no sense of justice
in this path of our life
one people, one nation
one voice should rise
to right the imbalance
history on our side
the liberty we value
the happiness we seek
a dream of this nation
not in this life, this time,
if a shrinking few has very
much
and a growing many are without
edited
January 20, 2014
the
liberty we value – v2
January
24, 2013
the liberty we value
sermon
by Adam Hamilton
Compassion,
Vision and Perseverance: Lessons from Moses
and
NPR story he references:
Rev.
Kyles Remembers Martin Luther King, Jr.
at
Inaugural Prayer Service (beginning at about 1:16:45)
January
21, 2013
Martin
Luther King, Jr. Day
and
his final speech before his assassination
and
Inauguration of the President
Barack
Hussein Obama
Invocation
by
Myrlie Evers-Williams
Inaugural
Address
&
quote
in the speech, “"Our journey is not complete until
our
gay brothers and sisters are treated like
anyone else under the law"”
&
&
several
poems written in 2009
on
the juxtaposition of the
80th
birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
and
the inauguration of Barack Obama
as
President of the United States of America
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poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014. All rights reserved. Contact
me at Ray Foss
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