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% [CHEERS AND%[CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE] APPLAUSE]
% >>%>>
GOOD GOOD
AFTERNOON, AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. EVERYB
ODY.
% I'M%I'M GOVERNOR GOVERNOR TO
NY TONY
EVERS. EVERS.
% [CHEERS AND%[CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE] APPLAUSE]
%
>>%>>
AND AND I I WANT WANT
TO TO
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YOU YOU
TO TO
% WISCONSIN'S%WISCONSIN'S
40TH
40TH ANNUAL ANNUAL
TRIBUTE TRIBUTE
% AND%AND
CEREMONY CEREMONY
HONORING HONORING
DR. MARTIN DR. MARTIN% LUTHER KING,
% LUTHER KING,
JR. JR.
% [APPLAUSE]%[APPLAUSE] !%
>>%>> I'M I'M
PLEASED PLEASED
TO TO
JOIN JOIN
YOU YOU
ALL ALL
% AS
% AS WE WE
GATHER GATHER ONCE ONCE
AGAIN AGAIN
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O TO
% CONTEMPLATE%CONTEMPLATE AND
AND
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% PURSUIT%PURSUIT OF OF
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ALL. ALL.
% TODAY'S%TODAY'S
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% JUSTICE,"%JUSTICE," BRINGS B
RINGS TOGETHER TOGETHER% THOUSANDS
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% OUR%OUR STATE STATE AND AND
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WHO WHO
% DESIRE%DESIRE TO TO
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%
CULTURAL%CULTURAL BONDS BONDS T
HAT THAT DIVIDE DIVIDE
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% WISCONSIN'S%WISCONSIN'S ANNU
AL ANNUAL CELEBRATION CELEBRATION%
OF% OF
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AND AND
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IN IN
% INSPIRES%INSPIRES TO TO STREN
GTHEN STRENGTHEN THAT THAT
% BRIDGE.%BRIDGE.
% PLEASE%PLEASE JOIN JOIN ME ME
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% EXECUTIVE%EXECUTIVE PRODUCE
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% WISCONSIN'S%WISCONSIN'S OWN
OWN DR. JONATHAN DR. JONATHAN
% OVERBY.%OVERBY.%[CHEER
S AND% [CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE] APPLAUSE]
%
MOTHERLESS
CHILD ♪
% ♪ A
LONG
WAY
♪
% ♪ A
LON
G
WAY
♪
% ♪ A
LONG
WAY ♪
%
♪ A
LONGING
!
LON
G
WAY
FRO
M
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% ♪
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OME ♪
% [APPLAUSE]
Y
OU
A
ND
G
OOD
AFTERNOON
% AND THANK
YOU, GOVERNOR
EVERS,
% AND TO
KATHY
EVERS
W
HO
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US
% TODAY,
AS
DOES
LIEUTENANT% WISCONSIN GOVERNOR
O
F
WISCONSIN% MANDELA BARNES
AND
OTHERS.
% [APPLAUSE] !
% >>
OTHER
DISTINGUISHED
GUESTS
% REPRESENTING
RELIGIOUS
ENTITIES.
% IT'S
GOOD TO
BE
WITH
YOU
TODAY.
% IN
THE
SPIRIT
OF
GOOD
COMMUNITY,
% I
INV
OU
NOW
TO
STAND
AND
% GREET EACH OTHER
I
N
THE
SPIRIT
% OF GOOD
COMMUNITY.
% [PARTICIPANTS
GREETING
O
NE
% ANOTHER]
% >>
I STAND
BEFORE YOU
AS
I
DID
% 1980, FOUR
DECADES A
GO,
TO
% CELEBRATE THE
LIF
E
AND
LEGACY
O
F
% DR. KING.
% LIKE MANY
OF
YOU,
I
'M
HERE
ALSO
% TO
D
RA
W
ATTENTION
TO
THE
% FAMILIAR
STENCH
OF
HATRED,
F
EAR
% OF
OTHERS
AND
MISGUIDED
% CONFLATION OF
N
ATIONALISM AS
% THOUGH IT
WAS A
CORNERSTONE
TO
% PATRIOTISM.
% THE
ILL-PLACED
BELIEF THAT
I
F
% YOU COMPLAIN A
BOUT
OUR
COUNTRY,
% YOU DON'T
LOV
E
IT.
% I
L
OVE
AMERICA.
% I'M A
PATRIOT.
% BUT
THE
EVENT
IS MORE
THAN
JUST
% ABOUT
LOVE.
% IT'S
ABOU
T
CALLING
INT
O
QUESTION
% WHEN WE
SEE
INJUSTICE,
WHEREVER
% WE
FIN
D
IT,
TO
CALL
INTO
% QUESTION
THE
SAD,
SELECTIVE
A
ND
% OFTEN
TRAGIC
TREATMENT
OF
S
OM
E
% GROUPS
IN
OUR
GREAT
NATION.
% THIS
IS,
I
SUBMIT,
THE
% EMBODIMENT
O
F
INJUSTICE.
% IT
IS
UNAMERICAN.
% AND
SILENCE
IS
NEITHER
A
N
OPTION
% FOR CURE
F
O
R T
HE
BREADTH
O
F
% HATRED
SPREADING
ACROSS AMERICA% TODAY.
% AND
THOUGH
I
CELEBRATE
KING
A
ND
% I
CELEBRATE
WHA
T
HE
S
TOOD
FOR,% THERE
IS SOMETHING THAT HE
SPOKE
% ABOUT.%KING
SAID
THAT
INJUSTICE
% ANYWHERE IS A
TH
REAT
T
O
JUSTICE
% EVERYWHERE.%WE
ARE
CAUGHT IN
AN
INESCAPABLE
% NETWORK OF
MUTUALITY, TIED
TO A
% SINGLE
GARMENT
OF
DESTINY.
% WHATEVER
AFFECTS
ONE
DIRECTLY
% AFFECTS ALL
INDIRECTLY.
% MARTIN LUTHER
KING,
ALABAMA,
% 1963.
% AND
S
O
TODAY,
W
E
HE
A
SK
FOR
% PEACE.
% WE A
SK FOR
LOVE
.
% AND W
E
AS
K
FOR
THE
CELEBRATION
% OF
THOSE WHO
A
RE
DIFFERENT,
% THOSE WHOSE
ATTIRE
ARE
% DIFFERENT, THOSE WHO
WERE
NOT
% BORN HERE.
% WE
REMEMBER
THAT
KING
WANTED U
S
% TO CELEBRATE
EACH
O
THER.
% AND SO
I
ASK YOU
TO
STAND
W
E
% RENDER
T
ODAY'S
INVOCATION
TODAY
% BY
DR. IBRAHIM
SAEED,
RESEARCH
% CHEMIST AND
PRESIDENT OF
THE
% ISLAMIC
COMMUNITY CENTER
OF
% MADISON.
% [APPLAUSE]
% >>
YOU
CAN
HAVE A
SEAT.
% THANK
YOU
.
% >>
PEACE.
% IN T
HE
NAM
E
O
F
GOD,
T
HE
MOST
% MERCIFUL,
I
BE A
WITNESS
THAT% THERE IS
NO
GOD
EXCEPT
GOD
AND
% THAT
A
LL
THE
PROPHETS
OF
GOD
% FROM
A
DAM
THROUGH
A
NO
CH
THROUGH
% NOAH,
THROUGH ABRAHAM
AND
ISSUE
!
ISMAEL
% AND
ISAA
C, M
AY
THE
PEACE
OF
GOD
% BE
ON
ALL
O
F
THEM.
%
BECAUSE THE ONE
WH
O
SHOWED
U
S
% THE
GUY,
GOD
REFINED
THE
M
AND
% SENT THEM
TO
GUIDE
US
ALL
% THROUGH
THE
HISTORY
OF
MANKIND.
% IN
THESE
LAST
REVELATIONS,
GO
D
% HAS
CHALLENGED
U
S
AND
ADDRESSES
% HUMANITY, A
L
OF
HUMANITY,
IN
% THE
KORAN
CHAPTER
49,
SAYING
,
% IN
T
HIS
VERSE:
% [SINGING
VERSE
FROM
THE
K
ORAN]
!
% >>
I
SAID
THE
VERSE
I
N
THE
% ARABIC
LANGUAGE
BECAUSE
THAT'S
% THE
ORIGINAL
TEXT
IN
W
HICH
THAT
% SCRIPTURE
IS
REVEALED.
% BUT
THE
MEANING OF
THESE
WORDS,
% ALL
MANKIND,
W
E
CREATED
YOU
FROM% A
SINGLE
PAIR
O
F A
MALE
AND A
% FEMALE, REFERRING
T
O
ADAM
A
ND
%
EVE, AND
MADE
Y
OU
INTO
NATIONS
% UNTIED S
O
THAT
Y
OU
M
AY
GET
T
O
%
KNOW EACH
OTHER,
N
OT
TO
DESPISE
% EACH
OTHER
.
% IN THE
F
ACE
OF
GOD,
THE
MOST
% PIOUS
AND
MOST
RIGHTEOUS.
% THIS VERSE
INTRODUCES
THAT
% MANKIND
DESCENDED
FROM O
NE
PAIR
% OF
PARENTS,
FROM
ADAM
AND
EVE
,
% AND
THAT
IN
THE
FACE
OF
G
OD, WE
% ARE
ALL
EQUAL.
% NO
DISTINCTION O
R
SUPERIORITY
OF% A
NATION
OVER
ANOTHER
NATION,
% OVER
RAC
E
OVER
ANOTHER
RACE
OR% AN INDIVIDUAL
OVER
ANOTHER
% INDIVIDUAL.%THIS
I
S
EQUALITY
THAT
DR. KING
% DREAMED OF.
% AS
HE
SA
ID
IN ONE
OF
HIS
QUOTES,% I
HAVE A DREAM
T
HAT
M
Y
FOUR
% LITTLE CHILDREN
WILL ONE
DAY
% LIVE
IN A
NATION
WHERE
T
HEY
WILL
% NOT
BE JUDGED
BY THE
COLOR
OF
% THEIR
S
KIN,
B
UT
BY
THE
CONTENT
% OF
THEIR
CHARACTER.
