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I find it disturbing that so many would waste so much time criticizing Coretta's funeral.
Martin and Coretta spent their lives reminding this nation what we stand for.  Tim...


                        United Press International on the march from Selma, Ala., to Montgomery on March 24,1965

 

"I decided early to give my life to something eternal and absolute. Not to these little gods that are here
  today and gone tomorrow, but to God who is the same yesterday, today, and forever."
                                                                                      From "Rediscovering Lost Values," Feb. 28, 1954

"Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see."   The Measure of a Man, 1958

"We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people
 but for the appalling silence of the good people."   From "Letter from Birmingham Jail," April 16, 1963

"Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."
                                                                                      From Strength to Love, 1963

"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed:
 "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal." 
From the "I Have a Dream" speech, Aug. 28, 1963

"If physical death is the price that I must pay to free my white brothers and sisters from a permanent death of the spirit,
 then nothing can be more redemptive."                On learning of threats on his life, June 5, 1964

"Discrimination is a hellhound that gnaws at Negroes in every waking moment of their lives
to remind them that the lie of their inferiority is accepted as truth in the society dominating them."
                                            From a speech given to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Aug. 16, 1967
"I just want to do God's will. And he’s allowed me to go to the mountain. And I've looked over, and I've seen the promised land! I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land."
                                                 From an address given in Memphis the night before his assassination, April 3, 1968

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