50 years ago tonight, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. He was in the city to stand with striking sanitation workers who were protesting low wages, racial discrimination, and adverse working conditions. #MLK50
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He continued: “Let us rise up tonight with a greater readiness. Let us stand with a greater determination. And let us move on in these powerful days, these days of challenge to make America what it ought to be. We have an opportunity to make America a better nation.”
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America was founded on basic principles of equality, acceptance and unity – all tenets embodied by Dr. King. His undeterred courage and his searingly eloquent message of our universal humanity were not only timely but they are timeless as well.
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Today, we honor Dr. King’s legacy and his sacrifice by continuing his work on behalf of the greater good.
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