% THE
BROTHERS
OF
I
SLAM,
IN
HIS
% LAST
SERMON
IN
MECCA,
SAID
THAT% THERE IS
NO
DISTINCTION
OF AN
% ARAB
OVER A
NONARAB
O
R A
NONARAB
% OVER AN
ARAB.
%
THERE IS
NO
DISTINCTION
OR
% SUPERIORITY
OF
A
WHITE
PERSON
% OVER BLACK
PERSON
OR A
BLACK
% PERSON
OVER
W
HITE
PERSON.
% YOU
ARE
ALL
FROM
ADA
M
A
ND
ADA
M
% IS
CREATED
F
ROM
DUST
OR
F
ROM
% SOIL.%THIS
I
S
WHAT
DR. KING
W
AS
% TEACHING
US
THROUGH
HI
S
LEGACY
% AND
HIS
LIFE.
% SO ALSO
OUR
FOREFATHERS,
THE
%
FOREFATHERS
OF
THIS
COUNTRY
ALSO
% WROTE:
"W
E
HOLD
T
HESE
TRUTHS TO
%
BE
SELF-EVIDENT, THAT ALL
MEN
% ARE
CREATED
EQUAL."
% SO
LET'
S
ALL
PRAY
TO ALL
MIGHTY
% GOD TO
GUIDE
US,
T
O
HELP
U
S
% FULFILL
THESE
PROMISES AND
T
O
% FULFILL THE
DREAM
O
F
DR. KING
% FOR
EQUALITY
A
ND
JUSTICE
FOR
% ALL.
% AMEN,
A
MEN.
% THANK
Y
OU
AND G
OD
BLESS
YOU
ALL.
% THANKS.
% [APPLAUSE]
%
>>
DR. IBRAHIM
SAE
ED.
% CURTIS
EUBANKS
IS A
SINGER
AND
% SONGWRITER FROM MILWAUKEE.
% HE
H
AS
SHARED
HIS
MUSIC AROUND
% THE WORLD.
% HE
SERVED
A
S
THE
DIRECTOR OF
THE
% MARQUETTE
GOSPEL
CHOIR.
% HE
OVERSEES
WORSHIP
AND
CREATIVE
% ART.
% PLEASE WELCOME
GOSPE
L
ARTIST
% CURTIS
EUBANKS.
% [APPLAUSE]
% ♪
!
% ♪
NOT A
SECOND
OR
ANOTHER
% MINUTE ♪
% ♪ NOT
AN
HOUR
OR
ANOTHER
DAY
♪
% ♪
AT
THE
STATE
CAPITOL WIT
H
M
Y
% ARMS
OUTSTRETCHED ♪
% ♪
LORD,
I
N
EED
YOU
TO
MAKE A
% WAY ♪
% ♪
A
S YOU
H
AV
E
DONE SO
MANY
TIMES
% BEFORE ♪%♪ YOU
MADE A
WAY
THROUGH
A
% WINDOW OPEN
!
OR
AN
OPEN
DOOR ♪
% ♪
I
STRETCH
M
Y
HANDS
TO
THEE ♪
% ♪
COME
RESCUE
ME ♪
% ♪ I
NEED
YOU
RIGHT
AWAY ♪
% ♪
I
N
EED
YOU
NOW ♪
% ♪ I
NEE
D
Y
OU
NOW ♪
% ♪
I
N
EED
YOU
N
OW ♪
% ♪ I
N
EED
Y
OU
NOW ♪
% ♪
NO
T
ANOTHER
SECON
D
O
R
ANOTHER
% MINUTE ♪
% ♪
NOT
A
N
H
OUR
O
R
ANOTHER
DAY ♪
% ♪
GOD,
I
NEED
YOU
RIGHT
AWAY ♪
% ♪ THE
AGONY
O
F
BEING
ALONE ♪
% ♪ THE
FEA
R
OF
HAVING
TO
D
O
% THINGS
ON
MY
OWN ♪
% ♪ THE
TE
STS
AND
TRIALS THAT
COM
E
% TO
M
AKE
ME
S
TRONG
♪
% ♪ I
HAVE
FEELINGS,
GUILT,
HURT,
% SHAME
AND
DEFEAT ♪
% ♪
THE
WAYS
O
F
TRIAL
THAT
BEAT
O
N
% ME ♪%♪ BUT
T
O
KNOW,
LORD,
THAT
I
N
YOU
% I'VE GOT
VICTORY ♪
% [CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]
♪
I
NEED
% YOU
!
YOU
NOW ♪
% ♪
O,
I
NEED
YOU
NOW ♪
% ♪ I
NEE
D
YOU
RIGHT
NOW,
RIGHT
%
NOW,
RIGHT
N
OW ♪
% ♪ I
NEED
YOU
NOW,
NOW ♪
% ♪ NOT
ANOTHER
SECOND
OR
ANOTHER
% MINUTE ♪
% ♪
NOT
AN
H
OUR
OR
ANOTHER
DAY ♪
% ♪
BUT,
GOD,
I
NEED
Y
OU ♪
% ♪ NO ONE
L
OVES
LIKE
YOU ♪
% ♪
GOD,
I
NEED
YOU ♪
% ♪ NO
ONE
HEALS
LIKE
YOU ♪
% ♪
GOD,
I
NEED
YOU ♪
% ♪
OOOH ♪
% ♪
A
S
W
E
TRAVEL
THROUGH
THIS
% STRANGE
LAND,
I
NEED
Y
OU ♪
% ♪ I
NEED
Y
OU ♪
% ♪
LIKE MARTIN LUTHER KING
HAD A
% DREAM ♪
% ♪ NO
ONE
MAKES
DREAMS
COME TRUE
% LIKE
Y
OU ♪
% ♪ I
NEED
Y
OU ♪
% ♪ AND I
NEED
Y
OU
RIGHT
AWAY ♪
% ♪
CLA
P
YOU
R H
ANDS
AND
SAY
I
NEED
% YOU RIGHT
AWAY ♪
% [CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]
% >>
M
AN
,
DON'T
COME H
ERE
AND
MESS
% UP
THE
PROGRAM
LIKE
T
HAT.
%
WHAT'S WRONG
WIT
H
YOU?
%
[LAUGHTER]%>>
GIVE
M
E
ANOTHER
VERSE
OF
THAT
% CHORUS,
MAN
.
% ♪
I
NEED
YOU
NOW ♪
% ♪
YEAH,
I
N
EED
Y
OU
N
OW ♪
% ♪
OH,
YES ♪
% ♪ I
Y
OU
NOW ♪
% ♪
NOW ♪
% ♪
RIGHT
NO
W
% ♪
R
IGHT
NOW ♪
% ♪
R
IGHT
NOW ♪
% [APPLAUSE]
♪
OOO
H ♪
% >>
Y
OUR
TURN,
BROTHER.
% ♪ I
CAN'T
WAIT ♪
% ♪
CAN'T
WAI
T
ANOTHER
MINUTE ♪
% ♪
ANOTHER
MINUTE ♪
% ♪
NOT
AN
HOUR ♪
% ♪
NOT
AN
HOUR ♪
% ♪
OR
ANOTHER
DAY ♪
% ♪
ANOTHER
DAY ♪
% ♪
GO
D,
I
NEED
YOU ♪
% ♪
I
NEED
YOU ♪
% ♪
GOD,
I
NEED
YOU ♪
% ♪
GOD, I
NEED
YOU ♪
% ♪
YES ♪
% ♪
RIGH
T
NOW ♪
% ♪
RIGHT
NOW ♪
% ♪
NOW
♪
% >>
THANK
YOU.
% [CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]
!
% ♪
YEA ♪
% [CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]
% [STANDING
OVATION]% >>
CURTIS
EUBANKS.
% COME UP
HE
RE
A
ND
TOUCH
% EVERYBODY.
% WELL,
HE
'S
FROM
MILWAUKEE,
BUT
% THAT'S NOT
THE END
OF
OUR
% MILWAUKEE
REPRESENTATION.
% THIS
AFTERNOON,
FROM
BREWTOWN,% WE HAVE THE
VIOLI
N
AND
C
ELLO
DUO
% SISTASTRINGS
.
% THEY
D
O
R
&
B.
% HAVING PERFORMED
AT
CARNEGIE
% HALL, MILWAUKEE
AND
MADISON
% SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA.
% THEY'RE ON
TH
E
FACULTY OF
T
HE
% WISCONSIN
CONSERVATORY THE
% MUSIC.
% PLEASE
GIVE A
WAR
M
WELCOME
TO
% SIS
!
SISTASTRINGS.
% [CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]
% ♪
!
% ♪
% ♪ WHEN YOU'RE DOWN AND OUT ♪
% ♪ WHEN YOU'RE 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 ♪
% ♪ YOUR TIME HAS COME TO SHINE ♪
% ♪ ALL YOUR DREAMS ARE ON THEIR%
WAY ♪
% ♪ SEE HOW THEY SHINE ♪
% ♪ OH, WHEN YOU NEED A FRIEND ♪
% ♪ 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 ♪
% ♪
!
% ♪
NO
TROUBLE OVER
THE
W
ATER ♪
% ♪
L
ET
I
T
BE ♪
% ♪
STILL
WATER
RUNS
DEEP ♪
% ♪
YES,
I
T
DO ♪
% ♪
O
,
YEAH
♪
% ♪ LET
IT
BE ♪
% ♪
STILL
WATER
RUN
DEEP ♪
% ♪
Y
ES,
IT
DO ♪
% ♪
O
H,
YEAH ♪
% ♪
!
% ♪
O ♪
%
[CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]
% [STANDING
OVATION]
% ♪
!
% ♪
!
% ♪
!
% ♪
!
% ♪
!
% ♪
!
% [CHEERS AND
!
% [STANDING
OVATION]
!
% >>
COM
E
ON.
% GIVE A
B
IG
HAND
FOR
SISTASTRINGS
% FROM
MILWAUKEE.
% [CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]
% >>
EACH
YEAR,
THE
COMMEMORATION
% OF
DR. KING'S
LIFE
RECALLS
HIS
% TRAGIC
DEATH
APRIL 4,
1968,
AT
% THE
A
GE
O
F
39.
% HIS
STEADFAST
DISDAIN
FOR
WAR
% AND
H
IS
DEEPLY-HELD HOP
E FOR
% PEACE IS
RECALLED
TODAY.
