%
>> THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM
I
S
A
% PBS
WISCONSIN ORIGINAL
% PRODUCTION.
% ♪
!
% >>
BECAUSE I
HAVE A
DREAM
THAT
% MY
FOUR
LITTL
E
CHILDREN
WILL ONE
% DAY LIVE I
N
A
NATION
WHERE
THEY
% WILL NOT
B
E
JUDGED
BY THE
COLOR
% OF THEIR
SKIN
, BUT
BY
THE
% CONTENT
O
F
THEIR
CHARACTER.% I
HAVE A
D
REAM
TODAY.
% [APPLAUSE] !
% >>
HEL
LO.
% I'M JONATHAN OVERBY.
% WELCOME
TO
THE STATE OF
% WISCONSIN'S
40TH
ANNUAL
TRIBUTE
% HONORING DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING,%
JR.
% COMING
U
P
,
YOU'LL
S
EE
HIGHLIGHTS
%
FROM
TODAY'S
EVENT
RECORDED HERE% IN
THE
CAPITOL
ROTUNDA.
% THE
THEME
T
HIS
YEAR
IS
"STAND
% FOR JUSTICE.
% "
TODAY'S
GUEST
SPEAKER
I
S
% DR. OLLIE
WATTS
DAVIS, AN
% INTERNATIONALLY
ACCLAIMED
% PERFORMER
AND
PROFESSOR OF
VOICE
% AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.
% OUR COVERAGE
OF
TODAY'S
EVENT% INCLUDES
MUS
IC,
THE
PRESENTATION
% OF
T
WO
M
LK
HERITAGE
AWARDS,
AND
% PLENTY
OF
COMMUNITY
SPIRIT.
% I HOPE
YOU
ENJOY
THESE
% HIGHLIGHTS OF
TODAY'S
TRIBUTE
% HONORING
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING,
% JR.
% ♪ ALL IN HIS HANDS ♪%♪ I P
UT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ♪
% ♪ ALL OF MY BURDENS, PROBLEMS ♪
% ♪ IF I HAVE A QUESTION ♪
% ♪ I PUT IT ALL ♪
% ♪ YES, I PUT IT ALL ♪
% ♪ I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ♪
% ♪ ALL IN HIS HANDS ♪
% ♪ I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ♪
% ♪ ALL IN HIS HANDS ♪
% ♪ I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ♪
% ♪ ALL OF MY BURDENS, PROBLEMS ♪
% ♪ IF I HAVE A QUESTION ♪
% ♪ I PUT IT ALL ♪
% ♪ YES, I PUT IT ALL ♪
% ♪ I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ♪
% ♪ ALL IN HIS HANDS ♪
% ♪ I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ♪
% ♪ ALL IN HIS HANDS ♪
% ♪ I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ♪
% ♪ ALL OF MY BURDENS, PROBLEMS ♪
% ♪ IF I HAVE A QUESTION ♪
% ♪ I PUT IT ALL ♪
% ♪ YES, I PUT IT ALL ♪
% ♪ I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ♪
% ♪ ALL IN HIS HANDS ♪
% ♪ I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ♪
% ♪ ALL IN HIS HANDS ♪
% ♪ I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ♪
% ♪ ALL OF MY BURDENS, PROBLEMS ♪
% ♪ IF I HAVE A QUESTION ♪
%
♪ I PUT IT ALL ♪
% ♪ YES, I PUT IT ALL ♪
% ♪ I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ♪
% [CLAPPING] %♪ WHATEVER THE
PROBLEM ♪% ♪ I PUT IT ALL IN HIS H
ANDS ♪
% ♪ I KNOW THAT HE CAN SOLVE IT ♪
% ♪ I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ♪
% ♪ THIS AND THAT ♪
%
♪ I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ♪
% ♪ HE CAN HANDLE IT; THAT'S A
% FACT ♪
% ♪ I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ♪
% ♪ NO MATTER HOW GREAT OR SMALL ♪
% ♪ HE'S THE MASTER OF THEM ALL ♪
% ♪ I PUT IT ALL ♪
% ♪ YES, I PUT IT ALL ♪
% ♪ I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ♪
% [CLAPPING]
%
♪ WHATEVER THE PROBLEM ♪
%
♪ I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ♪
% ♪ I KNOW THAT HE CAN SOLVE IT ♪
% ♪ I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ♪
% ♪ THIS AND THAT ♪
% ♪ I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ♪
% ♪ HE CAN HANDLE IT; THAT'S A
% FACT ♪
% ♪ I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ♪
% ♪ THIS AND THAT ♪
% ♪
THIS,
THIS
AND
THAT ♪
% ♪ THIS AND THAT ♪
% ♪ I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ♪
% ♪ HE CAN HANDLE IT; THAT'S A
% FACT ♪
% ♪ I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ♪
% ♪ NO MATTER HOW GREAT OR SMALL ♪
%
♪ HE'S THE MASTER OF THEM ALL ♪
% ♪ I PUT IT ALL ♪
% ♪ YES, I PUT IT ALL ♪
% ♪ I PUT IT ALL ♪
% ♪ YES, I PUT IT ALL ♪
% ♪ I PUT IT ALL ♪
% ♪ YES, I PUT IT ALL ♪
% ♪ I PUT IT ALL ♪
% ♪ I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ♪
% [CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]
% ♪
!
% >>
GOOD
AFTERNOON,
EVERYBODY.% >>
G
OOD
AF
TE
RNOON.% >>
I'M
GOVERNOR TONY
EVERS.
% >>
YES!
% [CHEERS AND
A
PPLAUSE]
!
% >>
AND I
WANT
T
O
WELCOME
Y
OU
T
O
% WISCONSIN'S
4
0TH
ANNUAL
TRIBUTE
% AND
CEREMONY
HONORING
DR. MARTIN% LUTHER KING,
JR.
% [APPLAUSE] !
% >>
I'M
PLEASED
TO
J
OIN
YOU
ALL
% AS
WE
G
ATHER
ONCE
AGAIN
T
O
% CONTEMPLATE AND
CELEBRATE
TH
E
% PURSUIT
OF
EQUALITY
FOR
ALL.
% TODAY'S
THEME,
"STAND
FOR
% JUSTICE,"
BRIN
GS TOGETHER
% THOUSANDS O
F
PEOPLE
FROM
ACROSS
% OUR
STATE
AND
THE
MIDWEST,
MANY
% OF WHO
M
SEEK
TO
ELIMINATE
W
HA
T
%
DEVISED
!
DIVIDES
US
.
% AND NOW
PLEASE
JOIN
M
E
IN
% WELCOMING
THE
EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER
% AND DIRECTOR
OF
OUR
ANNUAL M
LK
% TRIBUTE,
WISCONSIN'S
O
WN
% DR. JONATHAN OVERBY.
% [CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]
% CURTIS
E
UBANKS
IS A
SINGER,
% SONGWRITER
AND
MUSICIAN
FROM
% MILWAUKEE.
% HE SHAIRDZ
H
IS
!
SHARED H
IS
MUSIC ACROSS
THE
% U.S., AFRICA AND
T
HE
U.K.
% HE
SERV
ED A
S
T
HE
DIRECTOR OF
T
HE
% MARQUETTE
GOSPEL
CHOIR.
% HE
OVERSEES
WORSHIP
AND
CREATIVE
% ARTS AT
THE
ADULLAM
OUTREACH
% ORGANIZATION.
% PLEASE WELCOME
GOSPEL A
RTIST
% CURTIS
E
UBANKS.
% [APPLAUSE]
% ♪
!
% ♪
NO
T A
SECOND
OR
ANOTHER
% MINUTE ♪
% ♪ NOT
A
N
HOUR
O
R
ANOTHER
DAY ♪
% ♪
AT
THE
STATE
CAPITOL,
WITH
M
Y
% ARMS OUT
!
