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The Interfaith Council of Westport~Weston
The Interfaith Council of Westport~Weston
~ Presents ~
Remembering Martin Luther King
Sunday, January 18, 20094:00 p.m.
Temple Israel, Westport, CT
Don't Sleep Through a Revolution
~ The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.May 22, 1964
Temple Israel, Westport, CTILLUSTRATIONBYTRACYSUGARMAN
Unity Through Mutual Understanding & Cooperation
On August 28, 1963, millions of Americans gathered under
theLincoln Memorial to hear these words from Rev. Dr. Martin
LutherKing, Jr., and more to follow in today's program:
Today, two score and five years after Dr. Kings I Have aDream
speech, we are gathered here, on the eve of a milestoneachievement
for African-American people the Inauguration ofan African-American
President of the United States of America.
And there is still much work to be done in the realm of
racial,
social and economic justice. But let us also pause to take note
ofour current victory and crossroads.
Because this is also a milestone achievement for Civil
Rights,Non-Violent Protest, Civil Disobedience, Compassionate
Com-munication, and peaceful co-existence between peoples
andnations. It is a milestone achievement for Faith-based
initiatives,Interfaith activism, and for those people of good will
who are notworking within any Faith tradition as well.
Ultimately, we stand at the threshold of a momentus victory
for
humankind, for the ideal of Justice itself.
Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolicshadow
we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proc-
lamation. This momentous decree came as a great beaconlight of
hope to millions of Negro slaves. It came as ajoyous daybreak to
end the long night of their captivity. But one hundred years later,
the Negro still is not free.