% WITH
O
UR
MEMORIAL
COLOR
GUARD,
% MEMBERS OF
THE
PRINCE HAL
L
% MASONIC
ORDER, ORDER OF
THE
EAST
% EASTERN STARS
A
ND
THE
% HIGHLANDERS, WE ASK
YO
U
TO
STAND
% IN
UNI
TY
TO
R
EMEMBER
THE
LIF
E
O
F
% DR. MARTIN LUTHER
KING AS
WEL
L
%
AS
THOSE
W
HO
I
N
THE
PURSUIT
OF
% FREEDOM
AN
D
JUSTICE
FOR
AL
L
PAID
% THE
ULTIMATE PRICE
FOR
FREEDOM,
% EQUALITY
AND
JUSTICE
FOR
ALL
.
% YOU MAY
I
N
FACT
REMEMBER WHE
N
% YOU,
WHEREVER YOU
WERE,
YOU
MAY
% RECALL THE
NEWS
O
F
HIS
% ASSASSINATION, WHICH SWEPT
% ACROSS
O
UR
N
ATION
AND
OUR
WORLD.
% AND
N
OW
W
E
REMEMBER
DR. KING
AND
% ALL
WHO
SACRIFICED
T
HEIR
LIVES
% FOR
U
S,
FOR
FREEDOM
AND
J
USTICE.
% [PROCESSIONAL
O
F
COLOR
GUARD
]
!
% [BAGPIPES
PLAYING
"AMAZING
% GRACE"]
!
% [PROCESSIONAL OF
COLOR
GUARD]
!
% >>
PRESENT
ARMS!
% [PRESENTATION OF
A
RMS]
% ♪
!
% ["TAPS
]
!
TAPS
"
PLAYING]
%
["TAPS" PLAYING]
%
♪
!
% [COLOR GUARD
MARCHING]
!
% [BAGPIPES
PLAYING]
% >>
WHI
LE
WE'RE
STANDING,
PLEASE
% JOIN
HANDS
AND
LET
U
S
ING
"WE
% SHALL
OVERCOME."
% >>
LET
US
ALL
SING.
% ♪
W
E
S
HALL
OVERCOME
♪
% ♪
WE
SHALL
OVERCOME ♪
% ♪
WE
SHALL
OVERCOME
SOMEDAY
♪
% ♪
O,
DEEP
IN
MY
HEART
♪
% ♪
I
DO
BELIEVE
♪
% ♪
THA
T
WE
SHALL
OVERCOME
% SOMEDAY ♪
% >>
SIN
G
I
T
AGAIN.
% ♪
WE
SHALL
OVERCOME ♪
% ♪
W
E
SHALL
OVERCOME ♪
% ♪
W
E
S
HALL
OVERCOME
SOMEDAY
♪
% ♪
O
,
DEEP
I
N
M
Y
HEART
♪
% ♪
I
D
O
BELIEVE ♪
% ♪
THAT
W
E
SHALL
OVERCOME
% SOMEDAY ♪
% [APPLAUSE]
% >>
DR. KING
FOUND
SOLACE
AND
% STRENGTH THROUGH
THE
H
EALING
% POWER OF SONG.
% HI
S
WIFE,
CORETTA
SCOTT
KING,
% WAS QUITE
THE
SINGER.
% OUR
PROGRAM
IS
FILLED
TODAY
WITH
% MUSIC IN
CELEBRATION
OF THE
% POWER
OF
MUSIC T
O
DRAW
U
S
% TOGETHER, AND HERE
I
S
MUSIC% DIRECTOR AT
THE
PIANO
BECCA
MAY
% GRANT
AND
THE
SISTERS
IN
SONG
% COMMUNITY CHOIR
UNDER
TH
E
% DIRECTION OF
TAMERA
STANLEY.
% PLEASE
GIV
E
THEM
ANOTHER
% WELCOME.
% [CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]
!
% >>
WE'LL
DO
"WE'VE
C
OME
THI
S
FAR
% BY
FAITH"
MEDLEY,
FOLLOWED
"I
% SHALL
W
EAR
A
CROWN."
%
♪
!
% ♪ WE'VE COME THIS FAR BY FAITH ♪
% ♪ LEANING ON THE LORD ♪
% ♪ TRUSTING IN HIS HOLY WORD ♪
% ♪ HE'S NEVER FAILED ME YET ♪
% ♪ OH, CAN'T TURN AROUND ♪
% ♪ WE'VE COME THIS FAR BY FAITH ♪
% ♪ I WILL TRUST IN THE LORD ♪%
♪ I WILL TRUST IN THE LORD ♪%♪
I WILL TRUST IN THE LORD 'TIL% I DI
E ♪
% ♪ WE'VE COME THIS FAR BY FAITH ♪
% ♪ LEANING ON THE LORD ♪
% ♪ TRUSTING IN HIS HOLY WORD ♪
% ♪ HE'S NEVER FAILED ME YET ♪
%
♪ OH, CAN'T TURN AROUND ♪
% ♪ WE'VE COME THIS FAR BY FAITH ♪
% ♪ I WILL TRUST IN THE LORD ♪
% ♪ I WILL TRUST IN THE LORD 'TIL
% I DIE ♪
% ♪ I WILL TRUST IN THE LORD ♪
% ♪ I WILL TRUST IN THE LORD 'TIL
% I DIE ♪
% ♪ I'M GONNA STAY ON THE
% BATTLEFIELD ♪
% ♪ I'M GONNA STAY ON THE
% BATTLEFIELD ♪
% ♪ I'M GONNA STAY ON THE
% BATTLEFIELD 'TIL I DIE ♪
% ♪ I'M GONNA STAY ON THE
% BATTLEFIELD ♪
% ♪ I'M GONNA STAY ON THE
% BATTLEFIELD ♪
% ♪ I'M GONNA STAY ON THE
% BATTLEFIELD 'TIL I DIE ♪
% ♪ YOU'VE BROUGHT ME FROM A%
MIGHTY LONG WAY ♪
% ♪ YOU'VE BROUGHT ME FROM A%
MIGHTY LONG WAY ♪
% ♪ YOU'VE BROUGHT ME FROM A%
MIGHTY LONG WAY ♪
% ♪ YOU'VE BROUGHT ME FROM A
% MIGHTY LONG WAY ♪
% ♪ THANK YOU, JESUS ♪
% ♪ YOU'VE BROUGHT ME FROM A
% MIGHTY ♪
% ♪ BROUGHT ME FROM A MIGHTY LONG
%
WAY ♪
% ♪ YOU'VE BROUGHT ME FROM A
% MIGHTY ♪
% ♪ BROUGHT ME FROM A MIGHTY LONG
% WAY ♪
% ♪ THANK YOU, JESUS ♪
% ♪ YOU BROUGHT ME FROM A MIGHTY%
LONG WAY ♪
% ♪ YOU BROUGHT ME FROM A MIGHTY
% LONG WAY ♪
% ♪ THANK YOU, JESUS ♪
% ♪
O
,
I THANK
YOU ♪
% ♪
LORD,
I THANK
YOU, THANK
YOU,% THANK
YOU
♪
%
♪
O
,
I THANK
YOU,
L
ORD,
I THANK
% YOU ♪
% ♪ YOU
BROUGHT
ME ♪
% ♪ O
GOD,
YOU
B
ROUGHT
ME ♪
% ♪
I
WANNA THANK
YOU ♪
% ♪
I
W
ANNA THANK
YOU ♪
%
♪
O
,
I THANK
YOU ♪
% ♪
L
ORD,
I
THANK
YOU ♪
% ♪
O
,
I
THANK
YOU ♪
% ♪
I
THANK
YOU ♪
% ♪
L
ORD,
I
THANK
YOU ♪
% ♪ I THANK
YOU
, THANK
YOU, THANK
% YOU ♪
% ♪ YOU
B
ROUGHT M
E
FROM
A
MIGHTY
% LONG
WAY ♪
% ♪ BROUGHT
ME
F
ROM A
M
IGHTY
LONG
% WAY
♪
% [CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]
% [STANDING
OVATION]
% ♪
!
% ♪ I SHALL WEAR A CROWN ♪
% ♪ WHEN IT'S ALL OVER ♪
% ♪ I SHALL SEE HIS FACE ♪
% ♪ WHEN IT'S ALL OVER ♪
% ♪ I SHALL WEAR A CROWN ♪
%
♪ I SHALL WEAR A CROWN ♪
%
♪ WHEN IT'S ALL OVER ♪
% ♪ WHEN IT'S ALL OVER ♪
% ♪
WHE
N
IT'
S
A
LL
SAID
A
ND
DONE ♪
% ♪ I SHALL SEE HIS FACE ♪
% ♪ I CAN'T
WAIT TO SEE
HIS
F
ACE
♪
% ♪ I SHALL SEE HIS FACE ♪
% ♪ WHEN IT'S ALL OVER ♪
% ♪ WHEN
I
T'S
ALL
SAID
AN
D
ONE ♪
% ♪ I'M GONNA PUT ON MY ROBE ♪
% ♪ TELL THE STORY HOW I MADE IT
% OVER ♪
% ♪ I'M GONNA PUT ON MY ROBE ♪
% ♪ TELL THE STORY HOW I MADE IT%
OVER ♪
% ♪ I'M GONNA PUT ON MY ROBE ♪
% ♪ TELL THE STORY HOW I MADE IT
% OVER ♪
% ♪
O
,
YEAH,
YEAH ♪
% ♪ I'M GONNA PUT ON MY ROBE ♪
% ♪ TELL THE STORY HOW I MADE IT
% OVER ♪
% ♪ I'M GONNA PUT ON MY ROBE ♪
% ♪ TELL THE STORY HOW I MADE IT
% OVER ♪
% ♪ I'M GONNA PUT ON MY ROBE ♪
% ♪ TELL THE STORY HOW I MADE IT
%
OVER ♪
% ♪ I'M GONNA PUT ON MY ROBE ♪
%
♪ TELL THE STORY HOW I MADE IT%
OVER ♪
% ♪ I'M GONNA PUT ON MY ROBE ♪
%
♪ TELL THE STORY HOW I MADE IT%
OVER ♪
% ♪
O,
YEAH,
YEAH ♪
% ♪ SOON AS I GET HOME ♪
% ♪
O
,
YEAH,
YEAH ♪
% ♪ SOON AS I GET HOME ♪
% ♪
SO
ON AS
I
GET
HOME
♪
!