AR
MS
OUTSTRETCHED ♪% ♪ LORD,
I
N
EED
YOU
T
O
MAKE A
% WAY ♪
% ♪
A
S
Y
OU
HAVE
DONE SO
MANY
TIMES
% BEFORE ♪
% ♪ YOU
MADE A
WAY
THROUGH A
% WINDOW
O
R
AN
OPEN
DOOR ♪
% ♪
I
S
TRETCH
MY
HANDS
TO
THEE ♪
% ♪
COM
E
RESCUE
M
E ♪
% ♪ I
NEED
YOU
RIGHT
AWAY ♪
% ♪ I
NEED
YOU
NOW
♪
% ♪
I
NEED
YOU
NOW ♪
% ♪
I
NEED
YOU
NOW
♪
% ♪ I
NEED
YOU
NOW ♪
% ♪
NOT
ANOTHER
SECOND ♪
% ♪
OR
ANOTHER
MINUTE ♪
% ♪
NO
T
AN
HOUR
O
R
ANOTHER
DAY ♪
% ♪
GOD,
I
NEED
Y
OU
RIGHT
AW
AY ♪
% [APPLAUSE] ♪
THE
!
% ♪ THE
AGONY
O
F
BEING
ALONE ♪
% ♪ THE
FEA
R
OF
HAVING T
O
D
O
% THINGS
O
N
M
Y
OWN ♪
% ♪ T
HE
TES
TS A
N
D
TRIALS THAT
COM
E
% TO
MAKE
M
E
STRONG
♪
% ♪ I HAVE
FEELINGS
OF
GUILT,
% HURT, SHAME
AND
DEFEAT ♪
% ♪
THE
WAVES
OF
TRIAL
THAT
B
EAT
% ON
M
E ♪
% ♪
BUT
TO
KNOW,
LORD,
THA
T
IN
YOU
% I'VE GOT
VICTORY ♪
% [CHEERS AND
A
PPLAUSE]
% ♪ I
NEED
YOU
NOW
♪% ♪
O
,
I
NEED
YOU
NOW ♪
% ♪ I
NEED
YOU
RIGHT
NOW,
RIGHT
% NOW, RIGHT
NOW ♪
% ♪
I
NEED
YOU
NOW
,
NOW ♪
% ♪
NOT
ANOTHER
SECOND OR
ANOTHER
% MINUTE ♪
% ♪ NOT
A
N
HOU
R
OR
DAY ♪
% ♪
BUT
,
GOD, I
YOU ♪
%
♪ NO ONE
LOVES
LIKE
YOU ♪
% ♪
GOD,
I
NEED
YOU ♪
% ♪ NO
ONE
HEALS
LIKE
YOU ♪
% ♪
GOD,
I
NEED
YOU ♪
% ♪ AS
W
E
TRAVEL
THROUGH
THIS
% STRANGE
LAND,
I
NEED
YOU ♪
% ♪ I
NEED
YOU ♪
% ♪
LIKE MARTIN LUTHER KING
HAD A
% DREAM ♪
% ♪ NO ONE MAKES
D
REAMS
COME
T
RUE
% LIKE
YOU ♪
% ♪
I
NEED
YOU
AND
I
NEED
YOU
% RIGHT
AWAY
♪
% ♪ CLAP
YOUR
HANDS
AND
S
AY
I
NEED
% YOU RIGH
T
AWAY ♪
%
[CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]
% >>
CURTIS
EUBANKS.
% PROBABLY GOING
TO COME U
P
HER
E
% AND
TOUCH
EVERYBODY.
% WELL,
HE
'S
F
ROM
MILWAUKEE, BUT
% THAT'S NOT
THE END
O
F
O
UR
% MILWAUKEE
REPRESENTATION.
% THIS
AFTERNOON
FROM
BREWTOWN, WE
% HAVE
THE
VIOLIN
AND
C
ELLO
DUO,% SIS
!
SISTASTRINGS.
% THEY
INFUS
E THEIR
MUSIC
WITH
% GOSPEL.
% THEY'VE
PERFORMED
A
T
CARNEGIE
% HALL,
W
ITH
THE
MILWAUKEE
% SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA,
THE
MADISON
% SYMPHONY
O
RCHESTRA.
% THEY'RE ON THE
FACULTY OF
T
HE
% WISCONSIN
CONSERVATORY OF
MUSIC.
% PLEASE
GIVE A
WAR
M
WELCOME
T
O
%
SISTASTRINGS.
% [CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]
% ♪
BRIDG
E
O
VER
TROUBLED
W
ATER
♪
% ♪
BRIDGE
OVER
WATER ♪
% ♪
IN
THE
WATER ♪
% ♪
!
% ♪ DON'T
TROUBLE
THE
WATERS ♪
% ♪
WHY DON'T
YOU,
WHY
DON'T
YOU
% LET
IT
BE ♪
% ♪
STILL
WATER
RUNS
DEEP ♪
% ♪
YES,
I
T
% ♪
O
YEAH
♪
% ♪
WHEN
YOU'RE
DOW
N
AND
OUT ON
% THE
STREET ♪
% ♪ WHEN EVENING FALLS SO HARD ♪
% ♪ I WILL COMFORT YOU ♪
% ♪ I'LL TAKE YOUR PART, OH, WHEN
% DARKNESS COMES ♪
% ♪ AND PAIN IS ALL AROUND ♪
% ♪ LIKE A BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED
% WATER ♪
% ♪ I WILL LAY ME DOWN ♪
% ♪ LIKE A BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED
% WATER ♪
% ♪ I WILL LAY ME DOWN ♪
% ♪
!
% ♪ SAIL ON SILVER GIRL ♪
% ♪ SAIL ON BY ♪
% ♪ THE TIME HAS COME TO SHINE ♪
% ♪ AND ALL YOUR DREAMS ARE ON%
THEIR WAY ♪
% ♪ SEE HOW THEY SHINE ♪
% ♪ OH, WHEN YOU NEED A FRIEND ♪
% ♪ WHEN
YOU
F
RIEND ♪
% ♪ I'M SAILING RIGHT BEHIND ♪
% ♪ LIKE A BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED
% WATER ♪
% ♪ I WILL EASE YOUR MIND ♪
% ♪ LIKE A BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED
% WATER ♪
% ♪ I WILL EASE YOUR MIND ♪
% ♪
!
% ♪ DON'T
T
ROUBLE
THE
WATER ♪
% ♪
WHY
DON'T
YOU,
WHY
DON'T
YOU
% LET
I
T
B
E ♪
% ♪
STILL
WATER
RUNS
DEEP ♪
% ♪
Y
ES
,
IT
DO ♪
% ♪
O
YEAH ♪
% ♪ DON'T
TROUBLE
THE
WATER ♪
% ♪
MOVE
O
N ♪
% ♪ WHY DON'T
YOU,
WHY
DON'T
YOU% LET
I
T
BE ♪
% ♪
STILL
WATER
RUNS
DEEP ♪
% ♪
YES,
I
T
DO ♪
% ♪
O
YEAH ♪
% ♪
!
% ♪
OOOH ♪
%
[CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]
% [APPLAUSE]
% >>
CORINDA
RAINEY-MOORE
% CURRENTLY
WORKS
A
S AN
OUTREACH
% AND
ENGAGEMENT
MATTER,
SERVANT
% LEADER.%SHE IS
T
HE
PRESIDENT OF
THE
% CITY'S
DOC
COMMISSION, MADISON
% LEAGUE OF THE GUILD.
