The scenes are euphoric. The moment is historic. A man of partial African origin has become the President-elect of the most powerful nation on this planet. At this point I think the following words of Martin Luther King are apt:
From every mountainside, let freedom ring.
And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual:
Free at last! Free at last!
Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!³
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Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Thursday, June 05, 2008
The Long Ride
The First African slaves were introduced into what is today the United States in the year 1619.
In 1641, Massachusetts legalised slavery.
In 1808, the American Congress abolished the slave trade.
In 1865, slavery was abolished
In 1868, Afican Americans received full citizenship
In 1870, African men received the right to vote
In 1909, the NAACP was formed
In 1948, the US Army was desegregated
In 1963, the famous speech by Martin Luther King... 'I have a dream' (one of my personal favourites)
In 1964, the Civil Rights Act
In 1965, the Voting Rights Act
In 1968, to quote from U2.... Early morning, April 4th... A shot rings out in the Memphis sky... Free at last... they took your life. They could not take your pride...
Martin Luther King was assassinated.
40 years later... In 2008, Barack Obama has become the presumptive Presidential nominee for a major political party.
History is sometimes very poetic... It is exactly 200 years since the slave trade was abolished. The Democratic National Convention is scheduled for the 28th of August. That is the 45th Anniversary of Martin Luther King's famous 'I have a dream' speech. Barack Obama will be officially accepting the Democratic Party's nomination.
Well... I watch in awe as history sculpts another poetic page.
In 1641, Massachusetts legalised slavery.
In 1808, the American Congress abolished the slave trade.
In 1865, slavery was abolished
In 1868, Afican Americans received full citizenship
In 1870, African men received the right to vote
In 1909, the NAACP was formed
In 1948, the US Army was desegregated
In 1963, the famous speech by Martin Luther King... 'I have a dream' (one of my personal favourites)
In 1964, the Civil Rights Act
In 1965, the Voting Rights Act
In 1968, to quote from U2.... Early morning, April 4th... A shot rings out in the Memphis sky... Free at last... they took your life. They could not take your pride...
Martin Luther King was assassinated.
40 years later... In 2008, Barack Obama has become the presumptive Presidential nominee for a major political party.
History is sometimes very poetic... It is exactly 200 years since the slave trade was abolished. The Democratic National Convention is scheduled for the 28th of August. That is the 45th Anniversary of Martin Luther King's famous 'I have a dream' speech. Barack Obama will be officially accepting the Democratic Party's nomination.
Well... I watch in awe as history sculpts another poetic page.
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