% [CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]
!
% [STANDING
OVATION]
% >>
OH,
COME
ON.
% WE CAN
GIV
E
THEM A
BIG
H
AND
O
F
% APPRECIATION.
% SISTERS
IN
SONG.
% [CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]
% >>
THAN
K
YOU
T
O
MUSIC
DIRECTOR
% BECCA MAY
GR
ANT
AND
COMPANY.
% BECCA
MAY
GRANT
A
T
THE
PIANO.
% DIRECTOR
TAMERA
STANLEY.
% [APPLAUSE]
% >>
CORINDA
RAINEY-MOORE
% CURRENTLY
WORKS
KIDS
FORWARD
% AS AN OUTREACH
AND
ENGAGEMENT
% MANAGER,
SELF-DESCRIBED
AS A
% SERVANT
LEADER.
% RAINEY-MOORE IS
THE
PRESIDENT OF
% THE CITY
DOC
COMMISSION,
SAFE
% COMMUNITIES AND
THE URBAN
LEAGUE% OF
THE
GREATER
MADISON
GUILD.
% SHE
SERVES ON
THE
FOUNDATION
FOR
%
BLACK
WOMEN'S
WELLNESS,
% LEADERSHIP
WISCONSIN
AND
M
ORE.
% SHE IS A
T
RAINED
PEACEMAKER
IN
% THE
RESTORATIVE
JUSTICE C
OURT
% AND A
MEMBER
OF
THE
SORORITY.
% CORINDA RAINEY-MOORE
IS
THE
% RECIPIENT OF
THE
WISCONSIN
% 2020MLK
HERITAGE
AWARD.
% [CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]
!
% [STANDING
OVATION]
!% >>
I
J
UST
W
ANT
T
O
SAY
I'M
SO
% HAPPY TO
RECEIVE
THIS
AWARD
% TODAY, FOR MY
HUSBAND
A
ND
KIDS
% WHO ALLOW
ME TO
BE
ALL
I
AM
IN
% THE
COMMUNITY.
% I
WANT
TO
SAY THANK YOU
BECAUSE
% I
COULDN'T DO IT
WITHOUT
YOU
% ALL.
%
I ALSO
WANT
TO
THANK
MY
BOS
S
% BECAUSE I
HA
VE A
BOSS
THAT
% ALLOWS
ME TO
BE
FLEXIBLE
W
HE
N
I
% NEED TO BE
SO
I
CAN
DO
WHAT
I
D
O
% IN THE
C
OMMUNITY.
%
BUT
I
ALSO
WANT
TO
THANK
THE
%
GOVERNOR.%THANK YOU FOR
THIS
AWARD.
% AND JUST
LIKE
DR. KING,
SERVICE% IS WHO
I
AM.
% AND IT
IS
T
HE
PRICE
T
HAT
W
E
P
AY
% FOR
BEING
HE
RE
O
N
EARTH.
% WE
ALSO
KNO
W
THA
T
O
UR
KI
DS
CAN'T
% SEE
US
I
F
!
.
% IF
THEY
DON'T
SEE
US,
THEY
HE
% DON'T
!
THEY
DON'TBELIEVE
I
T.
% WE
HAVE TO
BE
THE
RE
FOR
OUR
% YOUTH SO
THEY
CAN
BE
ALL
THEY
% CAN BE.
% I
W
ANT
TO
THANK
YOU FOR
GIVING
% ME
THIS
AWARD.
% AGAIN, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
% [APPLAUSE]
!
% >>
CONGRATULATIONS CORE
!
CORINDA
% RAINEY-MOORE.
% >>
WITH
MEMBERS
REPRESENTING
% VARIOUS
CITI
ES
ACROSS
WISCONSIN,
% I'M
DELIGHTED TO HAVE FOR
THE
% FIRST TIME A
T
THE
KING
% CELEBRATION UNDER
THE
DIRECTION
%
OF
LATRICE
STANLEY
THE
FAL
L
% GOSPEL FEST
CHOIR.
% PLEASE GIVE
TH
EM A
H
AND.
% [CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]
% ♪
% ♪ WE
HAVE
COME
TO
WORSHIP
H
IM
IN
% ALL
THAT
WE SAY
AND
DO ♪
% ♪
WE'VE
COME
T
O
WORSHIP HIM
IN
% ALL
THA
T
WE
SAY
AND
DO ♪
% ♪
WE'VE
COME
TO
SING
OF
H
IS
% GOODNESS ♪%♪ SING OF
HI
S
LOVE ♪
% ♪
WE'
VE
COME TO INC.
I
S
O
F
HI
S
% GREATNESS ♪%♪
THAT'S
S
ENT
FROM
U
P
ABOVE ♪
% ♪
W
HY
NOT
JUST
LIFT
HIM
HIGHER ♪
% ♪
LIFT
HIM
HIGHER ♪
% ♪
LIFT
HIM
HIGHER FOR
ALL
THE
% WORLD
T
O
SEE ♪
% ♪ LIFT
HIM
HIGHER WHILE YOU
HAVE% A
CHANCE
♪% ♪ WE'VE COME TO WORSHIP HIM I
N
% ALL THAT WE SAY AND DO ♪
% ♪ WE HAVE COME TO WORSHIP HIM IN
% ALL THAT WE SAY AND DO ♪
% ♪ WE'VE COME TO SING OF HIS
% GOODNESS ♪
% ♪ SING OF HIS LOVE ♪
% ♪ WE'VE COME TO SING OF HIS
% GREATNESS ♪
% ♪ THAT'S SENT FROM UP ABOVE ♪
% ♪ WHY NOT JUST LIFT HIM HIGHER ♪
% ♪ LIFT HIM HIGHER ♪
% ♪ LIFT HIM HIGHER FOR ALL THE
% WORLD TO SEE ♪
% ♪ LIFT HIM HIGHER WHILE YOU HAVE
% A CHANCE ♪
% SNOAFT
L
IFT
!
♪
LIF
T
YOUR
HANDS
I
N
T
HE
% SANCTUARY ♪
% ♪ AND
BLESS
T
HE LORD
WITH
ME ♪
% ♪ GIVE
THANKS
FOR
WHA
T
HE'S
% DONE ♪%♪ AND
THE
HEALING
IN
MY
L
IFE ♪
% ♪ LIFT
YOUR
HANDS
♪
% ♪ LIFT
THEM
HIGHER ♪
% ♪ LIFT
THEM HIGHER FOR
A
LL
THE
% WORLD
T
O
SEE ♪
% ♪ LIFT
THEM
HIGHER WHIEWL YOU
% HAVE A
CHANCE ♪
% ♪
LIFT
YOUR
HANDS
IN
THE
% SANCTUARY
AN
D
BLESS
THE
LORD
%
WITH
ME ♪
% ♪ GIVE
THANKS FOR
WHAT
H
E'S
DONE
% AND THE
HEALING
IN
M
Y
LIFE ♪
% ♪ LIFT
YOUR HANDS
I
N
THE
% SANCTUARY
AND
B
LESS
THE
L
ORD
%
WITH
M
E ♪
% ♪
G
IVE
THANKS ♪
% ♪
O
H
O
H
O
H
O
H
♪
% ♪ LIFT THEM HIGHER ♪
% ♪ LIFT THEM HIGHER FOR ALL THE
%
WORLD TO SEE ♪
% ♪ LIFT THEM HIGHER WIHLE YOU
% HAVE A CHANCE ♪
% [CLAPPING] !
% >>
COME
O
N ♪
% ♪
LIFT
HIM
UP ♪
% ♪
LIFT
HIM
HIGHER ♪% ♪ LIFT HIM UP ♪
% ♪ LIFT HIM UP ♪
% ♪ LIFT HIM HIGHER ♪
%
♪
S
ING
OF
HIS
GOODNESS ♪
% ♪ SING
OF
HIS
LOVE ♪
% ♪
SING
O
F
HIS
MERCY ♪
% ♪ SING OF HIS GOODNESS ♪%♪
SING OF HIS LOVE ♪
% ♪ SING OF HIS MERCY ♪
% ♪ SING OF HIS LOVE ♪
%
♪ SING OF HIS MERCY ♪
% ♪ LIFT HIM HIGHER ♪
% ♪ SING OF HIS GOODNESS ♪
% ♪ SING OF HIS LOVE ♪
% ♪ SING OF HIS MERCY ♪
% ♪ SING OF HIS GOODNESS ♪
% ♪ LIFT HIM HIGHER ♪
% ♪ SING OF HIS GOODNESS ♪
% ♪ SING OF HIS LOVE ♪
% ♪ SING OF HIS MERCY ♪
% ♪ SING OF HIS GOODNESS ♪
% ♪ LIFT HIM HIGHER ♪
% ♪ SING OF HIS GOODNESS ♪
% ♪ SING OF HIS LOVE ♪
% ♪ SING OF HIS MERCY ♪
% ♪ LIFT HIM HIGHER ♪
% ♪ WHILE YOU
HAVE A
CHANCE ♪
% ♪
WHOO ♪
% [CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]
% ♪
!
% ♪
!
% ♪ YOU
R
PEACE
YOU
GIVE
M
E
♪
% ♪
!
% ♪
I
L
IFT
M
Y
PRAISE TO
YOU ♪
% ♪
!
% ♪
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J
ESUS,
H
OW
I
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% ♪
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I
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MY VOICE
WITH
% YOUR
PRAISE ♪
% ♪
HOLY
SAVIOUR
♪
% SAVIOUR
% ♪
!
% ♪
I
A
M
PERSUADED ♪
% ♪ I
L
IFT
YOUR
NAME ♪
% ♪
I
!
FOREVER
T
O
WORSHIP
THEE ♪
%
♪ PRM
MIS
S
!
PROMISE
TO
LOVE
Y
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% ♪
!
% ♪
!
% ♪
FOREVER
TO
L
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% ♪
HALLELUJAH,
SALVATION
A
ND
% GLORY ♪
% ♪ HONOR
AND
POWER
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THE
LORD
% OUR
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%
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% ♪
YE
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% [STANDING
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LATRICE
STANLEY, THANK YOU.
