all human beings, especially the least among us.
PURE BRILLIANCE.
‘Deep psychological defeat’ .. even in strategic victory … that was so beautiful it made me cry. I was a military brat and was 7 when NZ/Vietnam war ended .. dads came back ‘different’
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHOWING THESE SPEECHES BY MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR - THANK YOU ! ! !
Thank you Democracy Now for letting us hear Dr. King in his own words.
You may hear and read him on the internet easily and whenever you are moved to do so.
@@dolinaj1, I personally like books, I'm old-fashioned like that. But thanks for the suggestion.
you can hear his words all over youtube, just type his name in search bar.
@@goodpanda6901, you can read them in books too.
i wonder what he would be saying about the genocide of Palestinians at the hands of Israel .
We all know what he would be saying.
In 1967 he said, "Peace for Israel means security. The world and all people of good will must respect the territorial integrity of Israel."
@@yisraelwoolf2936and his own daughters told the world he would vehemently NOT BE ON ISRAELS SIDE TODAY
Stop using my guy for your sick justifications💯
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Too bad Israel does not respect the Palestinians, and treats them as subhuman garbage.
The indoctrination of its youth into soldiers primed to murder Palestinians with impunity are shameful and result in the vicious repression of a people who are abused and imprisoned.
Free Palestine!
Israel has become a dangerous fascist state.
@@yisraelwoolf2936 In that case that makes MLK a stooge. Give me Malcolm X any day.
Thank you on this truelly relevant aniverary
Not much has changed. The US never seems to learn any lessons.
Wow , what a speech
Thanks democracy Now
Unfortunately the Madness remains.
Thanks Amy for the Dr. Martin Luther King video. I never tire of that one and also thanks to Democracy Now.
King cared about all life on this planet we call earth! let freedom ring for all humanity blessings and unity
Happy MLK Day, my brothers and sisters. We're still poor.
Thank you for keeping this great man relevant and not letting him be lost to history! 😢
Amazing. Happy King Day. I loved the host introduction of him, stating what he really fought for. 🧡
May the intelligent and wise people be heard one day and rule over the dumb.
My sentiments exactly!
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Yes, the willful ignorance of our leaders today is mind-boggling.
@@jo-annerichardson34 It might also be that they live in their own bubble and don't have any idea what's going on outside of it.
GOD bless Dr. Martin King Jr
“The Fierce Urgency of Now” ✊ Never Again Means NOW
Thank you for sharing the angry, peaceful warrior, Martin Luther King with us today. His message is even more relevant and meaningful now.
How profound this speech could be given today in 2024 and be absolutely pertinent.
My favorite speech from MLK ❤️
Still applies today, thanks for sharing!
God is Love ✨🙏🏾❤️
Indeed! ❤
His message should ring alot of
🔔🔔 🔔 Beautiful citizens of the world. We must stay unite in the name of 🕊️ Peace 🕊️ and keep speak out for the ones who are being oppress 💕 ✊✌️👶👼🕊️💯💕
How relevant to what is going on in Palestine. Heartbreaking that America has not budged an iota in all these years. Imagine the very different world we'd be in if we had leaders like Dr. King in D.C. We might actually have a chance.
And relevant to Ukraine as well.
Black Americans have nothing to do with what's going on in the middle east
Thank you DR.martin Luther king❤
Thank you! This Documentary was so insightful and moving with emotions. Helpful, but yet Sad.
What amazing man. His words never be forgotten, and never be lost..
Have to agree with Dr. King😢
The Chinese Tao says IF THE PEOPLE EVER HAD A GOOD RULER THEY WOULDN'T KNOW HE EXISTED.
Written in 200AD it is said to be the first written philosophy of a stateless, rulerless world.
They had it figured out way back then that it is rulership that brings chaos into the natural order of the world.
Truthful said
I just want to sit down and cry. God Bless MLK.
I Love ❤️ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr 👑!! He Are A Legend By His Own Right 👍 👍.
What a heart touching ending of his speech on April 3, 1968
So great. So important. So true.
My hero and good Ancestor.
Thank you Democracy Now! We need to be reminded of the greatness of this man every year!