Martin Luther King, Jr.

cinoclav posted some pics said Wed, Apr 4th 2018 at 1:18pm ET

Today (April 4th, 2018) is the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. It would be nice if all of us in the world could just take a moment and remember Dr. King and what he stood for. In my travels I’ve been lucky enough to see some sites and visit some locations that have really moved me. However none have touched me as much as my trip to Memphis this past October and a visit to the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel where MLK was killed. Standing outside, looking up at the balcony where he was gunned down is an overwhelming experience. Standing inside and looking into the room he was staying at put me in touch with emotions I’m not sure I’ve ever felt before. Please, if you ever have the opportunity, go and visit this truly important place in our history. In the meantime, let us all learn something from Dr. King and be a little kinder to those that are different from ourselves.
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mollama said Wed, Apr 4th 2018 at 6:37pm ET:

The quote I live by is his life’s most important question: “What are you doing for others?”
It is often quoted as “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” Supposed to be from a speech he did in Montgomery, Alabama but I have yet to find a copy of that speech (granted I probably only researched for a dozen or so hours over the years) but I found something with just the “What are …” part. If anyone can point me to the full speech with the entire quote, I’d appreciate it.

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  This should somewhat help.
  
  https://quoteinvestigator.com/2016/01/18/altruism/
  
  PlacidPenguin said Wed, Apr 4th 2018 at 6:42pm ET
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- @mollama I love that quote. It is, in essence, the reason I went into healthcare. While I enjoy what I do for a living, what I truly love about it is when it’s clear I have had a positive impact on my patient. My favorite challenge is the patient who is scared, feeling dejected, or simply in a negative frame of mind about their situation. Doing what I can to have that patient walk out the door with a new, positive outlook makes it worth getting up every single day. It’s not only ‘doing for others’ but ‘doing for myself’ which we need to remember to do now and then.
  
  cinoclav said Wed, Apr 4th 2018 at 6:54pm ET
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- @PlacidPenguin This is great. Thanks. I had read it in the collections, but it never says where (what church/gathering)/when it was given. But I did find where he said just the question in another speech.
  
  mollama said Wed, Apr 4th 2018 at 7:49pm ET
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f00l said Thu, Apr 5th 2018 at 12:51am ET:

and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.

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f00l said Thu, Apr 5th 2018 at 7:48pm ET:

Listened to this song yesterday:

Abraham, Martin, and John

Here is Dion doing his original version, live on The Smothers Bros show.

The song is so reminiscent of the sixties to me. The sweetness. The mourning. The sentimental and idealistic expressions. The simple imagery. The simple and innocent moral statements. The hearkening back to traditional spirituals.

Many singers have covered this, as one would expect.

Marvin Gaye
Mahalia Jackson
Harry Belafonte
Bon Jovi
Lynden David Hall
Whitney Houston
Andy Williams
Patti LaBelle
I’m sure there are many others.

Many of these performers sing it so beautifully and I feel it from them.

But my favorite is of another approach. This song can be so easily harmed and trivialized, or overwhelmed, by way too much arranging (a common temptation), or by singing that does not stay on the straight path to the heart.

So I re-listened to this version, stripped down, from Bob Dylan and Clydie King:

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