% TO
T
HE
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DR. OLLIE
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% DAVIS, A
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% URBANA-CHAMPAIGN.
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% AWARD.
% IN
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% DAVIS,
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% LIVES
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% APPEARED
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% SHE'S PERFORMED
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% SHE
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% CONCERT, THE
CONCERT
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% THE
ESTABLISHMENT, A
!
A
RECREATION
% OF
MARION
ANDERSON'S
1939
EASTER
% MORNING
CONCERT.
% SHE'S AN AUTHOR
AND
DIRECTOR OF
% THE
BLACK
SACRED
MUSIC
% SYMPOSIUM.
% THESE
CITATIONS
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RE A
MERE% GLIMPSE
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O
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% ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
% ORIGINALLY
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M
WEST
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% PLEASE
WELCOME
DR. OLLIE
WATTS
% DAVIS.
% [APPLAUSE]
% ♪
MY
COUNTRY
'
TIS
OF
THEE ♪
% ♪
S
WEET LAND
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% ♪
T
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% ♪ LAND
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% ♪
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% ♪
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% ♪
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% >>
I
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W
AS
EASTER
SUNDAY
MORNING
% --
% [APPLAUSE]%>> THANK
YOU.
% IT
WAS
EASTER
SUNDAY
MORNING,
% APRIL 9,
1939,
WHEN
AMERICAN
%
MARIAN
ANDERSON
STOOD
AT
THE
% STEPS OF
THE
LINCOLN
MEMORIAL
IN
% D.C. IN
FRON
T
OF
75,000
PEOPLE
% AND
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NED
THE
CONCERT THAT
% SHOOK THE ESTABLISHMENT
WITH
% THESE
WORDS: THIS
WAS A
% WATERSHED M
OMENT T
HAT
CREATED
% QUITE A STIR
COMING
FROM
THIS
% DIGNIFIED,
ELEGANT,
HUMBLE
% ARTIST,
WHO
H
AD
BECOME AN
% INTERNATIONALLY-KNOWN STAR,
% PERFORMING
EXTENSIVELY IN
EUROPE
% AND
THE UNITED
STATES, BUT
WHO
% HAD BEEN
DENIED
ACCESS
TO% CONSTITUTION
HALL, AN
AUDITORIUM
% OWNED AND
OPE
RATED
BY
THE
% DAUGHTERS OF
THE AMERICAN
% REVOLUTION, FO
R
THIS,
HER
% CAPITAL
RECITAL.
% HER
VOIC
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WAS
HERALDED AS
ONE
% THAT
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I
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% YEARS, YOODZ HER
!
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% ALTHOUGH
PAINED
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% HER
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% JUSTICE.
% AND THROUGH HER
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% THE INJUSTICE.
% WITH CLOSED
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SHE
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% STRAIGHT IN THE
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% VOICE
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% DISARMED A NATION.
% SHE
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% HUMANITY.
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% TAKING
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%
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% MISS ANDERSON LATER
WROTE,
I
% COULD
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% SITUATION.
% IF
I
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I
%
WOULD
HAVE
TO DO
IT
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OW.
% WE
ALL
HAVE
MOMENTS,
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% MOMENTS.
% MY
MOMENT
BEGAN
AS A
LITTLE
% BLACK GIRL
FROM
THE
COAL
FIELDS
% OF WEST
VIRGINIA.
% RAISED
IN
A
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% HOUSEHOLD WHO
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% SCHOOL
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H
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% MY MOMENT
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T
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% WHEN I
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IRST
% AS A
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S AN
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% BOTH
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% SOMEWHAT
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% BEING HERE TODAY.
% THEN
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% PROFESSOR, ON
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O
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% ASSOCIATE AND
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L
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% NOW AS
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% PROVOST.
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% I,
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% MAXIMIZED.
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% AND THAT
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% BECAUSE SHE WAS
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% ACCOUNTED
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F
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% CONSEQUENCE.
% FOR, YOU
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% WAS
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Y
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% SPEAKING CONTEST
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% HIGH SCHOOL U
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% NEGRO AND
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% AT THESE
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H
% MISS ANDERSON AS
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% PERFORMERS
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% AMERICA WHILE
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% MONUMENTAL "I
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% SPEECH.
% DR. KING SAID
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% DAY WHEN
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% MEANING"
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I
% SING, LAND
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% DIED, LAND OF
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% PRIDE.
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% FREEDOM R
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% MARIAN
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% FIGURE IN THE STAND
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% DIANE
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% KING
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THERS
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% NAME.
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I
M
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% BLACK AMERICA,
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S
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% IMPORTANT CHARACTER IN
THE
% MOVEMENT
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AND
% HAS
PROVIDE
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THE
SOUNDTRACK FOR
% THIS REVOLUTION.
% I STAND BEFORE
YOU
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I
N
THIS
% STRENGTH AND
TO
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% FORERUNNERS THE
RECOGNITION AND
%
THE HONOR
THE
Y
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DON'T STAND ALONE.
% YOU
SEE,
I'M
PACKING
DEET
TODAY.
%
I'M
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H
M
Y
DAUGHTERS,
% ASHLEY
AND
CHARITY
DAVIS
AND
T
WO
% OF M
Y
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CHARLIE
% EDWARD
DATES
AND
CLAIRE
% ELIZABETH DATES.%THANK YOU
FO
R
JOINING
ME.
% [APPLAUSE]
% >>
FOR
JUSTICE
I
S
A
HIGH
% ROAD.
% IT
MAY
APPEAR
THREATENING.
% WE MAY
B
E
THREATENED AND
WE MAY
% HAVE TO
B
E
T
HE
THREAT.
% DO WE HAVE
T
H
E
WILL?
% DO WE HAVE
TH
E
COURAGE?
% THOSE BORN
INTO
PRIVILEGE,
THOSE
% WHO
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POSITION
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D
THOSE
% VOTED
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NTO
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% TO
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%
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HE
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US
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% PLACES
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AND
WE
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% POSITIONS WE
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% SERVE
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UR
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% TIME AS
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%
WE
ARE
CUSTODIANS OF
THE
% MOVEMENT, AND
W
E
MUST
DEVELOP
% THE
WORK
THAT
DR. KING
STARTED.
%
WE
MUST
USE
OU
R
POWER
TO
% TRANSFORM SOCIETY
FO
R
TH
E
% BETTER.%IT
I
S
OU
R
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% AS
I
N
O
UR
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IT'S OUR
JOB,
% EACH
AND
EVERY ONE
OF
US,
WE
%
MUST
STEW
ARD
RESPONSIBLY THIS
% RESPONSIBILITY.
% IN ADDITION
TO
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DEFINING
% MOMENTS, WE HAVE TO
HAVE A
CLEAR
% MESSAGE.%WHAT IS
REQUIRE
D
OF
US
IS
STATED
% PLAINLY
IN
THE
WORD
S
OF
MICAH.
% NOW,
HE'S
OFTEN
CONSIDERED A
% MINOR
PROPHET,
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E
DELIVERED% A
MAJOR
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CHAPTER
6
,
VERSE
8
,
H
E
SAYS% WE ARE T
O
D
O
JUSTICE,
T
O
LOVE
% MERCY AND
T
O
WAL
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H
% OUR GOD.
% AND
WE
M
UST
NO
T W
ATER
D
OWN
THIS
% MESSAGE.
% IN
ORDER
TO
STAND
FOR
JUSTICE,
% WE
MUST
KNOW
W
HAT
INJUSTICE
% LOOKS LIKE.
% WE
MUST NAME
WHAT
WE'RE
TALKING
% ABOUT.
% WE
MUST
D
ELIVER A
CLEAR
MESSAGE.
% WE
MUST
RECOGNIZE
I
NJUSTICE,
% RACIAL
INEQUITIES
I
N
THE
% CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM
AND
% POLICING,
DISPARITIES IN
% EDUCATION
AND HEALTH
CARE,
MASS
% UNEMPLOYMENT
AND
% UNDEREMPLOYMENT.
% WE MUST
MAKE
T
HE
SUFFERING OF
% THE
OPPRESSED
VISIBLE
TO
THE
% POINT
WHERE
IT
CANNO
T
B
E
% IGNORED.
% WE
MUST
C
ALL
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
CREATIVE
METHOD.
% WE MUST
RESPOND
T
O
INJUSTICE,
% EMPLOY
WHA
T
DR. KING
CALLED
% CREATIVE
TENSION,
EXPOSE
% INJUSTICE
I
N
DRAMATIC
WAYS.
% INJUSTICE
C
AN
EXIST
BENEATH
T
HE
% VENEER OF
NORMALCY
AND
% SINCERITY.
% WE
M
UST
EXPOSE TH
E
SIN
IN
% SINCERITY.
% I
A
M A
CREATOR
AND
I'M A
% TEACHER.
% I TEACH
PEOPLE.
% MUSIC
IS
THE
PRINCIPAL
SUBJECT
% MATTER
I
USE
ALONG
W
ITH
SHARING
% TRANSFERABLE
LIFE
SKILLS.
% YOU
SEE, I
BELIEVE
THAT
EVERY
% YOUNG PERSON
NEEDS A
MATURE,
% CARING
ADUL
HIS
A
ND
H
ER
LIF
E
% WHO WILL
CHALLENG
E HIM
O
R
HE
R
% WITH
WISDOM
REGARDING
CRITICAL
% ISSUES
AN
D
DECISIONS
IN THEIR
% LIVES.
% [APPLAUSE]%>> THANK
YOU.
% I
SHOW
UP,
I STAND
UP,
AND
% SOMETIMES I
SHOW
OUT
,
WHETHER
AS
% A
PERFORMING ARTIST
TEACHING
% FROM THE
ST
AGE
OR
AS A
TEACHER
% IN THE
STUDIO
AND
REHEARSAL
% SPACE, I
INTENTIONALLY
DELIVER
% AEN
!
A INSPIRING
PERFORMANCE.
% WE MUST
REMEDY
INJUSTICE.
% INJUSTICE ANYWHERE
THREATENS
%
JUSTICE
EVERYWHERE BECAUSE THEY
% ARE
DAMAGING TO
B
OTH
THE
% OPPRESSED AS WELL AS
T
H
E
% OPPRESSORS.
