OUR VIEW: Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. Jan 18, 2025 Jan 18, 2025 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email TPI Staff Author email Follow TPI Staff Close Get email notifications on {{subject}} daily! Your notification has been saved. There was a problem saving your notification. {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Save Manage followed notifications Close Followed notifications Please log in to use this feature Log In Don't have an account? Sign Up Today Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “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,’” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. kAm~? y2?] `d[ H6 C6>6>36C sC] |2CE:? {FE96C z:?8 yC] 2D E96 =6256C 96 H2D[ E96 =6824J 96 :?DE:==65 2?5 E96 4:G:= C:89ED >@G6>6?E 2D 2 H9@=6]k^Am kAmz:?8 DE2CE65 9:D C@=6 :? E96 4:G:= C:89ED >@G6>6?E H:E9 E96 |@?E8@>6CJ 3FD 3@J4@EE] w6 =2E6C H2D 2 DA62<6C 7@C E96 |2C49 @? (2D9:?8E@?[ H9:49 H2D 2 AC@E6DE 7@C 6BF2= 2446DD E@ 6>A=@J>6?E]k^AmkAmz:?8 =65 E96 |@?E8@>6CJ |2C49[ H9:49 H2D 2 C6DA@?D6 E@ q=@@5J $F?52J H96C6 p=232>2 $E2E6 %C@@A6CD 362E AC@E6DE6CD H9@ H6C6 A62467F==J 25G@42E:?8 7@C E96:C C:89E E@ G@E6]k^AmkAmz:?8 =2E6C H@C<65 @? E96 !@@C !6@A=6’D 42>A2:8? 2?5 2:565 E96 82C3286 H@C<6CD DEC:<6 :? %6??6DD66] (9:=6 :? |6>A9:D[ %6??6DD66[ 96 H2D D9@E 2?5 <:==65 @? pAC:= c] p=E9@F89 9:D =6824J :D 7@C6G6C C6>6>36C65]k^AmkAmz:?8 H2D 2 7:8FC6 7@C 4:G:= C:89ED[ 64@?@>:4 ;FDE:46 2?5 9F>2? C:89ED] w6 D9@HD ?@E @?=J H92E 2? :?5:G:5F2= 42? 5@[ 3FE 2=D@ H92E A6@A=6 42? 5@ 2D 2 4@==64E:G6]k^AmkAmq642FD6 @7 E9@D6 =:<6 z:?8[ y:> rC@H =2HD H6C6 5:D>2?E=65 2?5 E96 '@E:?8 #:89ED p4E @7 `hed H2D 6?24E65] (9:=6 H6 C6>6>36C z:?8[ H6 C6>6>36C E9@D6 =:<6 9:> :? q=24< 9:DE@CJ H9@ 7@F89E 282:?DE DJDE6>D @7 @AAC6DD:@?[ 2?5 H6 =@@< E@ E96 7FEFC6 E@ 4@?E:?F6 E92E D2>6 7:89E]k^AmkAm!C6;F5:46[ 5:D4C:>:?2E:@? 2?5 @AAC6DD:@? 2C6 DE:== :? @FC 4@F?ECJ 2?5 2C@F?5 E96 H@C=5] z:?8’D 5C62> 92D ?@E J6E 366? 7F=7:==65[ 3FE E92?<D E@ E96 4:G:= C:89ED >@G6>6?E E92E 5C62> :D 364@>:?8 >F49 4=@D6C E@ C62=:EJ]k^AmkAm“{6E 7C665@> C:?8[” z:?8 D2:5] “p?5 :7 p>6C:42 :D E@ 36 2 8C62E ?2E:@? E9:D >FDE 364@>6 ECF6] $@ =6E 7C665@> C:?8]”k^Am Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tags Civil Rights Movement Martin Luther King Jr. Political Ideologies Equality Rights Politics And Race Civil Rights And Liberties Politics Of The United States Identity Politics Human Rights United States Social Movements Society Of The United States Politics Movements For Civil Rights Social Issues Justice Activism Politics Of The Southern United States Southern United States Montgomery Alabama Nonviolent Resistance Movements Violence March On Washington Montgomery, Alabama Jim Crow Laws Recommended for you Most Popular A PARENT'S WORST NIGHTMARE Child rapist sentenced to 50 years in plea deal Jackson’s Gap man arrested for trafficking meth Storm damage closes portion of Holtville Road Tallassee mother held after alleged abuse of child Argument leads to assault arrest Local Weather Currently in Alexander City 41° 70° / 34° 7 AM 41° 8 AM 45° 9 AM 52° 10 AM 61° 11 AM 67°
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