>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
WELCOME TO THE ANNUAL MARTIN
LUTHER KING JR. CELEBRATION.
WE'RE SO GLAD YOU COULD JOIN US
FOR THIS SPECIAL OCCASION.
>> HELLO.
I'M DR. JONATHAN OVERBY.
WELCOME TO THE STATE OF
WISCONSIN'S 43rd ANNUAL TRYB
TRIBUTE AND CEREMONY HONORING
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
COMING UP YOU'LL SEE HIGHLIGHTS
FROM TODAY'S EVENT RECORDED IN
THE STATE CAPITOL ROTUNDA.
>> GOOD AFTERNOO.
AND WELCOME TO THE ANNUAL MARTIN
LUTHER KING JR. CELEBRATION.
WE'RE SO GLAD YOU COULD JOIN US
FOR THIS SPECIAL OCCASION.
MUSIC WITH CONDUCTOR MAESTRA
DINORAH MARQUEZ.
GIVENGIVE THEM A BIG ROUND OF
APPLAUSE FOR OPENING OUR PROGRAM
TODAY.
[APPLAUSE]
>> AND OH, THEY LOOK GOOD, THE
CHICAGO MASS CHOIR.
THEY GOT REALLY EARLY AND THEY
MADE IT HERE.
THIS IS THEIR THIRD TIME BEING
HERE.
THEY'RE GOING TO BRING YOU MUSIC
A LITTLE BIT LATER ON.
AND THAT'S A LONG DISTANCE TO
TRAVEL.
WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING FROM
MILWAUKEE, CHICAGO, NORTHERN
WISCONSIN TO BE HERE WITH YOU
TODAY GATHERED TO CELEBRATE THE
SPIRIT OF DR. KING.
DR. KING SAID THAT JUSTICE IS
BEST SERVED IN THE SPIRIT OF
LOVE.
CORRECTING EVERYTHING THAT
STANDS AGAINST LOVE AND WE HAVE
MUCH TO CORRECT.
THESE POINTED WORDS AUTHORED BY
DR. KING, THEY SHOULD INSPIRE US
ALL TO ACTION TODAY, TO REDUCE
OUR NEGATIVE PERCEPTIONS OF EACH
OTHER AND TO REACH OUT,
FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING ACROSS THE
AISLE, TO REDUCE FEAR, WHICH IS
GRIPPING OUR NATION,
INDIFFERENCE AND THIS
DEEP-SEATED HATRED FOR PEOPLE
JUST BECAUSE THEY LOOK
DIFFERENT.
THIS HAS GOT TO STOP.
SO I SAY TO YOU TODAY LET US
CELEBRATE EACH OTHER IN THE
SPIRIT OF DR. KING, AS WE, THE
PEOPLE OF WISCONSIN, GATHER TO
CELEBRATE NOT ONLY HIM, BUT
THOSE THAT HAVE SUFFERED FROM
THE SHACKLES OF HATRED,
MARGINIZATION, PEOPLE WHO ARE
IMMIGRANTS WHO WANT TO COME HERE
BECAUSE THEY SEE A BETTER
OPPORTUNITY, WOMEN WHO ARE STILL
TRYING TO CRACK THE GLASS
CEILING.
WE MUST SHED THIS FEAR OF
RESENTMENT FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO
LOVE SOMEBODY JUST BECAUSE THEY
WANT TO LOVE THEM.
SO I SAY TO YOU ALL TODAY HERE
IN WISCONSIN, AS DR. KING SAID,
LET US DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN A
SPIRIT OF LOVE.
AMEN?
AMEN.
ALL RIGHT.
[APPLAUSE]
>> AND NOW IF YOU WOULD PLEASE
REMAIN SEATED AS FLUTEIST FRANK
MONTANO OFFERS TODAY INVOCATION.
MR. MONTANO IS A RED CLIFF
TRIBAL MEMBER, A PERFORMING ARTD
TIS, A FLUTE MAKER.
HE'S DEDICATED TO PRESERVING THE
TRADITIONAL VALUES OF INDIGENOUS
FIRST NATION PEOPLE OF OUR GREAT
STATE THROUGH STORYTELLING AND
TEACHING.
HERE IS FRANK MONTANO.
[APPLAUSE]
[SPEAKING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE]
?
[APPLAUSE]
>> AND NOW I INVITE YOU TO STAND
AS WE TAKE A MOMENT TO REFLECT
ON THE TRAGIC END OF DR. KING'S
LIFE AT THE TENDER AGE OF 39.
HE AND SO MANY OTHERS GAVE THEIR
LIVES THAT ONE DAY WE WHO STAND
HERE WOULD BE FREE.
WE'RE JOINED BY THE JOINT ARMY
AIR COLOR GUARD, PRINCE HALL
MASONS OF WISCONSIN AND THE
2nd ISTHMIAN HIGHLANDERS WHO
HONOR THOSE WHO PAY TRIBUTE FOR
FREEDOM AND JUSTICE WITH THEIR
LIVES.
?
[PROCESSIONAL OF COLOR GUARD]
?
[APPLAUSE]
?
>> PRESENT ARMS!
[PRESENTATION OF ARMS]
?
[RECESSIONAL OF COLOR GUARD]
>> THANK YOU.
NOW, DO YOU KNOW THE HOME AND
BIRTHPLACE OF TRADITIONAL GOSPEL
MUSIC?
DO YOU KNOW WHERE THAT IS?
I DO.
AND I'M DELIGHTED THAT WE ARE
NOT ONLY GOING TO GET A TASTE OF
IT, BUT SOME REAL SOUL FOOD
TODAY FROM A CHICAGO MASS CHOIR.
