Comments on: Black In America Eyewitness to Murder: The King Assasination http://www.theotalks.net/2008/04/black-in-america-eyewitness-to-murder-the-king-assasination/ Random thoughts about everything and nothing Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:16:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joel http://www.theotalks.net/2008/04/black-in-america-eyewitness-to-murder-the-king-assasination/comment-page-1/#comment-8868 Joel Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:24:22 +0000 http://www.theotalks.net/2008/04/black-in-america-eyewitness-to-murder-the-king-assasination/#comment-8868 I was in Memphis last summer and had plans to go. However, I was there on the only day the museum is closed--Tuesday. Dang it! I'll definitely get there at some point. I was in Memphis last summer and had plans to go. However, I was there on the only day the museum is closed–Tuesday. Dang it! I’ll definitely get there at some point.

]]> By: darrell.holmes http://www.theotalks.net/2008/04/black-in-america-eyewitness-to-murder-the-king-assasination/comment-page-1/#comment-8866 darrell.holmes Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:50:32 +0000 http://www.theotalks.net/2008/04/black-in-america-eyewitness-to-murder-the-king-assasination/#comment-8866 I went on the trip in Spring 00 and it also changed my life and remains to be a large part of the kindling that keeps my "fire for change" alive. I went on the trip in Spring 00 and it also changed my life and remains to be a large part of the kindling that keeps my “fire for change” alive.

]]> By: theo.johnson http://www.theotalks.net/2008/04/black-in-america-eyewitness-to-murder-the-king-assasination/comment-page-1/#comment-8864 theo.johnson Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:00:23 +0000 http://www.theotalks.net/2008/04/black-in-america-eyewitness-to-murder-the-king-assasination/#comment-8864 Eric, thanks for the comment. I've never been before, but I want to take the family. It'll be important for my kids to see because it's part of their history. I don't want them to take all the freedoms and liberties they have for granted. People died so we could have the same rights as others and they need to know that. Eric, thanks for the comment. I’ve never been before, but I want to take the family. It’ll be important for my kids to see because it’s part of their history. I don’t want them to take all the freedoms and liberties they have for granted. People died so we could have the same rights as others and they need to know that.

]]> By: Eric http://www.theotalks.net/2008/04/black-in-america-eyewitness-to-murder-the-king-assasination/comment-page-1/#comment-8858 Eric Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:44:48 +0000 http://www.theotalks.net/2008/04/black-in-america-eyewitness-to-murder-the-king-assasination/#comment-8858 Everytime I see this motel I get chills. This was the most life-changing experience I have had in my 31 years on this earth. As a freshman at Texas A&M, fall 1995, I had the honor of visiting the motel/civil rights museum as part of the Couses: Leadership of the Civil Rights Movement. This week long tour took 17 people through some of the historic civil rights hot spots of the south. To stand near the room where Dr. King said his last words and took his last breath is something I will never forget. If you care anything about yourself as an African American you make make every effort to visit the motel/museum. Reflect, Remember, Re-ignite. Reflect on the past, Remember what Dr. King was able to accomplish in his short life. Re-ignite what he started, but was unable to finish...equality and justice for all. We still have a long way to go. E Everytime I see this motel I get chills. This was the most life-changing experience I have had in my 31 years on this earth. As a freshman at Texas A&M, fall 1995, I had the honor of visiting the motel/civil rights museum as part of the Couses: Leadership of the Civil Rights Movement. This week long tour took 17 people through some of the historic civil rights hot spots of the south. To stand near the room where Dr. King said his last words and took his last breath is something I will never forget. If you care anything about yourself as an African American you make make every effort to visit the motel/museum. Reflect, Remember, Re-ignite. Reflect on the past, Remember what Dr. King was able to accomplish in his short life. Re-ignite what he started, but was unable to finish…equality and justice for all. We still have a long way to go.

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