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Hello , team handsome . Thank you for

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joining Chief Happened I for our 2021

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Martin Luther King Day observance

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program . This past weekend , we

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celebrate the legacy of Dr King , a

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legacy that in companies influential

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decisions , monumental actions instead

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press progressions of humanitarian

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rights that reached far beyond the

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civil rights movement . That being said ,

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his legacy cannot and should not be

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relegated to just one day in the year ,

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Dr King was both a Baptist minister and

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a civil rights activist . He had a

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seismic impact on race relations , both

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here in the United States and a far Dr

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King played a pivotal role in ending

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segregation with the creation of the

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Civil Rights Act of 1964 which outlaw

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discrimination based on race , color ,

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sex , religion and , later , sexual

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orientation . This led to Dr King

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receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 1965

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Forgettable E . His life was taken

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after an assassination on 3 April 1968

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but Dr King's impact secured his legacy

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and led to him being one of the most

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influential figures in American history .

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On 2 November 1983 President Ronald

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Reagan signed into law a national

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holiday observed on the third Monday of

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January , honoring Dr King's birthday

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as a day to remember his life , work

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and accomplishments . Dr . King's I

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Have a Dream Speech , given from the

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stairs of the Lincoln Monument , proved

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to be one of the most iconic moments in

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modern history . Our very own Mr Martin

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from the Security Forces Squadron will

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be reading his words . Now I'm

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happy to join with you today

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in what will go down

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in history

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as the greatest

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demonstration , The Freedom

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in the History of our nation .

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Five score years

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ago of Great

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American in whose

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symbolic Santa we stand today .

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Sign the Emancipation

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Proclamation .

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This momentous decree .

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Kane as a gret beacon , light

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of hope , two million's of

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Negro slave who had been

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seared in the flames of

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withering injustice .

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It came as a joyous daybreak

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to win the long

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night of their captivity .

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But 100 years late ,

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the Negro Steel is not free .

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100 years later ,

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the Life of the Negro . It's

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still sadly

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crippled by the manna Nichols of

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segregation and the change of

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discrimination .

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100 years later ,

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the Negro finds

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himself on a lonely

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island of poverty in the midst of a

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vast ocean of material

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prosperity .

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100 years later ,

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the Negro is steel

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languishing in the corners of

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American society and finds

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himself an exile in his own land .

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So we have come here today to

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dramatize a same ful

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condition . In a

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sense , we have come

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to our nation's capital to cash

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a check .

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When the architects of

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our republic wrote the

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magnificent words of the Constitution

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on the Declaration of Independence ,

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they were signing Ah , promissory notes .

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Two . It's all American . What's

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to fall there ?

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This note was a promise that

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all men , yes , black

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men as well as white men

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would be guaranteed the ineligible

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rights of life , liberty

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and the pursuit of happiness .

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It is obvious today

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that America has defaulted on this

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promissory note in so

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far as a citizen of color are

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concern .

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Instead of honoring this

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sacred obligation ,

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America has given the Negro ah , bad

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check which has come back

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marked insufficient funds .

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But we refuse to believe

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that the Bank of Justice bankrupt

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we We feels to believe that there are

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insufficient funds and the great vaults

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of opportunity of this nation .

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So when you come here today ,

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we have come here to cash this . Check

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a check that will give us upon the man

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the richest of freedom and the security

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of justice . We have

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also come to this hallowed spot

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to remind America off the fears

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Urgency announced .

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This is no time to

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engage in the luxury of

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cooling off or to take the

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tranquilizing drug of

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gradualism .

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Now is the time to

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make really the promises of

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democracy . Now is the

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time to rise

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from the dark and desolate

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valley of segregation

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to the sunlit path of

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racial justice . Now is the

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time to lift our

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nation from the quick sins

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of racial injustice to the solid rock

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of brotherhood . Now is the time

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toe make justice a reality for

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all God's Children .