% AND
WE
,
WISCONSIN,
WE
MUST
% RESCUE BOTH.
% OUR
STAN
D
FOR
JUSTICE MUST
B
E A
% STRUCTURES RAL RESPONSE.
% THAT'S
THE
ONLY
W
AY
F
ORWARD.
% WE
MUST
HOL
D
OURSELVES
AND
% OTHERS
ACCOUNTABLE.
% SO
I
ISSUE A CALL TODA
Y
THAT
% RESTRUCTURING
THE
ARCHITECTURE
% THAT MAKES
FOR AN
UNEVE
N
PLAYING
% FIELD
I
S
NECESSARY.
% WE
MUST
HONESTLY ASK
OURSELVES% WHAT IS
IT
A
BOUT
OUR
% INSTITUTIONS THAT
PROTECT
% INJUSTICE?
% WHAT IS
IT
A
BOUT
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APPEALING
AND
S
O
% SEDUCTIVE?
% WE MUST
HA
VE A
MISSION.
% AND THE
MISSION
I
S
TO
STAND
FOR
% JUSTICE.
% LET
US
AFFIRM
THE
FUNDAMENTAL
% DIGNITY
OF
HUMAN
LIFE
AS
PEOPLE
% MADE IN
THE
IMAGE
OF
GOD
AND
% RIGOROUSLY OPPOSE
PRACTICES
THA
T
% DENY THIS.
% A STAND
FOR
JUSTIC
E
REPLACES
% FEELINGS
OF
SUPERIORITY
TOWARD
%
THE
DISENFRANCHISED
WIT
H
MERCY
% AND COMPASSION FOR
T
HE
% DISENFRANCHISED.
% THESE ARE
O
UR
BROTHERS.
% THESE
A
RE
OUR
SISTERS.
% AND WE ARE THEIR
KEEPERS.
% THE
O
NE
I
N
FRONT
O
F
U
S
W
HO
I
S
% EXPERIENCING INJUSTICE
NEEDS AN
% ADVOCATE.
% SHE IS
OUR
NEIGHBOR.
% HE
IS
THE
ONE
WHO
HAS
THE
N
EED.
% IT'S THE
POOR.
% IT'S THE
ORPHAN.
% IT'S
THE
WIDOW.
% IT'S
THE
IMMIGRANT
AMONG
US.
% THESE
ARE
OUR
BROTHERS.
% THESE
ARE
OUR
SISTERS.
% AND
WE
ARE
THEIR
KEEPERS.
% IN
HIS
OPEN
LETTER,
LETTER
FROM% A
BIRMINGHAM
JAIL,
REVEREND% MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
NOTED I
% AM
COGNIZANT OF
TH
E
% INTERRELATEDNESS OF ALL
% COMMUNITIES AND STATES.
% INJUSTICE
ANYWHERE
IS A T
HREAT
% TO
J
USTICE
EVERYWHERE.
% WE
ARE
CAU
GHT
I
N A
NETWORK
OF
% MUTUALITY,
TIED
IN A
GARMENT
OF
% DESTINY.
% WHATEVER
AFFEC
TS ONE
DIRECTLY
% AFFECTS ALL
INDIRECTLY.
% THIS
RECOGNITION
OF A
NETWORK
OF
% MUTUALITY
IS
INTEGRAL
TO
JUSTICE
% OUTCOMES.
% SEE, JUSTICE
I
S
THE
CORNERSTONE% VALUE IN
THE
ARCHITECTURE
OF A
% PREEMINENT
SOCIETY.
% IT RECOGNIZES
T
HE
STRENGTH AN
D
% THE
BENEFIT
O
F
INTERDEPENDENT
% HARMONY THAT IS
DERIVED
B
Y
% WORKING
TOGETHER
TOWARDS A
% DESIRED
G
OAL.
% TO
RALLY
HIS
SECRETARY AROUND% THE
POOR
PEOPLE'S
CAMPAIGN,
% DR. KING
FASTED
AND
HE
PRAYED.
% AND HE
CHALLENGED
TH
EM
WITH
% THESE W
ORDS.
% HE
SAID,
"WE
HAV
E
TO D
O
I
T,
FOR
% OUR OWN
SENSE
OF
DIGNITY,
O
UR
% OWN
SELF-RESPECT, FOR
OUR
OWN
% DETERMINATION, BUT
W
E
CAN'T DO
% IT
I
F
WE
DON'T
GIVE I
T
ALL
,
G
IVE
% OUR ALL T
O
IT."
%
SO IT IS
WITH
U
S
A
S
W
E
TAKE
A% STAND
F
OR
JUSTICE.
%
WE
DON'T
WANT TO
BE
LES
S
T
HAN
% WE'RE
CALLED TO
BE.
% THAT WOULD
BE
DEFEAT.
% NOR DO
WE
WANT TO
BE MORE
THAN
% WE'RE
CALLED TO BE.
% THAT WOULD
BE
CONCEIT.
% WE
WANT TO
BE
ALL
THAT WE A
RE
% CALLED TO
B
E
AND
THAT
IS TO
BE
% COMPLETE.%THANK
Y
OU.
% [APPLAUSE]
!
% >> THANK
YOU
.
% WHEN I WAS
IN
THE
7
TH
GRADE, M
Y
% MOTHER
ENROLLED
ME
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% CLASS.%THERE
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T
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%
PRACTICED
EVERY
DAY
.
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S
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.
% "NOW IS
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TI
ME
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ALL
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% MEN
TO COME
T
O
THE
A
ID
O
F
THEIR
% COUNTRY."
% DOES IT
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OUND
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% ANYBODY?
% I
KNOW I
'M
DATING
MYSELF.
% BUT I
PRACTICED
THAT
SENTENCE
% DAY
IN
A
ND
DAY
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UT.
% KING
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S
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% PROGRESS
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N
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TIRELESS
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N
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E
% CO-WORKERS WITH GOD.
% AND
WITHOUT
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TIME% ITSELF
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ALLY OF THE
% FORCES
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SOCIAL
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% YOU
S
EE,
THE
CONDITIONS
% SURROUNDING
US
INTRODUCE US
TO
% OURSELVES.
% AND
THE
PERSISTENCE
WITH
WHICH
% WE
ENGAGE
THE RESISTANCE AND
% DIFFICULTY
WE
EXPERIENCE WHEN
% STRIVING TO
ADDRES
S
THOSE
% CONDITIONS FORM
W
HO
WE
BECOME.
% LET
ME
EXPLAIN
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% CIRCUMSTANCES
SURROUNDING
% DR. KING
INTRODUCED
HIM
T
O
% HIMSELF.
%
HE
HAD
T
O
BECOME.
% HE
HAD
TO
BECOME
THE
REVEREND
% DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING,
JR.
% YOUNG PEOPLE IN
THE
AUDIENCE, H
E
% HAD
TO
BECOME
THE
DRUM
MAJOR
FOR
% JUSTICE
THROUGH
REDEMPTIVE
% SUFFERING.
% HIS
LEGACY
I
S
SECURED
BY
W
HAT
H
E
%
SUFFERED AND
H
OW
HE
SERVED.
% HE HAD
HAD
!
TO
GRO
W
AND DEVELOP INTO
% THE MAN
WH
O
LOOKED
LIKE
% SOMETHING IMPORTANT WAS
ABOUT
TO
% HAPPEN
WHE
N
HE
ENTERED A
ROOM.
% AND
WHO
SPOKE
LOUDLY
B
Y
JUST
% LISTENING
A
ND
BEING
PRESENT.
% HE
HAD TO
BE
INTRODUCED
TO
% HIMSELF.
% AS HE
H
EEDED
THE
CALL
ON HIS
% LIFE,
HE
TAUGHT
US
IN
THE
% PROCESS.
% HE
TAUGHT
US
THAT THERE
A
RE
% WOUNDS TO BE HAD.
% HE
TAUGHT
US THERE
IS
S
OMETHING
% WORTH
FIGHTING
F
OR.
% LET M
E
A
SK
YOU
NOW, HAVE YOU
% BEEN INTRODUCED
TO
YOURSELF?
% HAVE YOU
COM
E
T
O
REALIZE
TH
E
% ROLE YOU A
RE
TO
PLAY IN
SERVING
% YOUR
GENERATION?
% WHEN
Y
OU
MEET
YOURSELF, WHEN
YOU
% SEE
YOU
R
PRIVILEGE I
N
LIGHT
O
F
% YOUR
NEIGHBOR'S
PLIGHT,
THIS
% INTRODUCTION WILL
MOVE YOU
T
O
% ACTION.
% YOU'VE
HEARD
I
T
SAID T
HAT
SO
A
ND
% SO IS
WALKING
THE
T
AL
K
AND
THAT
% WE MUST
WALK
THE
TALK?
% CAN I
G
ET A
WITNESS?
% [APPLAUSE]%>> ALL R
IGHT.
% WELL, JUST
AL
LOW
ME
TO
EDI
T
THAT
% JUST A LITTLE.
% BEFORE WE
WALK
THE
TALK,
WE
MUS
T
% FIRST TALK
THE
TALK.
% PROVERBS
3
1
,
VERSES
8
AND
9
% GIVES
US
A
PRACTICAL
DIRECTIVE.
% IT
SAYS,
"EP
YOUR
MOUTH
!
OPEN
Y
OUR
MOUTH
FOR
% THE
MUTE,
F
OR
THE RIGHTS
O
F
ALL
% WHO
IS DES AT
!
DESTITUTE.
% DEFENDS THE
RIGHTS OF
THE
POOR
% AND
NEEDY."
% IN ORDER
TO
TALK
T
HE
TALK, WE
% HAVE TO
O
PEN
O
UR
MOUTHS
.
% WEFER
!
WE
HAVE
T
O
JUDGE
RIGHTEOUSLY
AND
% PROTECT 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 IN
O
UR
LOCAL
SCHOOL
% DISTRICT,
H
E
ENGAGED
B
Y
% MENTORING
A
ND
THE
N
WRITING A
% CURRICULUM FOR
OTHERS TO DO
THE
% SAME.
% HE
TOOK A
STAND
FOR
JUSTICE.
% HE
DID
NOT
PASSIVELY S
IT
BACK
% AND TALK
ABOUT
THE
PROBLEM.