% SHE
SERVES ON
THE
FOUNDATION FOR
% BLACK WOMEN'S
WELLNESS,
% LEADERSHIP
WISCONSIN,
BRIDGE
% LAKEPOINT
COMMUNITY CENTER AND
% MORE.
%
SHE
IS A
PEACEMAKER
I
N
THE
% RESTORATIVE JUSTICE COURT
AND A
% MEMBER OF
THE ALPHA
KAPPA
A
LPHA
% SORORITY.
% YOU
HA
D
T
O
SLI
P
THAT
IN
THERE.
% I A
M
PLEASED
TO
ANNOUNCE
THAT
% CORINDA RAINEY-MOORE
IS
THE
% RECIPIENT OF
THE
WISCONSIN
% 2020 MLK
HERITAGE
AWARD.
% [CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]
% >>
I
JUST W
ANT
T
O
S
AY
I
'M
SO
% HONORED TO RECEIVE
THIS
AWARD
% TODAY ON
BEHALF
OF MY
HUSBAND,
% MY
KIDS,
WHO
ALLOW
M
E
T
O
BE
ALL
% THAT I
NEED TO BE
I
N
T
HE
% COMMUNITY, I WANT T
O
SAY THANK
% YOU,
BECAUSE
I
COULDN'T DO IT
% WITHOUT YOU
ALL
.
% I ALSO
W
A
NT
T
O
THANK
M
Y
BOSS,
% BECAUSE I
HAV
E
A
BOSS THAT
% ALLOWS ME
T
O
BE
FLEXIBLE WHEN
I
% NEED TO BE
SO
THAT
I
CAN
DO
W
HAT
% I DO
IN
THE
COMMUNITY.
% BUT
I
ALS
O
WANT T
O
THANK
THE
% GOVERNOR.
% THANK YOU
FOR
THIS
AWARD.
% AND
J
UST
LIKE
DR. KING,
SERVICE
% IS WHO
I
AM
AND IT
IS THE
PRICE
% THAT WE PAY
FO
R
BEING
HERE
O
N
% EARTH.
% WE ALSO
KNOW
THAT
OU
R
KIDS
CAN'T
% SEE
U
S
I
F
!
.
%
IF THEY
DON'T
SE
E
US,
THE
Y
DON'T% BELIEVE IT.
% AND SO WE
HAVE TO
B
E THERE
F
OR
% OUR YOUTH
S
O THAT
THEY
CAN
KNOW
% THAT THEY CAN
B
E
ALL
THAT
THEY% CAN BE.
% I
W
ANT
TO THANK
YOU, JONATHAN
% OVERBY, A
ND
THE
REST OF
THE
MLK
% COMMISSIONERS FOR
GIVING
ME
THIS
% AWARD.
% AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
% [CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]
% >>
CONGRATULATIONS,
CORINDA
% RAINEY-MOORE.
% >>
WIT
H
MEMBERS
REPRESENTING% VARIOUS
CITIES
ACROSS
WISCONSIN,
% I'M
DELIGHTED TO HAVE FOR
THE
% FIRST TIME AT
THE
KING
% CELEBRATION
UND
ER
THE
DIRECTION
% OF
LATRICE
STANLEY
THE
FALL
% GOSPEL FEST
CHOIR.
% PLEASE GIVE
TH
EM A
H
AND.
% [CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]
% ♪
!
%
♪ WE
W
ORK
FOR
H
IM
WITH
A
LL
THA
T
% WE S
AY
AND
DO ♪
% ♪
!
% SNOAFT
!
♪
LIFT
HIM
HIGHER, LIFTS
HIM
% HIGHER ♪%♪
LIFT
HIM
HIGHER
WHILE YOU
HAVE
% A
CHANCE
♪
% ♪
WE'
VE
COME
T
O
WORSHIP
HIM
IN
% ALL THAT H
E
SAY
AND
DO ♪
% ♪
WE'VE
COME
T
O
W
ORSHIP HIM
I
N
% ALL THAT
WE
S
AY
A
ND
D
O ♪
% ♪
WE
COM
E T
O
SIN
G
O
F
H
IS
% GOODNESS
A
ND
SING
OF
HIS
LOVE ♪
% ♪
WE'VE
COME TO
SING
OF
HIS
% GREATNESS ♪
% ♪ THAT'S
SENT
FROM U
P
ABOVE ♪
% ♪
WHY
NO
T
JUS
T
LIFT
HIM
HI
GHER ♪
% ♪ LIFT
HIM
HIGHER ♪
%
♪
LIFT
HIM
HIGHER FOR
ALL
THE
% WORLD TO
SEE ♪
% ♪
LIFT
HIM
HIGHER
WHILE YOU
HAVE% A
CHANCE
♪
% ♪
LIFT
YOUR HANDS
I
N
THE
% SANCTUARY AND
BLESS
THE
LORD
%
WITH
ME ♪
% ♪
GIVE
THANKS FOR
W
HAT
HE'S
DONE
% AND
THE
HEA
LING
I
N
M
Y
LIFE ♪
% ♪
L
I
FT
YOUR HANDS
I
N THE
% SANCTIONING WEAR AND B
LESS
THE
% LORD
WIT
H
M
E ♪
% ♪
G
IV
E
THANKS,
O
,
O,
O ♪
% ♪ LIFT
H
IM
HIGHER ♪
% ♪
HI
FT
!
LI
FT
!
♪
LIF
T
HIM
HIGHER
FOR
A
LL
THE
% WORLD TO
SE
E ♪
% ♪ LIFT
HIM
HIGHER
WHILE YOU
HAVE% A
CHANCE ♪
% ♪
LIFT
HIM
HIGHER ♪
% ♪ LIFT
YOUR
HANDS
IN
THE
% SANCTUARY AND
BLESS
THE
LORD
% WITH
ME ♪
% ♪
GIVE
THANKS
FOR
W
HAT
HE'S
DONE
% AND THE
HEALING
IN
MY
LIFE ♪
% ♪
LIFT
HIM
HIGHER ♪
% ♪
HAD
!
LIFT
H
IM
HIGHER
FOR
ALL
THE
%
WORLD TO
SEE ♪
% SNOAFT
!
♪
LIFT
HIM
HIGHER
WHILE YOU
HAVE% A
CHANCE
♪
% [CLAPPING]
!
% >>
LIF
T
!
♪
L
IF
T
HI
M
UP.
%
♪
L
IFT
H
IM
UP ♪
% ♪
LIFT
HIM
HIGHER.
% ♪ LIFT HIM UP.
% ♪ LIFT HIM UP ♪
% SNOAFT
LIFT
!
♪
LIFT
HIM
HIGHER ♪
% ♪
SING
O
F
HIS
GOODNESS ♪
% ♪
SING
OF
HIS
MERCY ♪
% ♪
SING
OF
HIS
GOODNESS ♪
% ♪
LIFT
HIM
HIGHE
R
♪
% ♪ LIFT HIM HIGHER ♪
% ♪ LIFT HIM HIGHER FOR ALL THE
% ♪ LIFT HIM HIGHER FOR ALL THE%
WORLD TO SEE ♪
% ♪ LIFT HIM HIGHER ♪
% ♪ LIFT HIM HIGHER FOR ALL THE
% WORLD TO SEE ♪
% ♪ LIFT HIM HIGHER ♪
% ♪ LIFT HIM HIGHER FOR ALL THE
% WORLD TO SEE ♪
% ♪ LIFT HIM HIGHER ♪
% ♪
WHILE YOU
HAVE A
CHANCE ♪
% ♪
!
% [CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]
% ♪
!
