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What Would
Martin Luther
King Jr. Say?
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tioning a disturbing video she
saw about doctors implanting
chips in babies w ithout par
ents know ledge or consent.
She also has concerns about
the wars and m otivations for
w a rfa re u n a w a re to th e
people.
Bruce O' Leary, 50, said
Dr. King w ould help end the
wars and draw more activism
in helping the economy.
“As far as race-relations, I
think he'd see w e've jum ped
leaps, but he ’ d turn over in his
grave as far as p o litics,” he
said.
A few community members
said that after King died, our
country suffered a loss o f lead
ership, an issue they say re
mains today.
Darryl Thomas, 54, said that
for all the w ork King did, he
d o esn ’t think we have p ro
gressed since his ‘I Have a
D ream ’ speech in 1963 in
W ashington, D.C.
“It feels like we are going
backw ards,” he said. “M en
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Darryl Thomas
were m en in those days, we
raised real men. Today, people
are caught up, confused, and
distracted from our m ain fo
cus.”
T h o m as say s w e need
people in every community to
start m aking change happen
again.
N ellie C oney, 84, w ho
s h a re s M L K 's b irth d a y ,
continued
promoting self-
determination,
o f America«
building strong
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discovered
something that he
would die for, he
isn’t fit to live.
— Rev. Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr.
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