% HE WALKED
THE
TALK.
% [APPLAUSE]%>>
AMEN.
% THANK
YOU
.
% AND HE
PUT
FORTH A
SOLUTION T
O
% ADDRESS
THE
SITUATION.
% AND THEN
H
E
ENLISTED
ME
T
O
WRITE
% THE
FEMALE
CURRICULUM.
% OUR
TAL
KS
MENTORING
PROGRAM
H
AS
% IMPACTED THE
LIVES
O
F
MANY,
AS% WE
HAVE
ENDEAVORED
TO
TRANSFER A
% LITTLE
KNOWLEDGE
SYSTEMATICALLY.
% HONORING
DR. KING'S
LEGACY
AND
%
LIFE MUST
BE MORE
THAN A
% CALENDAR DATE.
% THE
C
ALL
HE
ISSUED
IN
THE MIDDLE% OF THE
20TH
CENTURY
IS
JUST
A
S
% RESOUNDING
T
IN
THI
S
21ST
% CENTURY.
% WE
M
UST NO
T
WATER
DOWN
HIS
% MESSAGE.%IT
I
S
A
CAL
L
FOR
JUSTICE.
% [APPLAUSE]
!
% >>
IT
I
S
ROOTED I
N
T
HE
GOSPEL,
% FOR YOU
KNOW HE
W
AS A
MINISTER% OF THE
GOSPEL,
W
HO
LOVED
THE
% CHURCH,
WHO
WAS
NURTURED B
Y
THE
% CHURCH,
WHO
WAS
SUSTAINED
BY
THE
% CHURCH
A
ND
WHO
REMAINED TRUE TO
% THE CHURCH.
% SO
L
ET
US PICK
U
P
THE
MANTLE
AND
%
ADDRESS THE
ROOT OF
THE
PROBLEM
% WITH
COURAGE A
S
WE
TAKE
OUR
% STAND
FOR
JUSTICE.
% MY
SON-IN-LAW,
THE
REVEREND
% DR. CHARLIE
DATES,
ADMONISHED US
% AT
THE FRONT
O
F THIS
YEAR B
Y
% SAYING DON'T
JUDGE
YOUR
PROGRESS
% BY WHAT YOU THINK
YOU
OUGHT TO
% BE
OR
HOW
SUCCESSFUL
YOU
THINK
% YOU SHOULD
B
E.
% VIEW
YOU
R
PROGRESS BY
THE
MERCY
% AND
FAITHFULNESS
O
F
GOD.
% AND
LE
T
ME
A
DD,
LET
THI
S
VANTAGE
% POINT SUSTAIN YOUR
% FAITHFULNESSES
TO
YOUR
CALLING.
% FOR
40
Y
EARS,
DR. OVERBY AND
% YOUR
STAF
F
AND
COMMUNITY
AND
THE
% STATE OF
WISCONSIN
HAS
SUSTAINED% A
CEREMONY
OF
TRIBUTE
AND
% CELEBRATION OF THE
LIFE
AND
% LEGACY
O
F A
PREACHER,
T
HE
% REVEREND DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING,%
JR.
% I COMMEND
YOU
FOR
THI
S
% COMMITMENT.
% YOU MUST
B
E
CAREFUL
-
% [APPLAUSE]%>> THANK
YOU
.
% YOU MUST
BE
CAREFUL
T
O
CELEBRATE
% WHAT
GOD
HAS
MERCIFULLY ALLOWED% YOU TO DO.
% YOU
MAY
FEEL
AS
IF
PUTTING ON
% THE
STATEWIDE
CEREMONY
AFTER
40
% YEARS SHOULD HAVE H
AD
MOR
E
% SUPPORT, MORE
ENTHUSIASM
AND% MORE
RESOURCES.
% BUT LET
M
E
HASTEN T
O
S
AY
THA
T
% THE
PROVIDENCE
O
F
GOD
HAS
% ALLOWED YOUR
PLANNING,
Y
OUR
% PREPARATION
A
ND
THIS
% PRESENTATION TO BE
EXACTLY AS
I
T
% OUGHT TO
BE.
% THE
MORAL
ARC OF
THE
UNIVERSE
I
S
% LONG,
B
UT
IT
BEND
S
TOWARDS
% JUSTICE,
ACCORDING
TO
O
UR
% HONOREE TODAY.
% SO
L
ET'S
KEEP
MOVING.
% THOSE
WHO STAND
F
OR
JUSTICE
% STAND
W
IT
H
ONE
MORE
POWERFUL
% THAN
ANY
OPPOSITION,
BECAUSE
% THEY
KNOW
THAT
EVI
L
CANNOT
% CONCEIVE A
PERFECT
PLAN.
% A
TRIBUTE
W
AS
GIVEN
T
O
DR. KING
% AT
HIS
GRAVESITE.
% IT WAS
SAID,
THE
SEM
!
CEMETERY
IS
TOO
%
SMALL FOR
HIS
SPIRIT,
THE
GRAVE
% TOO NARROW
FOR
HIS
SOUL.
% WE
COMMEND
HIS
LEGACY
OF
COURAGE
% AND LOVE
TO
OURSELVES,
OUR
% CHILDREN
AND
OUR
CHILDREN'S
%
CHILDREN.
% WE
COMMEND
HIS
LIFE
TO
THE
% UNIVERSE.
% IT HAS BEEN
MY
PRIVILEGE
T
O
% STAND BEFORE
YOU
TODAY
AND
SPEAK
% WELL
O
F
HIM,
TO
ASSURE
ALL WHO
% ARE PRESENT
THAT
H
IS
LIVING
WAS
% NOT
I
N
VAIN,
URG
E
OUR
% COMMITMENT TO
DEVELOP HIS
WOR
K
%
AND TO
SHARE
TH
E
PRINCIPLES THA
T
%
GUIDED
HIS
L
IFE
AND
MINE.
% ♪
IF
I
CAN
H
ELP
SOMEBODY ♪
% ♪ AS
I
P
ASS
ALONG ♪
% ♪
IF
I
CAN
CHEER
SOMEBODY ♪
% ♪
WITH A
WORD
OR
SONG ♪
% ♪
I
F
I
CAN
SH
OW
SOMEBODY ♪
% ♪
THAT
HE
'S
TRAVELING
WRONG ♪
% ♪
THEN
MY
L
IVING
WILL
NOT
BE
IN
% VAIN ♪
% ♪ IF
I
CAN
DO
M
Y
DUTY ♪
% ♪
AS A
CHRISTIAN
OUGHT ♪
% ♪ IF
I
CAN
BRING
BACK
BEAUTY
T
O
% THIS
WORLD
I
B
ROUGHT ♪
% ♪ I
F
I
C
AN
SPREAD
T
HE
MESSAGE
% THAT
TH
E
MASTER
TAUGHT ♪
% ♪
T
HEN
M
Y
LIVING
WILL
NOT
BE
I
N
% VAIN ♪
% ♪
M
Y
LIVIN
G
WILL
NOT
BE
I
N
% VAIN ♪
% ♪
MY
LIVING
WILL
NOT
B
E
IN
%
VAIN ♪
% ♪
I
F
I
CAN
HELP
SOMEBODY AS I
% PASS
ALONG ♪
% ♪
THEN
MY
LIVING
WILL
NOT
BE
IN
% VAIN
♪
!
% >> THANK
YOU.
% [CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]
[STANDING
% OVATION]
% >>
DR. OLLIE
WATTS
DAVIS!
% [CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]
!
% >> ALL
RIGHT
.
% YOU
MAY B
E
SEATED.
% FOR MORE THAN
36
YEARS,
THE
B
E
% REVEREND WILLIE
BRISCO
HA
S
% DEDICATED HIS
L
I
FE T
O
FIGHTING
% INJUSTICE IN
MILWAUKEE,
TAKING
% ON
INEQUALITYING
!
INEQUALITIES IN
% TRANSPORTATION, EMPLOYMENT AND
% HOUSING.
% WHEN
WESTLAWN,
THE
FEDERAL
% PUBLIC
H
OUSING
DEVELOPMENT, WAS
% INITIALLY BEING
REBUILT, HE
% WITNESSED
FIRSTHAND
THE
%
INJUSTICES IN
CONSTRUCTION
% EMPLOYMENT
EXPOSED
THROUGH A
% $300
MILLION
PROJECT.
% BRISCO HELPED
T
O
IDENTIFY
HOW
% AUTHORITIES HAD
FAILED
TO
MEET
% FEDERAL
REGULATIONS
FOR
HIRING
% LOW-INCOME WORKERS.
% HE
WORKED
FOR
25
YEARS
AT
THE
% MILWAUKEE COUNTY HOUSE O
F
% CORRECTIONS.
% TODAY,
HE
I
S
W
ORKING
% WISCONSIN
GOVERNOR TONY
E
VERS
% AND
OTHERS
TO
REFORM
THE
% CORRECTIONAL
SYSTEM
IN
% WISCONSIN.
% [CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]
!
% >>
O
N
B
EHALF OF
THE
GOVERNOR'S
% OFFICE,
I
A
M
PLEASED
T
O
ANNOUNCE
% THAT
T
HE
REVEREND
WILLIE
BRISCO
% WAS THE
RECIPIENT OF
T
HE
% WISCONSIN
2020 MLK
HERITAGE
% AWARD.
% [CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]
% [STANDING
OVATION]
% >>
FI
RST
OF
A
LL,
I
'D
LIKE
TO
% THANK GOD
F
OR
BEING
ALIV
E
FOR
% THIS
DAY.
% [CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]
% >> I
W
ANT
TO
T
HANK
GOVERNOR
% EVERS,
DR. JONATHAN
OVERBY AND
%
THE
NOMINATING
COMMITTEE FOR
% SELECTING ME
FO
R
THIS
AWARD.
% I
AM
TRULY
HUMBLED.
% I
AM
TRULY
GRATEFUL.
% I ACCEPT
THIS
AWARD
O
N
BEHALF
OF
% WISDOM
A
ND
T
HE
1
STATE
% AFFILIATES
T
HAT
W
E
REPRESENT.
% I ACCEPT
THIS
A
WARD
O
N
B
EHALF
OF
% THE
ORGANIZATION
AN
D
ITS
1
7
% AFFILIATES THROUGHOUT THE
% COUNTRY.