%
>>
A
ND
NOW I
T
IS
M
Y
PLEASURE
T
O
% INTRODUCE TO YOU OUR
GUEST
% SPEAKER TODAY.
% DR. OLLIE
WATTS
DAVIS
IS
A
% DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR
O
F
% MUSIC,
PROVOST,
FELLOW
AND
%
CONDUCTOR OF
BLACK
CHORUS
A
T
THE
% UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
A
T
% URBANA-CHAMPAIGN.
% SHE'S
AN
A
UTHOR.
% THESE
CITATIONS
ARE A
MERE% GLIMPSE INTO
THE
M
ANY
%
ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF
OUR
SPEAKER
% TODAY,
O
RIGINALLY
F
ROM
WEST
% VIRGINIA.
% PLEASE WELCOME
D
R. OLLIE
WATTS
% DAVIS.
% [APPLAUSE]
% ♪
MY
COUNTRY
'TIS
O
F
THEE ♪
% ♪
SWEET LAND
OF
LIBERTY ♪
% ♪
OF
THEE
!
T
O
T
HEE
WE
SING ♪
% ♪
LAN
D
WHERE
M
Y
FATHERS
DIED ♪
% ♪
L
AND OF
T
HE
PILGRIMS'
PRIDE ♪
% ♪ FROM
EVERY
MOUNTAINSIDE
♪
% ♪
L
ET
FREEDOM
RIN
G ♪
% >>
I
T
W
AS
EASTER
SUNDAY
MORNING.
% [APPLAUSE] !%>> THANK
Y
OU
.
% IT
WAS
EASTER
SUNDAY
MORNING,
% APRIL 9,
1939,
WHEN
AMERICAN
% MARIAN
ANDERSON STOOD
AT
THE
% STEPS OF
THE
LINCOLN
MEMORIAL
IN
% WASHINGTON D.C. IN
FRONT
O
F
% 75,000
PEOPLE
AND
OPENED
THE
%
CONCERT THAT
SHOOK
THE
% ESTABLISHMENT WITH
THE
SE
WORDS.
% THIS
WAS A
WATERSHED
MOMENT THAT
% CREATED
QUITE A
STIR
COMING
F
ROM
% THIS
DIGNIFIED,
ELEGANT,
HUMBLE
% ARTIST,
W
HO
H
AD
BECOME
AN
% INTERNATIONALLY-KNOWN STAR,
% PERFORMING
EXTENSIVELY
IN
EUROPE
% AND THE UNITED
STATES,
B
UT
WHO
% HAD BEEN
DENIED
ACCESS
TO% CONSTITUTION
HALL, AN
AUDITORIUM
% OWNED AND
OPERATED
BY
THE
% DAUGHTERS OF
THE AMERICAN
% REVOLUTION, FOR
THIS,
HER
% CAPITAL
RECITAL.
% MISS ANDERSON, WHOSE
VOIC
E
W
AS
% HERALDED AS ONE
THAT
COMES
% AROUND ONCE
IN A
HUNDRED
Y
EARS
% USED
HER
MOMENT.
% ALTHOUGH
PAINED
BY
INJUSTICE,
% SHE
USED
HER
DEFINING
MOMENT
AS
% HER
PLATFORM
TO
STAND
FOR
% JUSTICE.
% AND
THROUGH
HER
S
INGING
% CONFRONTED
INJUSTICE
W
IT
H
CLOSED
% EYE
S,
SHE
LOOKED
AMERICA
% STRAIGHT IN THE
EYE
WITH
HER
% VOICE.
% AND
PSYCHOLOGICALLY
DISARMED A
% NATION.
% SHE
MADE AMERICA
SEE
HER
% HUMANITY.
% SHE
ITERATED
HER
CITIZENSHIP BY
% TAKING
ARTISTIC LICENSE
A
S
HE
% SANG
"TO
THEY
W
E
SING" RATHER% THAN THE
WRITTEN
TEXT,
"OF
THEE
% I
SING."
% SHE
W
AS
IMPLYING
COMMUNITY
A
ND
% GROUP
RESPONSIBILITY,
RECALLING
% THE
SITUATION
IN
1939,
% MISS ANDERSON LATER WRO
TE, I
% COULD
NOT RUN
AWAY
FROM
THIS
% SITUATION.
% IF
I
H
AD
ANYTHING
T
O
OFFER,
I% WOULD HAVE
TO DO
I
T
NOW.
% WE
ALL
HAVE
MOMENTS,
DEFINING
% MOMENTS.
%
MY
MOMENT
BEGAN
AS A
LITTLE
% BLACK GIRL
FR
OM
TH
E
COAL
FIELDS
% OF
W
EST
VIRGINIA.
% RAISED
I
N A
FEMALE-HEADED
% HOUSEHOLD WHO
GRADUATED
HIGH
% SCHOOL AND
COLLEGE
W
ITH
HONORS.
% MY MOMENT
CONTINUED
AT
ILLINOIS
% WHEN I
JOINED
THE
FACULTY,
FI
RST
% AS A
GRADUATE
STUDENT
AND,
AS AN
% ASIDE, I
HAD
TWO
OF
MADISON'S
%
FINEST
AS
STUDENTS.
% BOTH
REVEREND
LLOYD
BITLE
AND
% MRS. BITTELL AS STUDENTS.
% THEN
AS A
VISITING
PROPER, O
N
T
O
% ASSISTANT, ASSOCIATE
AND
FULL
% PROFESSOR AND
NOW
A
S
UNIVERSITY
% SCHOLAR,
PROVOST
A
ND
% DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR.
% I
SHARE
T
HIS
N
OT
T
O
BOAST,
B
UT
% TO BUILD
HOPE
IN
ANY
YOUNG
% PERSON
LISTENING
AND TRACE FOR
% YOU A STUBBORN
COMMITMENT
TO A
% SERIES OF
MOMENTS
ALONG
MY
% JOURNEY
THAT
I,
B
Y
THE
GRACE
O
F
% GOD, MAX SA
MICED.
!
MAXIMIZED.
% MISS ANDERSON USED
H
ER
MOMENT
% BECAUSE SHE WAS
PRESENT,
% ACCOUNTED FOR
AND
ATTENTIVE.
% HER
MOMENT
WAS
O
F
MONUMENTAL
% CONSEQUENCE.
% FOR, YOU
SEE, A
TEN-YEAR-OLD BOY
% WAS
INFLUENCED BY
THIS
RECITAL.
% AT
A
GE
15
H
E
WOULD
WIN A
% SPEAKING
CONTEST
AT
H
IS
ATLANTIC
% HIGH SCHOOL USING
THE
TOPIC THE
% NEGRO AND
THE
CONSTITUTION.
% HE WOULD
STAND
AT
THESE
VERY
% SAME
STEPS
IN
WASHINGTON IN
1963
% AND
WI
TH
M
ISS ANDERSON AS
ONE OF
% THE
PERFORMERS,
H
E
WOULD
INVOKE
% THE
WORDS
O
F
AMERICA WHILE
% DELIVERING
HI
S
MONUMENTAL "I
%
HAVE A
DREAM
"
SPEECH.
% DR. KING
SAID
"THIS WILL BE
T
HE
% DAY WHEN
A
LL
O
F
GOD'S
CHILDREN% WILL BE ABLE
T
O
SING
W
IT
H
NEW
% MEANING
M
Y
COUNTRY
'TIS OF
T
HEE,
% SWEET LAND
OF
LIBERTY,
OF
THEE
I
% SING.
% LAND
WHE
RE
M
Y
FATHERS
DIED,
LAND% OF
THE
PILGRIMS' PRIDE.
% FROM
EVERY
MOUNTAINSIDE,
L
ET
% FREEDOM RING.
