We
must act in our time
to
bring justice to all;
equal
opportunity
to
the great and the small
Though
we may falter
our
actions may be incomplete;
though
we are humble
merely
people of clay
We
must act in our time
to
make our promises true;
a
land for all our people
in
all we say and do
edited
January 22, 2015
We
must act – v3
Edited
January 22, 2013
“We
must act”
Edited
January 22, 2013
“knock
holes in the darkness”
Edited
January 22, 2013
“A
Common Vision”
sermon
by Adam Hamilton
at
Inaugural Prayer Service (beginning at about 1:16:45)
and
NPR story he references:
Rev.
Kyles Remembers Martin Luther King, Jr.
“together
we strive”
Edited
January 22, 2013
“freedom
for all, happiness for the many”
Edited
January 22, 2013
“by
the lash and the sword”
Edited
January 22, 2013
“Our
Creed a Lie”
Edited
January 22, 2013
“Endowed
by the Creator”
Edited
January 22, 2013
new
poem, “Equal in our eyes”
Edited
January 22, 2013
new
poem “All should be equal”
Edited
January 22, 2013
new
poem “Unfinished Work”
January
21, 2013
“Work
still to do”
January
21, 2013
“Our
journey is not complete”
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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