%
I
TRULY
WORK
ALONGSIDE
S
OME
% DYNAMIC
AND
DIVERSE
PEOPLE.
% THEY ALLOW
ME
TO
DO
THIS
WORK
% AND
THEY
ALLOW
ME
TO
WORK
% ALONGSIDE THEM.
% SO
I
THANK GOD
FOR
THAT.
% [APPLAUSE]
% >>
I
ALSO ACCEPT
THIS
AWARD
ON
% BEHALF
OF
MY
ANCESTORS
AND
O
N
% BEHALF
OF
M
Y
FAMILY,
BECAUSE% THEY
HAV
E
B
OTH
DIED,
SURVIVED
% AND LIVED
I
N A
SOCIETY
THAT
% DIDN'T
A
LWAYS
APPRECIATE THEM.
% BUT
YOU
KNO
W
WHAT?
% WE KEPT
ON
KEEPING
ON,
AND
WE'RE
% ALIVE
TODAY,
AND TH
AT'S
WHY
I
% TAKE
THIS
HONOR
IN
THEIR
PLACE.
% [APPLAUSE] !%>>
I
T
HANK
DR. KING
BECAUSE
I
'M
% RECEIVING
THIS
AWARD
BECAUSE
HE
% SAID
THAT
I COULD
BE
GREAT
% BECAUSE I
COULD
SERVE.
% AND
THAT'S
WHY
I
SERVE.
% AND
O
N
BEHALF
OF
NEW
COVENANT
% BAPTIST
CHURCH,
I
S
AY
THIS.
% MY
SOU
L
I
S
TRULY
HAPPY.
% MY
SOUL
IS
TRULY
GRATEFUL.
% THANK
ALL OF
YOU, MY
BROTHERS
% AND
SIST
ERS,
WHO
WITNESSED
THIS
% TODAY
A
ND
T
HANK
ALL OF
YOU
WHO
% PRAYED FOR
THIS
DAY
AND
THANK% GOD
FOR
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING,% JR.
% AMEN.
% [APPLAUSE]
[STANDING
OVATION]
!
% >> YES,
SIR.
% REVEREND WILLIE BRISCO.
% YOU AIN'T SLICK.
% YOU
TRIED
TO
STICK A
SERMON IN
% SIDEWAYS.
% NEVER
PUT A
PREACHER I
N
OF% A CROWD
AND A
MICROPHONE.
% I'M GOING
TO
REMEMBER
Y
OU.
% CONGRATULATIONS.%GIVE
HIM
ANOTHER
ROUND
O
F
% APPLAUSE.
% YOU DESERVE IT.
% [APPLAUSE]%>>
AND
NOW HERE
TO
PRESENT
T
HE
% OFFICIAL
2020
S
TATE
PROCLAMATION
% HONORING
DR. EMERGENCY
!
!DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING,% JR.
IS
THE
46TH
GOVERNOR OF
THE
% STATE OF
WISCONSIN, TONY
EVERS.
% [CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE] !
% >> THANK
YOU
,
JONATHAN.
% IT'S
M
Y
HONOR TO
ISSUE
THIS
PROM
% CLA MAITION.
% WHEREAS
TH
E
REVEREND
DR. MARTIN% LUTHER KING, JR. WAS
BOR
N
IN
% ATLANTA
GEORGIA
ON
JANUARY 15,
% 1929 AND
WAS
ASSASSINATED
ON
% APRIL 4,
1968,
LEAVING
BEHIND A
% LEGACY
OF CIVIL
RIGHTS
ADVOCACY
% THAT
CONTINUES
TO
FUNDAMENTALLY
% INFLUENCE
THE
FABRIC
OF
AMERICAN
% CULTURE
AND
SOCIETY,
AND
WHEREAS
% THROUGH HIS
ARDENT
ACTIVISM
A
N
D
% PROFOUND
O
R
ATION
H
E
BECAME A
% LEADER
I
N
THE CIVIL
RIGHTS
% AND
WHEREAS
HE
DEDICATED
HIS% LIFE
T
O
ENSURING EQUAL RIGHTS% FOR ALL
PEOPLE
AND
BETWEEN
THE
% YEARS
1957
AND
1968
DR. KING
% WROTE
F
IVE
BOOKS
AND
VARIOUS
% ARTICLES
DELIVERED
COUNTLESS
% SPEECHES AND
TRAVELED
O
VE
R
6
% MILLION
MIL
ES
TO
ADDRESS
% INJUSTICE A
T
ITS
ROOT.
% AND
WHEREAS
DR. KING'S
LEGACY,
% THE
NUMEROUS
MOVEMENTS HE
L
ED
% AND THE
SEMINAL
WORKS
H
E
LEFT
% BEHIND,
SU
CH
A
S
HIS "I
HAVE A
% DREAM" AND
"I
S
EE
T
HE
PROMISED
%
LAND"
SPEECHES AND
HIS
WRITTEN
% SPEECHES LIKE
"LETTER
FROM
% BIRMINGHAM
JAIL"
AND
"PILGRIMAGE
% TO
NONVIOLENCE" AS
WE
LL
AS
% ADVOCACY
TOWAR
D
THE
FULL
% REALIZATION OF
EQUIT
Y
AND
% JUSTICE FOR
A
LL
PEOPLE.
% AND
WHEREAS EACH
YEAR
THE STATE% OF WISCONSIN
HONORS
THE
LEGACY
% OF
REVEREND MARTIN LUTHER KING,% JR.
BY
HOSTING T
HE
OLDEST
S
TATE
% CEREMONY
CELEBRATING HIS
LIFE
% AND WORK
AN
D
THI
S
YEAR'S
THEME
% IS
"STAND
FOR
JUSTICE,"
A
ND
% WHEREAS TODAY
O
N
THIS
FEDERAL
% HOLIDAY
THE STATE OF WISCONSIN
% REJECTS
BIGOTRY
IN
A
LL
ITS
% MANIFESTATIONS
AND
RECOMMITS
% ITSELF TO
ADDRESSING
PERVASIVE
% INSTITUTIONAL
INEQUITIES
AND
% EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES
AND
% INCLUSION
FOR
WISCONSINITES
O
F
%
ALL
CULTURAL
BACKGROUNDS AND
% IDENTITY.
% NOW
THEREFORE
I, TONY
EVERS,
% GOVERNOR OF
THE STATE OF
% WISCONSIN, D
O
HEREBY
PROCLAIM
% JANUARY 20, 202
0
AS
THE
REVEREND
% DR.
MARTIN LUTHER KING,
JR.
% TONY
EVERS,
G
OVERNOR.
% THANK
Y
OU
YOU
VERY
MUCH.
% [APPLAUSE]%>> THANK Y
OU SO
MUCH.
% THANK
YOU.
% ANOTHER
GREAT
DAY.
% [APPLAUSE]
% >> ALL
RIGHT
NOW.
% THIS
PROCLAMATION, LIKE
THE
LAST
% 39,
H
AS
GONE
THROUGH
T
HE
% AUDIENCE.
% AND
EACH
YEAR,
HAS
ALWAYS
% COME
BACK.
% OSCAR
MORALES WAS
THE
FORMER
% CHAIR OF
TH
E
M
LK
PLANNING
GROUP,
% AND
HE'S
G
OING TO
TAK
E T
HIS
O
UT
% AND, AS I
SAY
, LE
T
THE PEOPLE OF
% WISCONSIN SEE IT.%THANK
Y
OU
, O
SCAR.
% THANK
YOU
VERY
MUCH
FOR
BEING
% HERE.
% [APPLAUSE]
% >>
WELL,
AS
WE
W
IND
DOWN
THE
% PROGRAM
TODAY,
WE
SHALL
% OVERCOME, BECAUSE
THE
ARC OF
THE
%
MORAL
UNIVERSE
IS
LONG,
BUT
I
T
% BENDS
TOWARD
JUSTICE.
%
THE WORDS
OF
DR. MARTIN LUTHER% KING, JR.,
THE DISTRICT OF COA
D
ISTRICT OF
% COLUMBIA,
1968.
% THAT
CONCLUDES
O
UR
CEREMONY.
% ON
BEHALF OF
THE OFFICE
OF
% WISCONSIN GOVERNOR TONY EVERS
% AND
THOSE
W
HO
HELPED M
AKE
THIS
% PROGRAM
POSSIBLE,
UNTIL
NEXT
% TIME,
I'M JONATHAN OVERBY.
%
THANK
YOU
F
OR
ATTENDING,
%
LISTENING AND
WATCHING.
% AND MAY
YOUR
D
AY
B
E
FILLED
W
ITH
% PEACE AND
HARMONY.
% HAVE A
GOOD
DAY!
% THANK
YOU.
% [APPLAUSE]
% ♪
!
% >>
ON
E
LAST
WORD
OF A
PRAYER.
% YOU
W
HO
ORDERED
THIS
UNIVERSE,
% YOU WHO
CREATED
U
S,
I
COME TO
% YOU
W
ITH
QUESTIONS TODAY.
% HOW COULD YOU
HAVE
MAD
E
US
HUMAN
% BEINGS
S
O
INCOMPLETE, S
O
FLAWED,
% SO
FEARFUL
OF
O
UR
NEIGHBOR,
SO
% JUDGMENTAL
OF
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EACH
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W
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% LOVE
INSTEAD
O
F
INDIFFERENCE
.
% MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.,
MAY
HIS
% NAME
BE
FOREVER
BLESSED, ONE
% SAID.
% WE
M
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% BROTHERS OR
PERISH
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% MAY
WE LEARN
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F
% DR. KING, HOW TO
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% BIGOTRY AND
FOOLISHNESS INSIDE
% OF
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% MAY WE
INDEED STAND
UP
FOR
% JUSTICE.
% MAY
WE
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RN
T
O
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OUR
% DIFFERENCES.
% MAY
WE
AGREE
TODAY
THAT
WE WILL
% BE
REA
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FOR
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TOMORROW
% DEMANDS
OF
US.
% MASTER OF
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LEARN
TO
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% BETTER PEOPLE.
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,
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% OUR
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% MAY
THIS
BE
SO.
% AMEN.
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AVE A
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D
DAY.
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SHALOM.
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