May 17, 2008
Forty years ago today, the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. He was a vital leader in the Civil Rights Movement. Dr. King's work led to the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. To commemorate Dr. King's legacy and to take a deeper look at race in America I spoke with Tom Brokaw, John Hope Franklin, James Clyburn and Dr. Beverly Tatum.
Here is part of our discussion:
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Listen to this great and timely speech by King:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=b80Bsw0UG-U
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Posted 04:04 PM on 04/05/2008
mambomary See Profile I'm a Fan of mambomary
Rose could have had better commentators on the life of Dr. King than the very white and avuncular Tom Brokow, who conveniently is hosting a History Channel special on the great civil rights leader tonight. Brokaw, a former anchor who read the evening news on NBC for decaades, is hardly representative of the early civil struggle in this country and I find his pronouncements glib and irritating. Why didn't Rose get Rep. John Lewis or Julian Bond instead of this talking head? Just Lazy? It would seem so.
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Posted 02:56 PM on 04/06/2008
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Dr. King's dissertation at Boston University was on "A Comparison of God in the Thinking of Paul Tillich and Henry Wieman". King believed that Tillich"s and Wieman"s theological concepts were unsatisfactory. King's theology was, in many respects, Hegelian as he saw God as personal; as a living force in all beings working towards freedom. One my draw from this that God is waking up and coming to gnosis of himself through his creations in their struggle. King, perhaps personally realized that those who didn't see God this way, as being personal cum our deepest selves, doomed man to a life of servitude upon God in which God is everything and man is nothing. This says, just as much, there is no God and man can be cruel creating thus unjust societies of masters and slaves. In this respect, King's non-violence (Sanskrit, karuna = non-harming) is a test of his theory in a personal God that those who use violence and support it will personally behold their own wickedness and be judged accordingly.
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Posted 02:26 PM on 04/05/2008
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I believe that god is the idealization of the collective consciousness. God is a goal. God is something to strive to.
Good and evil can exist in the collective consciousness, it's up to us to contribute to the good.
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Posted 04:06 PM on 04/05/2008
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Early morning,April 4,a shot rings out in a Memphis sky.
Free at last,they took your life.
They could not take your pride.
U2.
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Posted 08:34 PM on 04/04/2008
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