It's Martin Luther King Jr. Day!

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What's happening in your area to remember and celebrate the life of Martin Luther King, Jr.? Here's what happened in Burlington, Vermont. I wonder if Howard Dean was in attendance. Since he has long kept a poster of MLK, Jr on his office wall, I wouldn't be at all surprised.

Judy Richardson Speaks at MLK Remembrance

Judy Richardson, Associate Producer of the six time Emmy Award winning Eyes on the Prize delivered the 2006 Burlington Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. address on Sunday, January 15, at 4 p.m. in the Contois Auditorium of Burlington City Hall.

Ms. Richardson is the Co-Producer of Malcolm X: Make it Plain. Ms. Richardson brings a long-time civil rights background to her Burlington address. Her documentary work has brought her experiences with the Civil Rights Movement in the South and activist groups in the North together.

Ms. Richardson has authored numerous articles and lectures nationally about the movement, its history and its relevance to issues of today.

The 2006 Burlington King remembrance was co-sponsored by the City of Burlington, Church Street Marketplace and United Way of Chittenden County. The event was free and open to the public.



If you can't get out to participate in a MLK, Jr. Day event, check out this site! It even has a Crossword Puzzle and History Quiz!



Here are some of my favourite MLK, Jr. Quotes. What are yours?

I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become reality. I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
Martin Luther King Jr., Accepting Nobel Peace Prize, Dec. 10, 1964

Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
~ Martin Luther King Jr., Strength to Love, 1963

Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.
Martin Luther King Jr., Strength to Love, 1963

One day the South will know that when these disinherited children of God sat down at lunch counters they were in reality standing up for the best in the American dream and the most sacred values in our Judaeo-Christian heritage, and thusly, carrying our whole nation back to those great wells of democracy which were dug deep by the founding fathers in the formulation of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.
~ Martin Luther King Jr., A Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 1963

A riot is the language of the unheard.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr., from an address given in Birmingham, Alabama, Dec. 31, 1963

Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time; the need for mankind to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence. Mankind must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.
~ Martin Luther King Jr., December 11, 1964

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
~ Martin Luther King Jr.
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Peace be in your hearts, and on your lips, and in your feet, Dear Kindred!
~ listener

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