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It will be faithful for the nation

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toe overlooked . They didn't say at the

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moment this

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sweltering some of the Negro's

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legitimate discontent will not pass

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until there is an invigorating autumn

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of Feedem Onda equality .

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Those who had hoped that the

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Negro needed to blow off steam

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on will now be content will have a rude

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awakening . If the nation

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returns toe businesses usual ,

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there will be neither rest no

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tranquility in America until the

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Negro is granted his citizenship

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rights . The world

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wins of revolt will

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continue to shake the foundation

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of our nation until the bright day of

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justice in murders . But

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there is something There is

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something that I must say to my people

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who's mm on the warm

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threshold which leads into the Palace

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of Justice . In the

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process of gaining our rightful

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place , we must not be

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guilty around needs .

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Let us not seek to

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satisfy . I would search for freedom

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by drinking from the cup of building

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this on hatred .

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We must swear ever conduct our struggle

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on the high plains of dignity and

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discipline . We must not

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allow . I'm a creative protests

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to degenerate into physical violence .

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Again and again , we

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must rise to the

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majestic heights of meeting physical

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force with soul false .

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The marvelous new militancy

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which has engulfed the Negro community

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must not lead us to a distrust of all

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white people . Far

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many of our white brothers , evidence

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by their presence here today ,

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have come to realize that their

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destiny is

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bound with our destiny .

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They have come to realize that their

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freedom is inextricably

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bound to our freedom .

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We cannot walk alone ,

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Andi , as we want ,

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we must make the pledge that we

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shall march ahead .

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We cannot turn back .

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There are those who asked the nego

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tease of civil rights .

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When will you be satisfied ?

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We can never be satisfied

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as long as the Negro in his victim

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of the unspeakable horrors off police

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brutality . We can never be satisfied

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as long as our

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bodies , heavy with

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fatigue of travel , cannot gain

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lodging in the motels of the

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highways and the hotels of the cities ,

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we tell not be satisfied

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as long as the Negro's basic mobility

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is from a smaller ghetto to allowing

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you when we can never be satisfied ,

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as long as our

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Children are stripped

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off their selfhood and robbed of their

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dignity by a sign

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stating for whites only

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we can never be satisfied

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as long as a Negro in Mississippi

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cannot vote . And a Negro in New

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York believes he has nothing for which

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to vote . No , no , we are

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not satisfied and we will not be

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satisfied until justice

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rules down like waters

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and righteousness like a mighty stream .

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I say to you today , my

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friends ,

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even though we face the difficulties of

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today and tomorrow

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I still have a dream .

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It is a dream and deeply rooted

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in the American dream .

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I have a dream that

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one day this

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nation will rise

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up and live out the true meaning of

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its creed . We hold

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these truths to be self evident

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that all men are created equal .

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I have a dream that one day

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on the red hills of Georgia ,

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the sons of farmer slaves

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and the sounds off farmer slave

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owners will be able to sit

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down together at the table of

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brotherhood . I

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have a dream there one day ,

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even in the state of Mississippi ,

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off state sweltering

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with the heat of injustice ,

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sweltering with the heat of

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oppression will be

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transformed into a no eighties off

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freedom and justice . I

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have a dream that

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my four little Children well one

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day live in a nation .

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Well , they will not be judged by the

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color of their skin , but by the

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content of their character . I

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have a dream today

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I have a dream that wonder

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down in

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Alabama here that this is

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racist , with its governor

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having his lips dripping

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with the words of interposition and

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nullification . One day ,

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right down in Alabama

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Little black boys and black girls

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We'll be able to join hands with little

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white boys on white girls As sisters

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and brothers I

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have a dream today

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I have a dream not one day

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Every valley shall be

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exalted in every hell and

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mountain shall be made low

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The rap places shall be made plain

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and the crooked places will be made

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straight And the glory of the Lord

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shall be revealed And all flesh

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self see it together

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With this faith we will be

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able to walk together to pray

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together , to stand up for

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freedom together

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Knowing that we will

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be free one day

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This will be the day

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when all of God's Children

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will be able to sing . We're new

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meaning my

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country tis of thee

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sweet land of liberty Off the

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icing land

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where my fathers died

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Land of the pilgrim's pride from

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every mountainside Let freedom ring

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And if America is to be a grand

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nation this must become true

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So let free the Marine . Let freedom

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ring from the prodigious

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hill tops off New Hampshire .