% MARIAN
ANDERSON
IS A
MAJOR
% FIGURE IN TH
E
STAND
FOR
JUSTICE,
%
JOINED BY
OTHER
WOMEN,
ELLA
% BAKER,
DI
ANE
NASH, ROSA
PARKS,
% CORETTA SCOTT
KING,
MERRILY
% EVERS,
MOTHER
ALBERTA
KING
AND
% MANY, MANY
MORE,
T
OO
NUMEROUS
TO
% NAME.
% AND I
M
US
T
MENTION
THE
MUSIC
OF
% BLACK
AMERICA,
WHICH
IS
AN
% IMPORTANT CHARACTER
IN
THE
% MOVEMENT
FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
AND
% HAS
PROVIDED
THE
SOUNDTRACK
FOR
% THIS REVOLUTION.
% I STAND
BEFORE
YO
U
TODAY
IN
THIS
% STRENGTH AND
TO
GIVE
THESE
% FORERUNNERS THE
RECOGNITION AND
% THE
HONOR
THE
Y
DESERVE.
% AND I
DON'T STAND ALONE.
% YOU
SEE,
I'M
PACKING
DEEP
TODAY.
% I'M
HER
E
ALONG WITH TW
O
F
M
Y
% DAUGHTERS,
ASHLEY
M.
DAVIS
AND
% CHARITY
C
.
DAVIS,
AND
TWO
O
F
MY
% GRANDCHILDREN,
CHARLIE
EDWARD
% DATES II
AND
CLAIRE
ELIZABETH
% DATES.%THANK
YOU FOR
JOINING
ME.
% [APPLAUSE]
!
% >>
A
STANDS
FOR
JUSTICE
I
S A
% HIGH
ROAD.
% IT
MAY APPEAR
THREATENING.
% WE MAY
B
E
THREATENED
AND
WE MAY
% HAVE TO
T
HE
THREAT.
% DO WE HAVE
TH
E
WILL?
% DO WE HAVE
T
H
E
COURAGE?
% THOSE
BORN
INTO
PRIVILEGE, THOSE
%
WHO HOLD
POSITION
AN
D
THOSE
% VOTED
I
NTO
POWER
MUST
BE
WILLING
% TO
TAKE A
STAND,
T
O
STAND FOR
% JUSTICE.
% WE
MUST
REALIZE
THAT WE
ARE
IN
% THE
PLACES
W
E'RE
IN
AND
WE
HOLD
% THE
POSITIONS
W
E
HOLD
I
N
ORDER
% TO SERVE
O
UR
GENERATION FOR
SUCH% A TIME
AS
THIS.
% WE
ARE
CUSTODIANS OF THE
% MOVEMENT, AND
W
E MUST
DEVELOP
% THE WORK
T
H
AT
DR. KING
STARTED.
% WE
MUST
USE
OUR
POWER
TO
% TRANSFORM SOCIETY
FO
R
THE
% BETTER.
% IT
I
S
O
UR
RESPONSIBILITY,
JUST
% AS I
N
O
UR
SOCIETY
IT'S
O
UR
JOB,
% EACH AND
EVERY ONE
OF
US.
% WE
HE
!
MUS
T
STEWARD
RESPONSIBLY THIS
% RESPONSIBILITY.
% IN ADDITION
T
O
HAVING
DEFINING
% MOMENTS, WE HAVE TO
HAVE A
CLEAR
% MESSAGE.
% WHAT
IS REQUIRE
D
OF
U
S
IS
STATED
% PLAINLY IN
THE
W
ORDS
OF
MICAH.
% NOW,
HE'S
OFTEN
CONSIDERED A
% MINOR
PROPHET,
BUT
HE
DELIVERED% A
MAJO
R
MESSAGE.
% IN
CHAPTER
6
,
VERSE
8
,
H
E
SAYS% WE ARE
T
O
D
O
JUSTICE, T
O
LOVE
% MERCY
A
ND
T
O
WALK
HUMBLY
W
ITH
% OUR GOD.
% AND
WE
MUS
T
NOT
WATER
DOWN
THIS
% MESSAGE.
% IN
ORDER
TO
STAND
FOR
JUSTICE,
% WE MUST
KNO
W
HAT
INJUSTICE
% LOOKS
LIKE.
% WE
MUST
NAME
WHAT
WE'RE
TALKING
% ABOUT.
% WE
MUST
D
ELIVER A
CLEAR
MESSAGE.
% WE
MUS
T
RECOGNIZE
I
NJUSTICE,
% RACIAL
INEQUITIES
IN
THE
% CRIMINAL
JUSTICE
SYSTEM
AND
% POLICING,
DISPARITIES IN
% EDUCATION
AND HEALTH
CARE,
MASS
% UNEMPLOYMENT
AND
% UNDEREMPLOYMENT.
% WE
MUS
T
MAKE
T
HE
SUFFERING OF
% THE
OPPRESSED VISIBLE
TO
THE
% POINT WHERE
IT
CAN
NOT B
E
% IGNORED.
% WE
MUST
CALL
I
NJUSTICE
WHAT IT
% IS.
% IN
ADDITION
TO
HAVING
-
% [APPLAUSE]%>> THANK YOU.
% IN ADDITION
TO
HAVING A
DEFINING
% MOMENT
AND A
CLEAR
MESSAGE,
WE
%
MUST
EMPLOY A
CREATOR
M
ETHOD.
% WE MUST RESPOND
T
O
INJUSTICE.
%
WE
MUST
EMPLOY
WHAT
DR. KING
% CALLED
CREATIVE
TENSION,
EXPOS
E
% INJUSTICE
I
N
DRAMATIC
WAYS.
% YOU
SEE,
I
NJUSTICE
C
AN
EXIST
% BENEATH
THE
VENEER
OF
NORMALCY
% AND
SINCERITY.
% WE
M
US
T
EXPOSE
THE
SIN
IN
% SINCERITY.
% I
AM A
CREATOR
A
ND
I'M A
% TEACHER.
% I TEACH
PEOPLE.
% MUSIC
IS
THE
PRINCIPLE SUBJECT
% MATTER THAT
I
USE,
ALONG
W
ITH
% SHARING
TRANSFERABLE LIFE% SKILLS.
% YOU
SEE, I
BELIEVE
THAT
EVERY
% YOUNG
PERSON
NEEDS A
MATURE,
% CARING
ADULT
IN
HIS
AND
H
ER
LIFE
% WHO WILL
CHALLENGE
H
IM
O
R
HE
R
% WITH
WISDOM
REGARDING
C
HRIS
CAL
% ISSUES AND
DECISIONS
I
N
THEIR
% LIVES.
% [APPLAUSE]
!
% >> THANK
YOU.
% I
SHOW
U
P,
I STAND
UP,
AND
% SOMETIMES
I
SHOW
OUT
.
% WHETHER AS A
PERFORMING ARTIST
% TEACHING FROM
THE S
TAGE
O
R
AS A% TEACHER IN THE
STUDIO
AND
% REHEARSAL
SPACE,
I
INTENTIONALLY
% DELIVER AN
INSPIRING
% PERFORMANCE.
% WE
MUST
REMEDY
INJUSTICE.
% AS HAS BEEN
STATED
BEFORE,
% INJUSTICE ANYWHERE
THREATENS
% FREEDOM AND
J
USTICE
EVERYWHERE,
% BECAUSE
I
NJUSTICE
A
ND
OPPRESSION
% ARE
DAMAGING TO
BOT
H
T
HE
% OPPRESSED AS WELL AS
THE
% OPPRESSORS.
% AND
WE
,
WISCONSIN,
WE
MUST
% RESCUE BOTH.
