"Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred." - MLK
If you want a moment of reflection today, you could save this for 3 p.m.
At that time 50 years ago today, Martin Luther King delivered his "I Have a Dream Speech" on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. His speech came during the centennial of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.
Bell-ringing events around Michigan are scheduled for 3 p.m. today. The Michigan Department of Civil Rights is helping to coordinate these events.
In a statement, MDCR Director Leslee Fritz said, “I encourage people all over Michigan to organize bell-ringing events in your churches and mosques, schools and synagogues – anywhere there are bells or a carillon.”
You can find these events on their Facebook page.
Here's the speech (which King first delivered in Detroit two months earlier):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smEqnnklfYs
And here you can watch the commemoration taking place in Washington D.C. today:
