Happy MLK Day!!! - Page 2

ladysycamore · 01-21-2002, 12:30 PM

"Yes, if you want to say that I was a drum major. Say that I
was a drum major for justice. Say that I was a drum major
for peace. Say that I was a drum major for righteousness.
And all of the other shallow things will not matter. I won't
have any money to leave behind. I won't have the fine and
luxurious things in life to leave behind. But I just want to
leave a committed life behind. And that's all I want to say.
If I can help somebody as I pass along, if I can cheer
somebody with a word or song, if I can show somebody he
is traveling wrong, then my living will not be in vain."

Excerpted from "The Drum Major Instinct", a sermon by
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1968. Available on CD and
print in A Knock At Midnight: Inspiration from the Great
Sermons of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.

From The King Center website: http://www.thekingcenter.com

01-21-2002, 12:30 PM	#1
ladysycamore "I may not always be perfect, but I'm always me." Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: In Sycamore's boxers Posts: 1,341	Happy MLK Day!!! "Yes, if you want to say that I was a drum major. Say that I was a drum major for justice. Say that I was a drum major for peace. Say that I was a drum major for righteousness. And all of the other shallow things will not matter. I won't have any money to leave behind. I won't have the fine and luxurious things in life to leave behind. But I just want to leave a committed life behind. And that's all I want to say. If I can help somebody as I pass along, if I can cheer somebody with a word or song, if I can show somebody he is traveling wrong, then my living will not be in vain." Excerpted from "The Drum Major Instinct", a sermon by Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1968. Available on CD and print in A Knock At Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. From The King Center website: http://www.thekingcenter.com __________________ "Freedom is not given. It is our right at birth. But there are some moments when it must be taken." ~Tagline from the movie "Amistad"~ "The Akan concept of Sankofa: In order to move forward we first have to take a step back. In other words, before we can be prepared for the future, we must comprehend the past." From "We Did It, They Hid It"

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