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January 28, 1990 - Image 11

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Michigan Citizen, 1990-01-28

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T
P ac
COIIImellDOnlte the lOth
a the 5th obIemDce of
the' Y of ODe of the great
citizens of history, Martin
Luther King. I •
We must do more than cite
platitud repeat his speeches
and· freedemso ,if we
are to complete the age da that
his meaningful but abbreviated
life d shameful death left for
to do.
While the e celebrations
have mentioned many things
that concerned King. none
mo e important to him than the
q for Peace, quest that led
to his UDtimely death.
One of . ear' t public
temen in behalf of Peace
the Christmas 1DCSl5aae
bi father's Ebenezer Baptist
church, in Atlanta, 1963, the
year before he awarded the
abel Peace Prize.
exCbaDB:s.
Dati
t
hPe m
"The jud eat of God is
upon . We m learn to liYe
together brother or we will
all perish together. foo. As
oatio and i dividuals are
iaterdepeadent. My visit to
India s a marvelous ex-
ICIIIGAN CJ11ZEN
11
Advocacy· of Dr.
perirace. There
dei:1I'CI"'" ore
�"'OIltbe.�,.aa
Bombay each •
- "We spead milia. of dollars
each day to store foOd. There
are better � could
ore food. AU life' iDterre­
lated. We arc all caught in the
inescapable net ork of
mutuality, tied together in a
single garme.nt of destiny.
Whatever affects one, affects
all. We are made to live
together.
"We arc DOt going to have
Peace on this earth until we
remgnize the basic fact of the
interrelatedness of the human
family. If we are to have Peace
on this· earth, men and nations
must emb ace the principle of
non-violence, that means and
ends m t cohere. There are
those who say that the ends j -
. tify the meaDS. There may be
-unj means.
"We will not ve Peace in
the world on this earth uatil we
rempize the . c fact of the
interrelatedn of human
family. If we are to have Peace
on this earth, men and nations
m embrace the principle of
DOn-violence, that means and
ends must cohere. There are
those who say that the ends jus­
tify the cans. There may be
unj means.,
"Ne will not have Peace in
the world UDtil men recogoize
are DO( cut off from
The . represent the
ideal in the and the end
in prOCClL Yau caDDOt reach
good evil meaDS.
The represeDl the seeds.
The ends reprcaeat the tree. AD
of the grea military geniuses of
the rid YC talked of Peace.
Hitler contended that every­
thing he did for Peace.
President Johnson is talking
eloqueatJy Peace.
"Peace· DO( a· goal, It
a by' ch we 8I'J'We at
the goal. Destructive mea
caDDOt briag coDStructive ends.
-n.c next thiDg we must be
concerned bou . the sacred­
ness of all human life. Every
man· somebody; because he is I
a child of God When we say
'thou shalt not kill', we are
saying that life is too cred to
be lost 0 the b ttle field. U ntil
tioDI see this, we will con­
tin to fight
·One day, so
rcmiDd that altIIlOWtb there
y be ideological differences,
the Vietname e are our
br The R· e our
br oDe day, m
the
r
Ing

or to rid . nation
from very vestige of di -
crimination and aesreptiOD.
B we aball DOt, ill the proceu,
. . our prMJep to love,
�. too peat • to
bear, we
to up before our
ter OppoDC and say 'We shall
match your capacity to endure
suffering' .
·If there is to be Peace on
earth and good will toward men,
we must believe in the ultimate
morality of the Universe; all
reality .
tio
• As we see Peace 0 earth
iDd good will to allmeD, let
realize that e have Cosmic
CompaDioDship. I have a dream
tbIIl . this faith, will be
to peed up the day n
there will be Peace on earth. It
will be a glorious d y. The
morning stars will sing together;
the so of God will shout for
joyr
jOUJ'Dey to Oslo, No ay on
December 10, 1964 to receive
the obel Peace Prize:
torturous r d
led from Montgomery,
Alabama to Oslo bears W·ltDeSl
to . truth. . is the road
over whiCh millions of egroes
are tr velling to fmd a ne
sense of dignity. This same road
has opened for all Americans a
new era of progress and hope. It
has led to a new Civil Rights bill
and wiD, I am convinced, b
Conlin do 21
on moral fouada-
This speech began King's
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