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A President and a King

Submitted by Alexander Carpenter on January 28, 2007 - 6:26pm.

Tuesday, January 16, 2007 As I read this morning that the President told students at Cardozo High to honor Dr. King's legacy by helping others in need, I tried to articulate what Dr. King's legacy is. I concluded that his legacy has to do with social change with a strong commitment to non-violence. Then I came across a speech he delivered on April 6, 1967 at a meeting of Clergy and Laity Concerned, Riverside Church, New York City. From Beyond Vietnam: "I have tried to offer [the desperate, rejected and angry young men in the ghettoes of the North] my deepest compassion while maintaining my conviction that social change comes most meaningfully through nonviolent action.

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