% OUR STAND
FOR
JUSTICE MIGHT
BE A
% STRUCTURAL RESPONSE.
% THAT'S
THE
ONLY
W
AY
FORWARD.
% WE MUST
HO
LD
OURSELVES
AND
%
OTHERS
ACCOUNTABLE.
% SO I
ISSUE A CALL
TODA
Y
THAT
% RESTRUCTURING
THE
ARCHITECTURE
% THAT
MAKES
FOR AN
UNEVEN
P
LAYING
% FIELD
I
S
NECESSARY.
% WE
MU
ST
HONESTLY
A
SK
OURSELVES% WHAT IS
I
T
ABOUT
OUR
% INSTITUTIONS THAT
PROTECT
% INJUSTICE?%WHAT
I
S
IT
ABOUT
INJUSTICE THAT
% IS SO
APPEALING
AND
S
O
% SEDUCTIVE?
% WE MUST
HAVE A
MISSION, AND
THE
% MISSION
IS
TO
STAND
FOR
JUSTICE.
% LET
US
AFFIRM
THE
% FUNDAMENTALLING
!
FUNDAMENTAL
DIGNITY
OF
HUMAN
LIFE
AS
PEOPLE
% MADE IN
THE
IMAGE
O
F
LIFE
AND
%
OPPOSE PRACTICES THAT
DENY
THIS.
% A
STAND
FOR
JUSTICE
REPLACES
% FEELINGS
O
F
SUPERIOR
TOWARDS
THE
% DISENFRANCHISED WITH MERCY
% COMPASSION FOR
THE
%
DISENFRANCHISED.
% THESE
ARE
OUR
BROTHERS.
% THESE
ARE
OUR
SISTERS.
% AND WE
ARE
THEIR
KEEPERS.
%
THE ONE
IN
FRONT
O
F
US
W
HO
IS
% EXPERIENCING I
NJUSTICE
NEEDS
AN
%
ADVOCATE.
% SHE I
S
OUR
NEIGHBOR.
% HE
IS
THE
ONE
WHO
HA
S
THE
% IT'S THE
POOR.
% IT'S
THE
ORPHAN.
% IT'S
THE
WIDOW
.
% IT'S THE
IMMIGRANT AMONG
US.
% THESE ARE
O
U
R
BROTHERS.
% THESE
ARE
OUR
SISTERS.
% AND WE ARE
THEIR
KEEPERS.
%
IN
H
IS
O
PEN
LETTER, L
ETTER
FROM% A
BIRMINGHAM
JAIL,
REVEREND% MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
NOTED I
% AM
COGNIZANT OF
T
HE
INTERRELATED
% OF ALL
STATES.
% INJUSTICE ANYWHERE
I
S A
T
HREAT
% TO JUSTICE
EVERYWHERE.
% WE ARE
CAUGHT
IN A
NETWORKING
% WITH OF
MUTUALITY, TIED
IN A
% GARMENT
OF
DESTINY.
% WHATEVER
AFFECTS
ONE
DIRECTLY
% AFFECTS ALL
INDIRECTLY.
% THIS RECOGNITION
OF A
NETWORK
O
F
% MUTUALITY
IS
INTEGRAL
T
O
JUSTICE
% OUTCOMES.
% SEE, JUSTICE
IS
T
HE
CORNERSTONE
% VALUE IN
TH
E
ARCHITECTURE
OF
A
% PREEMINENT
SOCIETY.
% IT
RECOGNIZES TH
E
STRENGTH
A
ND
% THE
BENEFIT
OF
INTERDEPENDENT
% HARMONY THAT IS
DERIVED
B
Y
% WORKING
TOGETHER
TOWARDS A
% DESIRED
G
OAL.
% TO
R
ALLY
HIS
SECRETARIES AROUND
% THE
P
OOR
PEOPLE'S
CAMPAIGN,
% DR. KING
FASTED
AND
HE
PRAYED.
% AND HE
CHALLENGED THEM
WIT
H
% THESE WORDS.
% HE
SAID, WE HAVE
TO DO
IT,
F
OR
% OUR OWN
SENSE
OF
DIGNITY,
OUR
% OWN
SELF-WAS,
!
SELF-RESPECT,
F
OR
OUR
O
WN
%
DETERMINATION.
% BUT WE
CAN'T DO
I
T
I
F
W
E
DON'T
% GIVE OUR
ALL TO
IT.
% SO IT IS
WITH U
S
A
S
W
E
TAKE A
% STAND
FOR
JUSTICE.
% WE
DON'T
WANT TO B
E
LESS
THAN
% WE'RE
CALLED TO
BE.
% THAT WOULD
BE
DEFEAT.
% NOR DO
WE
WANT TO
BE MORE THA
N
% WE'RE
CALLED TO
BE.
% THAT WOULD
BE
CONCEIT.
% WE
WANT TO
B
E
ALL
THAT WE
ARE
% CALLED TO
BE
AND THAT
IS TO
BE
% COMPLETE.
% [APPLAUSE]%>> THANK YOU.
% >> T
HANK
Y
OU.
% WHEN I
W
AS
I
N
T
HE
7TH
GRADE, M
Y
% MOTHER
ENROLLED
M
E
IN A
TYPING
% CLASS.%THERE
W
AS A
SENTENCE
THAT
W
E
% PRACTICED
EVERY
DAY.
% PERHAPS YOU
HAD
T
HIS
SAM
E
% PRACTICE
SENTENCE." NOW
I
S
!
.
% "NOW IS
THE
TIME
FO
R
ALL
GOOD
% MEN TO COME
TO THE
A
ID
O
F
THE
IR
% COUNTRY."
% DOES IT
SOUND
FAMILIAR T
O
% ANYBODY?
% I
KNOW
I'M
DATING
MYSELF.
% BUT
I
PRACTICED THAT
SENTENCE
% DAY I
N
AN
D
AY
OUT.
%
KING
REMINDS
U
S
T
HAT
HUMAN
% PROGRESS
NEVER
ROLLS
IN
O
N
% WHEELS
O
F
INEVITABILITY.
% IT COMES
THROUGH
THE
TIRELESS
% EFFORT
OF
M
EN
WILLING TO
B
E
% CO-WORKERS
W
ITH
GOD,
AND
WITHOUT
% THIS HARD
W
ORK,
TIME
ITSELF
% BECOMES
AN
ALLY OF
THE
FORCES
OF
% SOCIAL
STAGNATION.
% YOU
S
EE,
THE
CONDITIONS
%
SURROUNDING US INTRODUCE U
S T
O
% OURSELVES.%AND
TH
E
PERSISTENCE
WITH
WHICH
% WE
ENGAG
E
THE
RESISTANCE AND
% DIFFICULTY
W
E
EXPERIENCE WHEN
% STRIVING TO
ADD
RESS
THOSE
% CONDITIONS
FORM
WHO
WE
BECOME.
% LET
ME
E
XPLAIN
THAT.
% CIRCUMSTANCES
SURROUNDING
% DR. KING
I
NTRODUCED HIM
TO
% HIMSELF.%HE
HAD
!
TO
BECOME,
HE
HAD
TO
% BECOME
THE
REVEREND
DR.
!
DR. MARTIN% LUTHER KING,
JR.
%
YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE
AUDIENCE,
HE
% HA
D
T
O
BECOME
THE
D
RUM
MAJOR
FOR
% JUSTICE
THROUGH
REDEMPTIVE
% SUFFERING.
% HIS
LEGACY
IS
SECURED B
Y
WHA
T
H
E
% SUFFERED AND
HOW
H
E
SERVED.
% HE H
AD
HAD
!