PLEASE GIVE THEM A BIG HAND,
WITH DR. WILLIAMSON LEADING THIS
ORGANIZATION FOR SO MANY YEARS.
GIVE IT UP FOR THEM!
CHICAGO MASS CHOIR.
? WHEN EVERYTHING ELSE FAILS
ME ?
? I CAN GO TO THE ROCK ?
? WHEN TROUBLES AROUND ME ?
? I CAN GO TO THE ROCK ?
? GOD PROMISED THAT HE WOULD
KEEP ME ?
? IF I ABIDE IN HIS HOLY WORD ?
? NO MATTER WHAT THE PROBLEM ?
? I CAN GO TO THE ROCK ?
? WHEN EVERYTHING ELSE FAILS ?
? I CAN GO TO THE ROCK ?
? WHEN TROUBLES AROUND ME ?
? I CAN GO TO THE ROCK ?
? GOD PROMISED THAT HE WOULD
KEEP ME ?
? IF I ABIDE IN HIS HOLY WORD ?
? NO MATTER WHAT THE PROBLEM ?
? I CAN GO TO THE ROCK ?
? JESUS, MY WAYMAKER ?
? HE MAKES A WAY EACH AND EVERY
DAY ?
? NO MATTER WHAT THE PROBLEM ?
? I CAN GO TO THE ROCK ?
? NO MATTER WHAT THE PROBLEM ?
? I CAN GO TO THE ROCK ?
? JESUS, MY WAYMAKER ?
? JESUS, MY STRONG TOWER ?
? JESUS, MY HEART FIXER ?
? I CAN GO TO THE ROCK ?
? WHEN I AM SAD HE MAKES ME
GLAD ?
? I CAN GO TO THE ROCK ?
? HE WON'T LEAVE ME ?
? HE WON'T FOR SAKE ME ?
? NO MATTER WHAT THE PROBLEM ?
? I CAN GO TO THE ROCK ?
? I CAN GO TO THE ROCK, YEAH ?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
?
? PRAISE JEHOVAH ?
? THE KING OF KINGS ?
? PRAISE JEHOVAH ?
? YOU'RE MY EVERYTHING ?
? FROM THE RISING OF THE SUN ?
? TILL THE GOING DOWN OF THE
SAME ?
? PRAISE JEHOVAH ?
? THE GREAT I AM ?
? PRAISE JEHOVAH ?
? FROM THE RISING OF THE SUN ?
? TILL THE GOING DOWN OF THE
SAME ?
? PRAISE JEHOVAH ?
? THE GREAT I AM ?
? ENTER HIS GATES WITH
THANKSGIVING ?
? ENTER HIS COURTS WITH PRAISE ?
? BE THANKFUL UNTO HIM ?
? AND BLESS HIS NAME ?
? PRAISE JEHOVAH ?
? OH, OH, PRAISE JEHOVAH ?
? PRAISE JEHOVAH ?
? OH, OH, PRAISE JEHOVAH ?
? EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW ?
? EVERY TONGUE SHALL CONFESS ?
? PRAISE JEHOVAH ?
? FROM THE RISING OF THE SUN ?
? TILL THE GOING DOWN OF THE
SAME ?
? PRAISE JEHOVAH ?
? THE GREAT I AM ?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
?
? PRAISE JEHOVAH ?
? THE GREAT I AM ?
? PRAISE JEHOVAH ?
? THE KING OF KINGS ?
? THE LORD OF LORDS ?
? THE GREAT I AM ?
>> HALLELUJAH!
BLESS YOUR NAME, JAMES JESUS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
COME ON.
I KNOW YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN
THAT, CHICAGO MASS CHOIR.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
GIVE ME A LITTLE INSTRUMENTAL OF
THE GUYS.
YEAH.
ALL THE GUYS IN THE BAND.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PLAYING
TODAY, FOR BEING HERE, GETTING
UP SO EARLY.
APPRECIATE YOU.
AND Y'ALL GOOD.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> ALL RIGHT.
CHICAGO MASS CHOIR.
THEY WILL BE BACK.
IT'S TIME FOR THE FIRST
PRESENTATION OF THE 2024MLK
HERITAGE AWARD.
LISA JONES IS THE RECIPIENT THIS
YEAR.
AND SHE IS THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR AND THE LEAD ORGANIZER
OF MILWAUKEE INNER CITY
CONGREGATIONS ALLIED FOR HOPE,
OR MICAH.
IT'S A MULTIRACIAL INTERFAITH
ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO
ADDRESSING JUSTICE ISSUES IN THE
COMMUNITY OF MILWAUKEE.
THAT'S MY HOMETOWN, SO THERE'S
SOME WORK TO BE DONE, I KNOW FOR
SURE.
I LOVE MILWAUKEE.
AND -- OH, YEAH.
THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
[APPLAUSE]
>> I WENT TO RUFUS KING HIGH
SCHOOL.
WHERE DID YOU GO, SIR?
WHAT SCHOOL?
DID YOU GO TO HIGH SCHOOL IN
MILWAUKEE, ANYBODY?
MILWAUKEE TECH.
I CAN'T TALK TO YOU.
[LAUGHTER]
>> ANYWAY, BACK TO SISTER JONES.
SHE WORKS DILIGENTLY IN ALL
AVENUES OF HER LIFE FOR RACIAL
JUSTICE AND EQUALITY WITH A
FORUM SERIES ENTITLED
"CONVERSATIONS ON RACE."
AND IN THE MILWAUKEE METRO AREA
AS THE CO-CHAIR OF RID RACISM
MILWAUKEE, I THANK HER FOR BEING
HERE TODAY AND FOR HER GOOD WORK
AND FOR HER MISSION TO SECURE
ALTERNATIVES TO JUST SENDING
FOLKS TO JAIL WHEN THERE COULD
BE SOME OTHER PATHWAY TO THEIR
RECOVERY AND THEIR
REHABILITATION, IF YOU WILL.
