April 4, 1968: The Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

When I still taught history, I made it a point to expose my students to this speech.  My favorite of all his speeches, but also the most heart-wrenching of the lot in my opinion.My students would often conjecture, as do I, whether his words signaled that he knew the end was near, or whether his words galvanized his enemies to end his life ever so abruptly.It always filled me with pride when such questions would emanate from my students, and that they were able to wonder beyond the words on the page.  That was the light of my job.Below you'll find two videos: The widely known and shown conclusion of the speech, and then the speech in it's entirety, which I encourage you to watch.And to quote Ms. Bernice King:

"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!" #MLK

We will get there.

Don't give up.

There's a more peaceful, just, humane world to build.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oehry1JC9Rk][youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixfwGLxRJU8][youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBq7VB21Lac]What is your favorite Martin Luther King Jr. speech?   Let me know down below in the comments section!!Step 2, if you liked what you read here, SHARE IT WITH OTHERS!!! Also, be sure to know every time I post a new entry by subscribing! Also, you can check out Reflections of a Chicago Life on Facebook. I post a lot of articles and we can have some wicked discussions on there. Be sure to click "Like". You can also check me out on Twitter, and see all the things I see around the city on Instagram, and it still bears repeating...it's important to have STANDARDS!!This post was created on a  HP Pavilion x360.I hate this computer.