T
O
GROW
AND DEVELOP INTO
% THE
MAN
W
HO
LOOKED
LIKE
% SOMETHING IMPORTANT WAS
ABOUT
TO
%
HAPPEN
WHEN HE
ENTERED A
ROOM.
% AND
WHO
SPOK
E
LOUDLY
BY
JUST
% LISTENING
AND
BEING
PRESENT.
% HE HAD
TO
BE
INTRODUCED TO
% HIMSELF.
% AS HE
HEEDED
THE
CALL O
N
HIS
% LIFE, HE
TAUGHT US
I
N
THE
% PROCESS.
%
HE
TAUGHT
US
T
HAT THERE
A
RE
% WOUNDS TO
B
E
HAD
.
%
HE
T
AUGHT
US THERE
I
S
SOMETHING
% WORTH
FIGHTING
FOR.
% LET ME
AS
K YOU
NOW, HAVE YOU
% BEEN
INTRODUCED
T
O
YOURSELF?
% HAVE YOU
COME
TO
REALIZE TH
E
%
ROLE YOU
A
RE
TO
PLAY IN
SERVING
% YOUR
G
ENERATION?
% WHEN YOU
MEE
T
YOU
RSELF,
WHEN
YOU
% SEE
YOUR
PRIVILEGE
IN
LIGHT O
F
% YOUR
NEIGHBOR'S
PLIGHT,
T
HIS
% INTRODUCTION WILL
MOVE
YOU
TO
% ACTION.
% YOU'VE HEARD
IT
SAID
THAT
SO
A
ND
% SO IS
WALKING
THE
TALK
AND
THAT
% WE MUST
WALK
THE
TALK?
% CAN I
GET A
WITNESS?
% >>
AMEN.
% >> ALL
RIGHT.
% [APPLAUSE]%>>
WELL,
JUST
ALLOW ME
T
O
EDIT
% THAT
JUST
A
LITTLE.
% BEFORE WE WALK
T
HE
TAL
K,
WE
M
UST
% FIRST
TAL
K
T
HE
TALK.
% PROVERBS
31
,
VERSES
8
A
ND
9
% GIVES
US A
PRACTICAL
COLLECTIVE.
% IT
SAYS
,
OPEN
YOUR
M
OUTH
FOR
THE
% MUTE, FOR
THE RIGHTS
O
F
ALL WHO
%
ARE
DESTITUTE.
% OPEN
YOUR
MOUTH, JUDGE
% RIGHTEOUSLY, DEFEND THE
RIGHTS% OF THE
POOR
AND
NEEDY.
% IN ORDER TO
TALK
THE
TALK, WE
% HAVE
TO
OPEN
OUR
MOUTHS.
% WE
HAVE
T
O
JUDGE
RIGHTEOUSLY.
% AND WE
HAVE
T
O
DEFEND
THE RIGHTS% OF
THE
POOR
AND
NEEDY
AMONG
US.
% NOW, I
HAVE AN
EXAMPLE O
F
% SOMEONE WHO
D
ID
JUSTICE.
% MY
BOYFRIEND.
% MY
HUSBAND.
% THE
REVEREND
DR. HAROLD
DAVIS.
% SEE, AFTER
SEEING
THE
SUSPENSION
% STATISTICS I
N
OUR
LOCAL
SCHOOL
% DISTRICT,
HE
ENGAGED.
% BY
MENTORING
AND
THEN
WRITING A
% CURRICULUM FOR
OTHERS TO DO
T
HE
% SAME, HE
TOOK A
STAND
FOR
% JUSTICE.
% HE
DI
D
N
OT
PASSIVELY SIT
BACK
% AND TALK ABOUT
THE
PROBLEM.
% HE
WALKED
T
H
E
TALK.
% [APPLAUSE]%>>
AMEN.
% [APPLAUSE]%>> THANK
Y
OU.
% AND HE
P
UT
F
ORTH A
SOLUTION TO
% ADDRESS
THE
SITUATION.
% AND THEN
HE
ENLISTED
ME
TO
WRITE
% THE
FEMALE
CURRICULUM.
% OUR
TALKS
MENTORING PROGRAM
H
AS
% IMPACTED THE LIVES
OF
M
ANY
AS WE
% HAVE
ENDEAVORED
T
O
TRANSFER A
% LITTLE
KNOWLEDGE
SYSTEMATICALLY.
% HONORING
DR. KING'S
LEGACY
AND
% LIFE MUST
BE MORE
THAN A
% CALENDAR DATE.
% THE
CALL
H
E
ISSUED I
N
THE MIDDLE% OF THE
20TH
CENTURY I
S
JUST A
S
% RESOUNDING TO US
IN
THI
S
21S
T
% CENTURY.
% WE
MUST
NO
T
WATER
D
OWN
H
IS
% MESSAGE.%IT
IS A
CALL
FOR
JUSTICE.
% [APPLAUSE]
% >>
IT
IS
ROOTED
IN
THE
GOSPEL,
% FOR
Y
OU
KNOW HE
W
AS A
MINISTER% OF THE
GOSPEL WHO
LOVED
THE
% CHURCH,
WHO
WAS
NURTURED
BY
THE
% CHURCH, WHO
WAS
SUSTAINED BY
THE
% CHURCH
AN
D
WHO
REMAINED TRUE TO
% THE CHURCH.
% SO LET
US PICK
U
P
T
HE
MANTLE AND
% ADDRESS THE
ROOT OF THE
PROBLEM
% WITH COURAGE AS
W
E
TAKE
O
UR
% STAND
FOR
JUSTICE.
% MY
SON-IN-LAW,
T
HE
REVEREND
% DR. CHARLIE
DATES
,
ADMONISHED US
% AT THE FRONT
OF
T
HIS
YEAR
BY
% SAYING DON'T
JUDGE
PROGRESS
% BY WHAT
YOU
THINK
YOU
O
UGHT TO
% BE
OR
HOW
SUCCESSFUL
YOU
THINK
% YOU SHOULD BE.
% VIEW
YOUR
PROGRESS BY
THE
MERCY
% AND
FAITHFULNESS
O
F
GOD.
% AND
L
E
T
ME
ADD
,
LET
T
HIS
VANTAGE
% POINT SUSTAIN YOUR
F
AITHFULNESS% TO
Y
OU
R
CALLING.
% FOR
4
0
YEARS,
DR. OVERBY AND
% YOUR
STAFF
AND
COMMUNITY
AND
THE
% STATE OF WISCONSIN
H
A
VE
% SUSTAINED A CEREMONY
OF
TRIBUTE
% AND
CELEBRATION OF THE
LIFE
AND
%
LEGACY OF THE
PREACHER,
THE
% REVEREND
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING,% JR.%
I COMMEND
YOU
F
OR
THIS
% COMMITMENT.
% YOU MUST
B
E
CAREFUL.
% [APPLAUSE]%>> THANK
YOU.
% [APPLAUSE] !%>>
YOU MUST
B
E
CAREFUL
TO
% CELEBRATE WHAT
GOD
HAS
% MERCIFULLY ALLOWED YOU
TO
DO.
% YOU MA
Y
FEEL
AS IF
PUTTING ON
% THE
STATEWIDE
CEREMONY
AFTER
4
0
% YEARS SHOULD HAVE
HAD
MORE
% SUPPORT,
MORE
ENTHUSIASM
A
ND
% MORE
RESOURCES.
% BUT
LE
T
ME
HASTEN
TO
S
AY
THAT
% THE
PROVIDENCE
OF
GOD
HAS
% ALLOWED YOUR
PLANNING, YOUR
% PREPARATION
AND
T
HIS
% PRESENTATION TO
BE
EXACTLY
AS
IT
% OUGHT TO
BE.