[APPLAUSE]
>> SO IT'S MY PLEASURE, ON
BEHALF OF THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR
TONY EVERS, I AM PLEASED TO
ANNOUNCE THAT LISA JONES IS
RECIPIENT OF THE WISCONSIN
2024MLK HERITAGE AWARD.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
[APPLAUSE]
>> WOW!
THANK YOU SO MUCH, GOVERNOR
EVERS AND THE SELECTION
COMMITTEE AND THOSE WHO
NOMINATED ME.
I WAS LIKE WHERE DID YOU GET
THAT DESCRIPTION OF ME AND ALL
THE THINGS THAT I'VE DONE?
BUT SOMEHOW SOMEONE KNEW ME AND
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
THIS REMINDS ME OF THE LESSONS
THAT MY PARENTS TAUGHT ME.
MY MOTHER'S NO LONGER HERE WITH
US, BUT I REMEMBER SITTING WITH
MY MOM AND DAD WATCHING TONY
BROWN'S JOURNAL.
HOW MANY PEOPLE REMEMBER TONY
BROWN'S JOURNAL?
[APPLAUSE]
>> AND ALL THE JUSTICE WORK AND
ALL THE THINGS.
SO IT REALLY FORMED ME IN WHO I
AM, AND SO I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE
WORK THAT GOD HAS CALLED ME TO
DO IN THIS STATE REPRESENTING
THE FAITH COMMUNITY FOR THE
LOVING COMMUNITY FOR AN
OPPRESSION-FREE WORLD!
I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR THAT!
AND I KNOW THAT GOD KEEPS
CALLING' OF US, AND I KNOW THAT
THIS IS MICAH'S 35TH YEAR IN
1988.
CLERGY CAME TOGETHER TO CREATE
MICAH AND SO FOR 35 YEARS MICAH
HAS BEEN DOING THIS RACIAL
JUSTICE WORK IN MILWAUKEE AND IN
THE STATE AND UNITED STATES.
WE'RE AN AFFILIATE OF WISDOM.
AND THAT THEME TODAY, ONE DAY,
ONE DAY.
I BELIEVE IN THAT ONE DAY,
BECAUSE DR. KING BELIEVED IN
THAT ONE DAY.
HE BELIEVED IN AN
OPPRESSION-FREE WORLD WHERE WE
ARE ALL HEALTHY, WE ARE ALL
SPIRITUALLY AND MENTALLY HEALTHY
AND WE HAVE EVERYTHING WE NEED.
SO MAYBE THERE WILL BE ONE DAY
WHEN WE DON'T NEED FOOD PANTRIES
BECAUSE EVERYBODY WILL HAVE THE
FOOD THAT THEY NEED.
EVERYBODY WILL HAVE A JOB.
[APPLAUSE]
>> WE WILL HAVE ALTERNATIVES TO
ALL THESE SYSTEMS OF OPPRESSION.
AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO LEAVE
YOU WITH JUST A COUPLE OF
QUOTES.
AND THIS IS WHERE -- ONE OF THE
BEST QUOTES I REMEMBER, WHY I DO
THIS WORK.
INJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS A THREAT
TO JUSTICE EVERYWHERE.
SO WHEN SIBLING IS HURTING, THAT
MEANS YOU HURTING, TOO.
AND THEN THIS IS ONE OF MY BEST
QUOTES I LOVE FROM HIM.
AND HE SAID THIS: IF HE LOSE
SOMEHOW, YOU LOSE THE VITALITY
THAT KEEPS MOVING.
YOU LOSE THAT COURAGE TO BE,
THAT QUALITY THAT HELPS YOU GO
OUT IN SPITE OF IT ALL.
AND SO TODAY I STILL HAVE A
DREAM.
LET US ALL REMEMBER TO KEEP
ANSWERING DR. KING'S CALL THAT
ONE DAY, ONE DAY WE CAN GET TO A
PERMANENT, BELOVED COMMUNITY
WITHOUT OPPRESSION.
ONE DAY.
THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
>> WELL, FROM MILWAUKEE, ONCE
AGAIN HERE IS THE NATIONAL
AWARD-WINNING LATINO ARTS
STRINGS PROGRAM ESTABLISHED AT
THE UNITED COMMUNITY CENTER IN
MILWAUKEE, CREATED AND DIRECTED
TODAY BY DINORAH MARQUEZ AND
DESIGNED TO SERVE AS A
PRE-COLLEGE MUSIC TRAINING
PROGRAM FOR LATINO STUDENTS.
AND IT PROVIDES THEM WITH
INSTRUMENTS, MUSIC MATERIALS,
INDIVIDUAL LESSONS, SMALL GROUP
AND LARGER ORCHESTRAS.
AND THIS MARIACHI ENSEMBLE IS
ONE OF THE FINEST TO COME OUT OF
OUR COUNTRY.
ONCE AGAIN, THE MARIACHI JUVENIL
GRANDES LEGOS.
PLEASE GIVE THEM ANOTHER
WELCOME.
[APPLAUSE]
- ?
[SINGING IN SPANISH]
?
[INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
?
[SINGING IN SPANISH]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
?
[INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
?
[INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> IT IS TIME NOW FOR THE
PRESENTATION OF OUR NEXT MLK
HERITAGE AWARD.
SINCE 2012, DR. DANIELS HAS LED
GROWTH, INNOVATION AND
ACCESSIBILITY TO MADISON
COLLEGE.
HIS TENURE INCLUDES COMPLETING
THE BUILDOUT OF MADISON
COLLEGE'S CAMPUSES, INSTRUCTING
THE GOODMAN SOUTH CAMPUS,
INCREASING CREATIVE PARTNERSHIPS
TO BENEFIT STUDENTS,
ESTABLISHING A CORPORATE
TRAINING CENTER AND CREATING
MADISON COLLEGE'S STEM CENTER
AND MANY OTHER WONDERFUL
CONTRIBUTIONS OF BUILDING PLACES
WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO TO LEARN.
HE'S CREATED MORE OF A WELCOMING
CLIMATE ON CAMPUS AND INCREASED
THE FACULTY OF COLOR.
THIS IS A PART AND A SMALL PART
OF HIS RICH LEGACY TO THIS
COMMUNITY.
ON BEHALF OF THE OFFICE OF
GOVERNOR TONY EVERS, I AM
PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT
DR. JACK E. DANIELS III,
PRESIDENT OF MADISON COLLEGE, IS
A RECIPIENT OF THE WISCONSIN
2024 MLK HERITAGE AWARD.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF
DR. JACK E. DANIELS III.
FIRST, THANK YOU FOR THE 2024
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
HERITAGE AWARD.
I'M SO SORRY I'M NOT ABLE TO BE
WITH THIS THIS AFTERNOON.
I'M DEEPLY HONORED AND
APPRECIATIVE OF THIS
RECOGNITION.
I SHARE THIS RECOGNITION WITH
EVERY ASPECT OF OUR COMMUNITY
AND MADISON COLLEGE.
I'M THANKFUL TO THIS COMMUNITY
FOR ITS SUPPORT PROVIDING
CRITICAL INPUT AND FRIENDSHIP.
BUT WHAT IS KEY IS OUR
COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS TO MAKE
CHANGE.
COLLABORATION IS BEST TO MAKE
CRITICAL CHANGE AND KEEPING US
ACCOUNTABLE IS KEY TO ENSURING
THAT THE CHANGE EVIDENCES ITSELF
AND IS SUSTAINABLE.
MY FOCUS SINCE I ARRIVED OVER
TEN YEARS AGO IS TO UNDERSTAND
THE COMMUNITY NEED AND INSTITUTE
KEY INTERVENTIONS TO MEET THE
NEED.
THOUGH MANY SEE GOODMAN SOUTH
CAMPUS AS REPRESENTATIVE OF
MEETING THAT NEED, IT COMES
THROGH LOUD AND CLEAR THE
SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENTS THAT WE
DO LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY AND
RESPOND IN A WAY TO ACKNOWLEDGE
AND RESPECT THEIR NEEDS.
THIS HAS BEEN THE GREATEST
ACCOMPLISHMENT: LISTENING AND
RESPECTING THE NEEDS OF EVERY
COMMUNITY WE TOUCH IN OUR
12-COUNTY AREA.
AND IT COULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED
WITHOUT COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND A
COLLEGE THAT IS FOCUSED ON
SERVING COMMUNITIES AND THE
NEEDS OF ALL STUDENTS.
IT WOULD ALSO NOT HAPPEN WITHOUT
THE SUPPORT OF OUR BOARD, THE
LEADERSHIP OF MY STAND-IN TODAY,
FRANCIS HUNTLEY-COOPER, WHO HAS
PROVIDED BOARD LEADERSHIP THE
MAJORITY OF MY TENURE.
I TRULY ACCEPT THIS AWARD ON
BEHALF OF EVERYONE IN THIS
COMMUNITY WHO COMMIT THEMSELVES
TO MAKING CRITICAL CHANGE IN OUR
COMMUNITY TO IMPROVE THE
COMMUNITY'S QUALITY OF LIFE WITH
THE DEFINED INTENTION TO ENGAGE
EACH AND CONTINUE TO MAKE
INTERVENTIONS THAT MAKE THIS
COMMUNITY AND THE STATE BETTER
IN ADDRESSING ITS NEEDS.
THANK YOU.
DR. DANIELS.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> NOW, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I
DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW WHO THAT
WAS.
I SHOULD HAVE INTRODUCED HER,
BUT I ASSUMED EVERYONE KNEW
FRANCIS HUNTLEY-COOPER.
[APPLAUSE]
>> YEAH.
AND JUST A LITTLE HISTORY FOR
YOU.
OR SHOULD I SAY HER STORY.
SHE IS THE FIRST
AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAYOR WOMAN IN
THE STATE OF WISCONSIN.
>> YEAH!
YEAH!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> JUST MAJOR.
SHE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
IT'S RIGHT.
I KNOW I'M GOING TO HEAR ABOUT
THAT LATER.
WELL, AS WE MOVE ON, THEY'RE
HERE, THEY LOOK GOOD.
YEAH.
WHO IS IT?
WHAT IS IT?
>> LET ME JUST INTRODUCE.
'CAUSE YOU MESSING UP.
LET ME JUST SAY THAT IT'S ALL
RIGHT TO CLAP YOUR HANDS.
IT'S ALL RIGHT TO STAND.
BECAUSE WE HAVE THE CHICAGO MASS
CHOIR IN THE HOUSE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> I AM A BELIEVER IN JESUS
CHRIST AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU
RIGHT NOW I'M GOING TO BE
CLAPPING.
YOU'RE ABOUT TO HEAR FROM OUR
PASTOR, SO WE ABOUT TO SET IT
UP, ALL RIGHT?
SO CHICAGO MASS CHOIR, BRING US
ON IN!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
?
>> CLAP YOUR HANDS, EVERYBODY.
[CLAPPING]
? OH, HOW WONDERFUL IT IS ?
? JESUS PROMISED HE'LL TAKE CARE
OF ME ?
? OH, HOW MARVELOUS IT IS ?
? JESUS PROMISED HE'LL TAKE CARE
OF ME ?
? OH, HOW WONDERFUL IT IS ?
? JESUS PROMISED HE'LL TAKE CARE
OF ME ?
? OH, HOW MARVELOUS IT IS ?
? JESUS PROMISED HE'LL TAKE CARE
OF ME ?
? I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
THE THINGS AHEAD ?
? ALL I HAVE TO DO IS LIVE
RIGHT ?
? AND BELIEVE IN WHAT HE SAID ?
? I CAN CALL HIM IN THE
MORNING ?
? I CAN CALL HIM IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE NIGHT ?
? AND WHEN I CALL HIM ?
? HE'LL MAKE EVERYTHING ALL
RIGHT ?
? IT DOES NOT MATTER ?
? HOW BIG THE PROBLEM MAY BE ?
? JESUS PROMISED HE'LL TAKE CARE
OF ME ?
? JESUS PROMISED HE'LL TAKE CARE
OF ME ?
? I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
THE THINGS AHEAD ?
? I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
THE THINGS AHEAD ?
? I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
THE THINGS AHEAD ?
? I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
THE THINGS AHEAD ?
? ALL I HAVE TO DO IS LIVE
RIGHT ?
? ALL I HAVE TO DO IS LIVE
RIGHT ?
? ALL I HAVE TO DO IS LIVE
RIGHT ?
? ALL I HAVE TO DO IS LIVE
RIGHT ?
? ALL I HAVE TO DO IS LIVE
RIGHT ?
? ALL I HAVE TO DO IS LIVE
RIGHT ?
? ALL I HAVE TO DO IS LIVE
RIGHT ?
? AND BELIEVE IN WHAT HE SAID ?
? I CAN CALL HIM IN THE
MORNING ?
? I CAN CALL HIM IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE NIGHT ?
? AND WHEN I CALL HIM ?
? HE'LL MAKE EVERYTHING ALL
RIGHT ?
? IT DOES NOT MATTER ?
? HOW BIG THE PROBLEM MAY BE ?
? JESUS PROMISED HE'LL TAKE CARE
OF ME ?
? I CAN CALL HIM IN THE
MORNING ?
? I CAN CALL HIM IN THE
MORNING ?
? I CAN CALL HIM IN THE
MORNING ?
? I CAN CALL HIM IN THE
MORNING ?
? I CAN CALL HIM IN THE
MORNING ?
? I CAN CALL HIM IN THE
MORNING ?
? JESUS PROMISED HE'LL TAKE CARE
OF ME ?
>> SOMEBODY MAKE SOME NOISE!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> CLAP YOUR HANDS, EVERYBODY.
COME ON.
? I HEARD ABOUT HOW HE HEALED
THE SICK ?
? HE IS A WONDER ?
? HE IS A WONDER IN MY SOUL ?
? I HEARD ABOUT HOW HE RAISED
THE DEAD ?
? HE IS A WONDER ?
? HE IS A WONDER IN A SOUL ?
? I HEARD ABOUT HOW HE CALM THE
SEA ?
? HE IS A WONDER ?
? HE IS A WONDER IN MY SOUL ?
? IT WAS A FRIDAY NIGHT HE
DELIVERED ME ?
? HE IS WONDER ?
? HE IS A WONDER IN MY SOUL ?
? HEALED THE SICK, RAISED THE
DEAD ?
? FIVE THOUSAND SOULS HE FED ?
? HE DID IT BEFORE ?
? HE CAN DO IT AGAIN ?
? HE IS WONDER IN MY SOUL ?
? I HEARD ABOUT HOW HE HEALED
THE SICK ?
? HE IS A WONDER ?
? HE IS A WONDER IN MY SOUL ?
? I HEARD ABOUT HOW HE RAISED
THE DEAD ?
? HE IS A WONDER ?
? HE IS A WONDER IN A SOUL ?
? I HEARD ABOUT HOW HE CALM THE
SEA ?
? HE IS A WONDER ?
? HE IS A WONDER IN MY SOUL ?
? IT WAS A FRIDAY NIGHT HE
DELIVERED ME ?
? HE IS WONDER ?
? HE IS A WONDER IN MY SOUL ?
? HEALED THE SICK, RAISED THE
DEAD ?
? FIVE THOUSAND SOULS HE FED ?
? HE DID IT BEFORE ?
? HE CAN DO IT AGAIN ?
? HE IS WONDER IN MY SOUL ?
SNOALD HEALED THE SICK, RAISED
THE DEAD ?
? HE IS WONDER IN MY SOUL ?
? HE CAN DO IT AGAIN ?
? HE IS WONDER IN MY SOUL ?
? I TRIED HIM ?
? I KNOW HIM ?
? I'VE SEEN HIM DO IT ?
? HE'S A WONDER ?
? I TRIED HIM ?
? I KNOW HIM ?
? I'VE SEEN HIM DO IT ?
? HE'S A WONDER ?
? I TRIED HIM ?
? I KNOW HIM ?
? I'VE SEEN HIM DO IT ?
? HE'S A WONDER ?
? I'VE SEEN HIM DO IT ?
? HE'S A WONDER ?
? HE IS WONDER IN MY SOUL ?
? HE'S A WONDER ?
? YES, HE'S A WONDER ?
? HE'S A WONDER ?
? REDEEMER ?
? HE'S A WONDER ?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> ALL RIGHT!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> CLAP YOUR HANDS.
I SAY CLAP YOUR HANDS.
?
? HE IS WONDER ?
? HE, HE IS ?
? HE IS WONDER ?
? YES, HE IS ?
? HE IS WONDER ?
? YES, I TRIED]
? NEVER FAILED ME ?
? HE IS WONDER ?
? IN MY SOUL ?
? HE IS WONDER ?
? I SEE HIM EVERY HOUR ?
? I SEE HIM EVERY MINUTE ?
? HE'S A WONDER ?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
YES!
>> THAT'S THEIR NEW SINGLE, "HE
IS A WONDER."
THEIR BRAND NEW SINGLE.
YEAH.
SISTER WILLIAMSON, I ASK Y'ALL
TO TAKE US TO THE MOUNTAINTOP.
>> YEAH!
>> I DIDN'T SAY NOTHING ABOUT
HEAVEN.
YOU WENT THERE AND IT WAS
WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU, MUSICIANS, SINGERS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
APPRECIATE YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
>> AND THEY LOOK GOOD, TOO,
DON'T THEY?
>> ALL RIGHT.
IT IS TIME TO INTRODUCE OUR
GUEST SPEAKER TODAY, THE
REVEREND DR. MARCUS ALLEN, SR.,
PASTOR OF MT. ZION BAPTIST
CHURCH, MADISON, WISCONSIN.
DR. ALLEN JOINED MT. ZION IN
OCTOBER OF 2016 AFTER SERVING
HONORABLY IN THE UNITED STATES
ARMY FOR OVER TEN YEARS.
DURING HIS MILITARY SERVICE, HE
COMPLETED THREE, I SAID THREE
COMBAT TOURS IN IRAQ AND
AFGHANISTAN AND RECEIVED THE
BRONZE STAR MEDAL, ONE OF THE
HIGHEST MILITARY HONORS AWARDED
IN THE UNITED STATES ARMED
FORCES FOR THEIR MEMBERS.
[APPLAUSE]
>> GO AHEAD.
IT'S ALL RIGHT.
[APPLAUSE]
>> HE EARNED A DOCTORATE IN
MINISTRY FROM LIBERTY BAPTIST
THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY AND A
MASTER OF DIVINITY AT VIRGINIA
UNION UNIVERSITY.
HE SERVES IN MANY WAYS: ADJUNCT
PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
DUBUQUE, PRESIDENT OF THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN COUNCIL OF
CHURCHES AND HE AND HIS WIFE
TERRA, WHO I HAVE PERSONALLY
HEARD HIM REFER TO HER NOT ONLY
AS HIS WIFE, BUT HIS GIRLFRIEND.
I'M TELLING THE TRUTH.
I HEARD IT.
AND I JUST WANTED TO REPEAT IT
PUBLICLY.
THEY HAVE THREE BEAUTIFUL
CHILDREN: ALEXANDREA, MEKYAH,
MARCUS, JR.
AND THERE'S MUCH MORE TO SAY.
BUT HE ASKED ME, HE SAID, DR. O,
WHY ME?
AND I JUST SAID "IT'S YOUR
TIME."
AND I NOW ASK YOU TO WELCOME THE
REVEREND DR. MARCUS ALLEN, SR.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> WELL, THE EARTH IS THE LORD'S
AND THE FULLNESS THEREOF.
THE WORLD AND ALL THEY THAT
DWELL THEREIN.
FOR HE HAS FOUNDED IT UPON THE
SEAS AND ESTABLISHED IT UPON THE
WATERS.
LIFT UP YOUR HEADS, OU GATES.
LIFT UP YOU EVERLASTING DOORS.
AND THE KING OF GLORY SHALL COME
IN.
WHO IS THIS KING OF GLORY?
THE LORD OF HOSTS.
HE IS THE KING OF GLORY.
TRULY I COUNT IT A PRIVILEGE AND
AN HONOR AND A JOY TO BE BEFORE
YOU TODAY.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
GOVERNOR EVERS AND FIRST LADY
EVERS AND TO ALL THE GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS WHO ARE HERE TODAY.
SHE HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL HOST
FOR US.
AND SHE'S A REPRESENTATIVE FOR
WHERE OUR CHURCH IS LOCATED.
TO ALL THE DIGNITARIES ON THE
DAIS, GOD BLESS YOU.
TO DR. JONATHAN OVERBY, THANK
YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE THE
KEYNOTE SPEAKER OF THIS
WONDERFUL EVENT.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> I AM GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO
SERVE THE BEST CHURCH IN THE
WORLD, MT. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH
HERE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF
MADISON.
THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH FOR
BEING WITH ME TODAY.
AND IF YOU HEAR A LOT OF YELLING
FROM THIS SIDE, I'M PRETTY SURE
IT'S COMING FROM MY MOTHER.
AMEN.
SHE IS MY SUPERHERO.
I AM BECAUSE SHE IS.
AND SO I'M SO THANKFUL FOR HER.
AMEN.
GIVE ME MOM A BIG HAND AND CLAP
OF PRAISE.
[APPLAUSE]
>> AMEN.
MY MOTHER-IN-LAW, CONNIE COOK,
IS HERE WITH US.
MY AUNTS ARE HERE.
MY BROTHER, MY NIECE, MY COUSINS
ALL THE WAY OVER THERE.
AMEN.
THEY'RE HERE WITH US TONIGHT AND
I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL MY
FAMILY, FRIENDS, BASS TORES PASTORS AND SO
MUCH.
AND TO THE LOVE OF MY LIFE, MY
GIRLFRIEND ON FRIDAY, SATURDAY,
SUNDAY, AND MY WIFE MONDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY, MISS TERRA
ALLEN.
AMEN.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED
SUPPORT.
[APPLAUSE]
>> AND THE LOVE WHICH YOU GIVE
ME TO BE THE BEST MAN THAT I CAN
HOPE TO BE.
SO MY OLDEST DAUGHTER ALEXANDREA
SHE IS NOT WITH US TONIGHT.
SHE HAD A BABY, AMEN, ON
WEDNESDAY.
AND SO I'M GOING TO TRY MY BEST
TO SPOIL THAT CHILD, AMEN, AS A
GRANDFATHER.
THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO BE CALLED.
NOT PAPA.
CALL ME GRANDADDY.
AMEN.
AND TO M.J., MARCUS JR., MY ONLY
BEGOTTEN SON, WHO I AM WELL
PLEASED AND TO MY BABY GIRL,
MISS MEKYAH ALLEN.
AMEN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE
IN SUPPORT.
WHEN I BECAME THE PASTOR OF MT.
ZION BAPTIST CHURCH IN OCTOBER,
2016, I WAS INVITED TO THIS
- EVENT TO ATTEND.
I WAS UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT
IT WOULD BE A MEETING IN A SMALL
CONFERENCE ROOM WITH ONLY A FEW
PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE.
IT WAS VERY SLIPPERY OUTSIDE
BECAUSE OF THE ICE ON THE
GROUND.
SOMEHOW THIS IS NORMALLY THE
COLDEST DAY.
AND SO I TOOK MY TIME GETTING
HERE.
WHEN I ARRIVED TO THE SECOND
FLOOR, I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE HOW
MANY PEOPLE WERE IN ATTENDANCE.
BUT GOOD THINGS ARE, DELTA LADIES
WERE THE USHERS, AND MANY OF
THEM WERE MEMBERS OF MY CHURCH.
AND BECAUSE I WAS HERE IN THE
NICK OF TIME, THEY WERE ABLE TO
GET ME DIRECTLY TO MY SEAT.
AND SO I WANT TO TELL THEM THANK
YOU AND TO CARLA AND COLLIDE.
THEY'VE BEEN OUR HOSTS THESE
LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.
THANK YOU TO THEM.
AND LET ME COMMEND THE STATE OF
WISCONSIN FOR BEING ONE OF THE
FIRST TO HONOR THIS GIANT OF A
MAN, THE LIBERATOR OF OUR
PEOPLE, THE DRUM MAJOR FOR
JUSTICE, THE REVEREND DR. MARTIN
LUTHER KING, JR. AND HAS
CONTINUED TO HONOR THIS HERO FOR
43 YEARS NO MATTER WHO HAS BEEN
THE GOVERNOR OF THIS STATE.
GIVE YOURSELVES A ROUND OF
APPLAUSE.
[APPLAUSE]
>> AROUND 2014, MY WIFE AND I
WERE DEBATING WHERE SHOULD WE
MOVE BECAUSE WE HAD SMALL
CHILDREN AND OUR CHILDREN NEEDED
A GRANDMOTHER TO HELP US RAISE
THEM KIDS.
AND WHILE ATTENDING A
CONFERENCE, I WAS INFORMED IN
VIRGINIA THAT MT. ZION BAPTIST
CHURCH WAS LOOKING FOR A PASTOR.
I APPLIED AND SOMEHOW I BECAME
THE PASTOR OF THIS GREAT CHURCH.
WHEN I ARRIVED, I WAS INFORMED
THAT MT. ZION HAS ALWAYS BEEN A
PILLAR IN THE COMMUNITY FOR
AFRICAN-AMERICAN PEOPLE.
THIS CHURCH HAS BEEN AROUND IN
MAY IT WILL BE 113 YEARS.
THE CHURCH'S VOICE HAS BEEN
AMPLIFIED WHEN IT COMES TO
SOCIAL JUSTICE AND DEMANDING
SOCIAL EQUALITY FOR ALL.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, DR. KING'S
FATHER VISITED MT. ZION AND WHEN
BISHOP DESMOND TUTU CAME TO
TOWN, IT WAS ONE OF HIS STOPS.
IN 1960 IT WAS ASKED TO MOVE TO
FISHER STREET WHERE IT NOW
RESIDES.
THE PASTOR AT THAT TIME TOLD THE
MAYOR THAT HE DESIRED FOR THE
CHURCH TO BE IN THE HEART OF THE
COMMUNITY.
IF YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE
LOCATED, YOU WILL AGREE BECAUSE
WE ARE NOT OFF A MAIN ROAD.
WE ARE TUCKED IN BY PENN PARK.
BUT OUR LOVE FOR THE COMMUNITY
RADIATES AND ILLUMINATES OUR
AREA BY PROVIDING HELP, AID AND
SUPPORT TO ANYONE WHO IS IN
NEED.
FOR OVER 30 YEARS WE HAVE HAD A
FULL PANTRY FEEDING FAMILIES.
WE'VE AN ACADEMIC LEARNING
CENTER WHERE WE PROVIDE KIDS
KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 5TH GRADE
WITH EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT AND
ATTEMPT TO CLOSE WHAT
DR. BILLINGS CALLED THE
OPPORTUNITY GAP WITH OUR BLACK
STUDENTS.
LAST YEAR WE WERE EXTREMELY
PROUD ION JOHNSON, JR.
OUR STAFF WORKED WITH HIM AND HE
DID AN AMAZING JOB READING THE
"I HAVE A DREAM" SPEECH BOLDLY
AND SPROWDLY AND MANY OF US
STOOD WITH TEARS IN OUR EYES
BECAUSE WE KNEW HOW FAR HE HAD
COME FROM.
IN 2020, WE MAY HAVE CLOSED THE
DOORS OF OUR CHURCH, BUT WE WENT
TO WORK.
OUR FOOD PANTRY WAS IN OVER
DRIVE.
WE TOOK FOOD TO FAMILIES THAT
SURROUNDED OUR CHURCH.
