We Must Finish the Work Dr. King Died Doing – Jackson Advocate

We must finish the work Dr. King died doing – Jackson Advocate

By Ben Jealous JA Guest Writer This year, let’s honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday by remembering his final mission – and by picking up the mantle he left behind. Every year, America remembers a dream. But the work that placed Dr. King in the greatest danger was not dreaming. It was organizing to make the dream real. Dr. King was assassinated in Memphis in April 1968 while supporting striking sanitation workers and preparing to launch t…

Martin Luther King Jr’s Final Speech: “I’m so happy I didn’t sneeze”

The day before he was assassinated, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr delivered what is usually called the “I’ve Been To The Mountaintop” speech because of its stirring final moments. But in it he also offered a humorous riff on his having been stabbed in Harlem in 1958, as a way to look back at his life and the history of the Civil Rights Movement. In celebration today of Martin Luther King Jr Day, which has been an official federal holiday to…