% THE
MORAL
ARC OF
T
HE
UNIVERSE
I
S
% LONG,
BU
T
IT
BENDS
TOWARDS
% JUSTICE,
CORDING
TO
!
ACCORDING TO
OUR
% HONOREE TODAY.
% SO
LET'
S KEEP
MOVING.
%
THOSE
STANDING
F
OR
JUSTICE
STAND
% WITH MORE
POWER
T
HAN
A
NY
% OPPOSITION BECAUSE THEY
KN
OW
% THAT
EVI
L
CANNOT
CONCEIVE A
% PERFECT PLAN.
% A
TRIBUTE
WA
S
GIVEN
TO
DR. KING
% AT
HIS
GRAVESITE.
% IT WAS
SAID
THE
CEMETERY
IS
TOO
% SMALL FOR
HIS
SPIRIT.
% THE GRAVE
I
S
TOO
NARROW
FOR
H
IS
%
SOUL.
% WE
COMMEND
HIS
LEGACY
O
F
COURAGE
% AND LOVE
T
O
OURSELVES,
OUR
% CHILDREN
AN
D
OU
R
CHILDREN'S% CHILDREN.
% WE COMMEND
H
IS
LIFE
T
O
THE
% UNIVERSE.
% IT HAS BEEN
M
Y
PRIVILEGE
TO
% STAND
BEFORE
YOU
TODAY
AND
SPEAK
% WELL
OF
H
IM,
TO
ASSURE
ALL WHO
% ARE PRESENT
THAT
HIS
LIVING
WAS
% NOT
IN
VAIN,
TO
URGE
OUR
% COMMITMENT TO
DEVELOP
HIS WORK
% AND TO
SHARE
THE
PRINCIPLES THAT
% GUIDED
H
IS
LIFE
AND
MINE.
% THANK
YOU
.
% [CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]
!
% ♪
!
% >>
DR. OLLIE
WATTS
DAVIS!
% [CHEERS AND
A
PPLAUSE]
!
% >> ALL
RIGHT
.
% YOU
MAY BE
SEATED.
% FOR MORE THAN 36
YEARS,
THE
% RENDERS WILLIE
BRISCO
HA
S
% DEDICATED HIS
L
IFE TO
FIGHT
% BEING
INJUSTICE
IN
MILWAUKEE,
% TAKING
O
N IN
EE
QUALITIES
IN
% TRANSPORTATION, EMPLOYMENT AND
% HOUSING.
% WHEN
WESTLAWN,
THE
FEDERAL
% PUBLIC
H
OUSING
DEVELOPMENT, WAS
% INITIALLY
BEING
REBUILT, HE
% WITNESSED
FIRSTHAND
TH
E
% INJUSTICES IN
CONSTRUCTION
% EMPLOYMENT
EXPOSED
THROUGH A
% $300
MILLION
PROJECT.
% HE
HELPED
T
O
IDENTIFY HOW
% AUTHORITIES HAD
FAILED
T
O
MEET
% FEDERAL
REGULATIONS
FOR
HIRING
% LOW-INCOME WORKERS.
% HE
WORKED
FOR
25
YEARS
AT
THE
% MILWAUKEE COUNTY HOUSE O
F
% CORRECTION.
% TODAY,
HE
I
S
WORKING
W
ITH
%
WISCONSIN
GOVERNOR TONY EVERS
% AND OTHERS
TO
REFORM T
HE
% CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM
I
N
% WISCONSIN.
% [CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]
!
% >>
ON
BEHALF OF
TH
E
GOVERNOR'S
% OFFICE,
I
A
M
PLEASED
T
O
ANNOUNCE
% THAT
TH
E
REVEREND
WILLIE
BRISCO
% IS
TH
E
RECIPIENT OF
THE
% WISCONSIN
2020 MLK
HERITAGE
% AWARD.
% [CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]
% >>
FIRST
O
F
A
LL
,
I
'D
LIKE
TO
% THANK GOD FOR
B
EING
ALIV
E
FOR
% THIS DAY
.
% [CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]
% >> I
W
ANT
TO
THANK
GOVERNOR
% EVERS,
DR. OVERBY
AND
THE
% NOMINATING COMMITTEE FOR
% SELECTING ME
FOR
THIS
AWARD.
% I
A
M
TRULY HOW MAN
Y
!
HUMBLED.
% I
AM
T
RULY
GRATEFUL.
% I
ACCEPT
THIS
A
WA
RD
O
N
BEHALF
O
F
% WISDOM
A
ND
THE
1
STATE
% AFFILIATES THAT
W
E
REPRESENT.
% I ACCEPT
THIS
AWARD
ON
BEHALF OF
% THE
ORGANIZATION
AND
IT
S
1
7
% AFFILIATES
THROUGHOUT
THE
% COUNTRY.
% I
TRULY
WORK
ALONGSIDE
S
OM
E
% DYNAMIC
AND
DIVERSE
PEOPLE.
% THEY
AL
LOW
ME
T
O
DO
THIS
WORK,
% AND
THEY
ALLOW ME
TO
WORK
% ALONGSIDE THEM.
% SO
I
THANK GOD FOR
THAT.
% [APPLAUSE]
% >>
I
ALS
O
ACCEPT
THIS
AWARD
O
N
% BEHALF
OF
MY
ANCESTORS AN
D
O
N
% BEHALF
OF
M
Y
FAMILY,
BECAUSE
% THEY
HA
VE
B
OTH
DIED,
SURVIVED
% AND
LIVED
I
SOCIETY
THAT
% DIDN'T
ALWAYS
APPRECIATE THEM.
% BUT
YOU
KNO
W
WHAT?
% WE
K
EPT
ON
KEEPING
ON
AND W
E
ARE
% ALIVE TODAY
AND
THAT'
S
WHY
I
% TAKE
THIS HONOR AND
IN
THEIR
% PLACE.
% [APPLAUSE] !%>>
I
THANK
DR. KING
BECAUSE
I'M% RECEIVING
THIS
AWARD
BECAUSE
HE
%
SAID
THA
T
I COULD
B
E
GREAT
% BECAUSE
I
COULD
SERVE.
% AND THAT'S
WHY
I
SERVE.
% AND ON
BEHALF
OF
NEW
COVENANT
% BAPTIST
CHURCH, I
S
AY
T
HIS
.
% MY
SOU
L
I
S
TRULY
HAPPY.
% MY
SOUL
IS
GRATEFUL.
% THANK ALL OF
YOU
,
MY
BROTHERS
% AND
SISTERS
WHO
WITNESSED
THIS
% TODAY, AND THANK
ALL OF
YOU
WHO
% PRAYED FOR
THIS
DAY.
% AND
THANK GOD
FOR
DR. MARTIN% LUTHER KING, JR.
% AMEN.
% [APPLAUSE] !
% >>
FRIENDS
, THAT
CONCLUDES
% WISCONSIN'S
40TH
ANNUAL
TRIBUTE
% AND
CEREMONY
HONORING
DR. MARTIN% LUTHER KING,
JR.
% ON
BEHALF OF
THE OFFICE
OF
% WISCONSIN GOVERNOR TONY EVERS%
AND
THOSE
WHO
HELPED
MAKE
THIS
% PROGRAM
POSSIBLE,
UNTIL
NEX
T
% TIME,
I'M JONATHAN
OVERBY.
% THANK
YOU
F
OR
ATTENDING,
% LISTENING AND
WATCHING,
AND
MAY
% YOUR
DAY
BE
FILLED
W
ITH
PEACE
% AND
HARMONY.
% HAVE A
G
OOD
DAY!
% THANK YOU.
%
[APPLAUSE]
% ♪
!