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Let freedom ring from the mighty

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alligators of New York .

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Let freedom ring from the

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mountains of Pennsylvania

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Let Freedom ring from the snowcapped

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Rockies off Colorado .

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Let feed the Marine from the chrome

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basis slopes off California . But not

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only that , Let's see the

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Marine from Stone

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Mountain of Georgia

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Let Freedom Ring from Lookout

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Mountain of Tennessee .

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Let Freedom ring from every

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hell and mobile of

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Mississippi from every mountainside .

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Let freedom Marine on When this

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happens , when

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we let it ring from every village and

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every Hamlet from every

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state in every city ,

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we will be able to speed up that day

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when all of God's Children , black

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men and white men ,

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Jews and gentle

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Protestant and Catholics

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will be able to join hands and

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sing , in the words of the old

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Negro spiritual free in life ,

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Free at last . Thank God

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Almighty , we're free at last .

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It doesn't matter who you are or where

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you've come from . That speech

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resonates in the hearts and minds of

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every American , both young and old

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alike . I encourage you to contemplate

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with the civil rights movement and Dr

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King fought for and the progress that

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has been made . His efforts did not

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come from words alone . It came from

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deliberate , peaceful and steadfast

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action over many years upon which we

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continue to build every day . Now I'd

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like to invite a few of our leaders to

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share how his legacy has impacted them

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throughout their lives . I think the

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Doctor King's teachings affect my look

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on life when it comes to me being able

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to go to the grocery store and not have

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to use separate interests than people

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that don't look exactly like me or be

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able to sit in the same room with

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individuals who don't look like me and

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not be judged by the color of my skin ,

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but by my actions and the things that I

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am able to do effect , I

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think , uh , you know , something you

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hear in the Air Force all the time , I

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think also reflects Dr King , is that

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we always we always hear treat each

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other with dignity and respect , and I

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think that's what he was . A big part

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of what he was all about is like we

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should all treat treat each other with

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dignity and respect , and also another

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another quote because I really like

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which which also goes in line with with

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my faith . You know , being a chaplain

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is , is love is the only force capable

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of transforming an enemy into a friend .

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Uh , you can fight your enemies all you

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want , which we have to do sometimes is

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a military . But that doesn't really

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turn them into our friends . Uh , that

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just helps us achieve our goals . But

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if we have people we don't like or they

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don't like us and we think that their

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enemies we , uh you know , the only way

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we could really ever become friends

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with them is if we treat them like we

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should be treated by loving them . Dr .

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King had what what is often described

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as six principles of Nonviolence . And

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it was a way of combating injustice

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that didn't promote hate or or putting

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down your oppressor . It was it was

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about finding common ground . It was

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about promoting dialogue . It was about

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educating yourself on the other side of

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the story so that you could get the two

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forces together . Thio , find that

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common ground . What is what is one of

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the most important takeaways from Dr

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King that I try to utilize in my career ?

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One of my favorite favorite quotes from

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Dr King is Thea Ultimate measure of a

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man is not where he stands in the

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moments of comfort and convenience ,

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but where he stands at times of

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challenges and controversy . When I

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think about what I will consider a

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successful career , I don't think about

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a rank achieved or a job accomplished

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or even time in service . What

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I would like to ask myself when I look

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back on my career is , uh , um , I

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proud of the work , the actions and the

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decisions that I made , especially the

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hard ones and maybe sometimes , um ,

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difficult and unpopular decisions . Uh ,

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did I remain true to myself on ? But I

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take care of my airman on Stand up for

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what is right , and I hope that the

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answer to all of those is yes , I

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utilized Dr King's teaching in my day

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to day in several ways . First , he was

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a very influential leader , very

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charismatic . His ability to bond

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people together , uh , especially bring

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them together and shared struggles is

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something that we find within our

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organization and our communities on a

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daily basis . People are most valued

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commodity , but they're on Lee are

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valued commodity if we make them part

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of our same shared struggles uh ,

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all usually under a common goal , which

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is something Dr King did and did very

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effectively . He advocated for dignity ,

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respect , freedom and equality . And

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that's something that we should do

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everyday way should implement on a

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daily basis . We should talk about and

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socialized , and that's what I do on a

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daily basis as well as a leader here .

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I think we need to definitely resurrect

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the principles of Martin Luther King

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and all those that followed him and

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find a way to heal the wounds and the

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division in this country . Or I really

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feel for our I feel that our democracy

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is threatened . His humility . You

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probably one of the most humble figures

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you'll ever read about his selflessness ,

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and those are all very important things

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to me . You can't be an effective

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leader in any organization , military

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or the private sector unless you could

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demonstrate moral courage in

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his case , moral courage , physical

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courage and the military . It's both .

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Sometimes moral courage is much more

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important than actual physical courage ,

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you know , doing the right thing . Um ,

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his selflessness sets an example for

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everyone that endures . The most

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important take away from Dr King that I

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have implemented in my career is Thea

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Pretty to look at things through

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multiple lenses . So , for instance ,

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he was a father . He was a son . He was

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a husband on . That's how I approach

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really . My my day to day activity

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within my organization and here on team

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has come is operating off of the

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hierarchy of life over the military

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chain of command . Meeting first ,

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everybody is a husband , a son . Ah ,

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father , a daughter . They have

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established patterns of life outside of

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this uniforms , and when you see them

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for what they are there , you will

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understand that there is far more value

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in each one of your members within the

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organization . What he tried to achieve ,

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I would say it's disputes if it all

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possible , should be resolved

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peacefully that he really was about

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Nonviolence when he when he was looking

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for race equality and

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I . I like to take that away and try to

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utilize that Lett's try to be

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nonviolent . Let's try to resolve

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things peacefully as a black woman . Dr .

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King's teachings , his dedication to

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the civil rights movement and his faith ,

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have directly impacted where I am today

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through the opportunities and the doors

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that have been opened up to my grand

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parents and my parents through the

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countless efforts of not only Dr King

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but also those that came before him

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because of his teachings and his

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efforts . Although I am proud of the

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color of my skin , um , it's no longer

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socially acceptable or legal to be

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judged because of the color of my skin .

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I think probably ah , most profoundly

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is that his words , his

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life's example . They reinforce my

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faith in humanity , you know , he very

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famously said that the moral arc of the

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universe bends towards justice . I

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believe that I believe it

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wholeheartedly . I have to believe it ,

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especially in times like now , recently

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this past year , when we have

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experienced so much tumult seen perhaps

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the darker side of human nature , I

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lean back on his example , his

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words and again they reinforce

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my faith in humanity . One of the most

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important takeaways from Dr King that I

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try to utilize in my career is once

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again just not judging people based on

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our differences , because as human

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beings , we are every single person

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that you come into contact with will be

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completely different . one thing that

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it's really big to me is that nobody on

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this earth can be you so people can act

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like you . People can try to imitate

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you , but nobody can be exactly who you

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are . So when I come into contact with

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people , I try to understand why they

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think certain ways , why they act

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certain ways , why they do certain

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things and instead of just

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judging them based on our differences .

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Dr . King's legacy is our legacy .

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Despite struggles , oppression ,

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ignorance and violence , Dr King rose

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above the fray to fight for

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humanitarian rights for all people .

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Our future depends on keeping the same

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spirit of change and hope alive .

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Together we could make a far bigger

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impact and shape our legacy . Let's

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pause for a second and ask ourselves

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how we can leave this nation better

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than we found it . Thank you for tuning

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in today