WE OPENED WHAT WE CALLED THE
SCHOOL WITHOUT WALLS, ALLOWING
STUDENTS TO USE OUR WI-FI AND
PROVIDED THEM WITH TUTORS.
WE PARTNERS WITH DANE COUNTY TO
LEAD A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM TO
HELP CHILDREN, YOUTH WHO ARE
AGING OUT OF FOSTER CARE, AND
OPENED OUR FACILITY TO OUR OLDER
ADULTS TO COME AND SOCIALIZE AND
LEARN HOW TO USE COMPUTERS.
IN OCTOBER 2020 WE PARTNERED
WITH A FAMILY THERAPY AND NOW WE
HAVE A FREE DROP-IN BEHAVIOR
HEALTH CLINIC AT OUR CHURCH.
[APPLAUSE]
>> OCTOBER 2021 WE STARTED A
PROGRAM THAT WE CALL TRY,
TRANSFORM AND REACHING OUR
YOUTH, WHERE WE GO INTO THE
JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER AND
PROVIDE MENTORSHIP TO THE
CHILDREN WHO ARE THERE.
WE'VE ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE
BADGER FOOTBALL TEAM IN WHICH
THEY SEND THEIR FOOTBALL PLAYERS
TO GO WITH US TO TALK TO THESE
YOUTH.
MT. ZION IS A CHURCH OF ACTION,
LOVE AND JUSTICE, AND DUE TO OUR
PROGRAMS ONLY BEING SUPPORTED
AND FUNDING BY THE GENEROSITY OF
OUR MEMBERS, WE DECIDED TO START
A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION, A
SEPARATE 503C THAT WE FORMED
THAT WE MAY HAVE A GREATER
IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IN 2020 WE PAID OFF THE MORTGAGE
OF OUR CHURCH.
AMEN.
[APPLAUSE]
>> AND OUR CHURCH IS NOW
DEBT-FREE AND BLACK FOLKS FULLY
OWN ONE OF THE LARGEST BUILDINGS
ON THE BLOCK.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> AND CURRENTLY WE ARE STARTING
A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN TO BUILD A
FAMILY LIFE CENTER ON THE SOUTH
SIDE OF MADISON TO BE ABLE TO
HOUSE OUR PROGRAMS AND BETTER
SERVE THE MADISON COMMUNITY.
AGAIN, I AM EXCITED TO BE THE
SPEAKER OF THIS EVENT TODAY.
AND AS I RECEIVE THE THEME FOR
THIS EVENT, I WAS TORN AS WHICH
WAY TO TALK ABOUT IT.
I BELIEVE THAT THE THEME OF "ONE
DAY" IS A POWERFUL STATEMENT,
BUT IT DEPENDS ON HOW IT IS
PRESENTED."
PRESENTED.
"ONE DAY" CAN BE WHAT I CALL
FAITH TALK, WHERE YOU ARE
EXPECTING SOMETHING GREAT TO
HAPPEN ONE DAY.
AND YOUR ACTIONS TODAY ARE
PUSHING YOU TOWARDS THAT ONE
DAY.
OR "ONE DAY" CAN BE DECEPTIVE
TALK, WHICH CAUSES YOU TO SETTLE
FOR WHAT YOU RECEIVE TODAY
BECAUSE YOU SUGGEST I WILL GET
IT ONE DAY.
"ONE DAY" CAN BE USED AS A
VISION CASTER FOR SOMETHING
GREATER, MORE BENEFICIAL FOR
YOUR LIFE.
OR "ONE DAY" CAN LEAD TO APATHY
WHERE YOU BECOME SATISFIED WITH
THE RESULTS OF TODAY AND FAIL TO
PREPARE FOR THAT ONE DAY.
I BELIEVE FOR SOME "ONE DAY" HAS
PARALYZED OUR ABILITY TO PRODUCE
JUSTICE, EQUALITY AND FREEDOM.
THEY HAVE SETTLED FOR THE CRUMBS
OF TODAY, EXPECTING THINGS TO
GET BETTER ONE DAY.
WE HAVE DECIDED THAT THE WORK OF
A BETTER DAY IS TOO HARD FOR
TODAY, SO WE PUT IT OFF AS A
DISTANT HOPE AND DECLARE WE'LL
GET IT RIGHT ONE DAY.
THIS TYPE OF UNDERSTANDING OF
"ONE DAY" HAS CRIPPLED MANY
COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE LEANED AND
DEPENDED ON THE PROMISES OF
LEADERS WHO TOLD THEM THAT ONE
DAY, BUT IT SEEMS AS IF ONE DAY
CONTINUES TO DRIFT FARTHER AND
FARTHER AWAY.
PROMISES OF EQUALITY IN
EDUCATION, BUT YET STILL BLACK
CHILDREN ARE NOT LEARNING AT THE
SAME RATE OF THEIR COUNTERPARTS.
I KNOW THERE ARE DIFFERENT
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO THIS,
BUT FOR THE LONGEST NO ONE WAS
ABLE TO EXPLAIN TO ME WHY.
A FEW YEARS AGO I WAS A GUEST
SPEAKER AT ONE OF OUR HIGH
SCHOOLS AND I ASKED THE STUDENTS
WHEN DID THEY THINK WAS THE
REASON FOR THE 2019 FORD EXAM
RESULTS WHERE ONLY 14% WERE
PROFICIENT IN MATH.
ONE CHILD RAISED HER HAND AND
SUGGESTED IT WAS BECAUSE WHEN
THEY NEED HELP, JOHNNY GETS THE
HELP HE NEEDS.
BUT WHEN POKEY IS IN NEED HE
DOES NOT GET THE SAME SUPPORT,
ACTS UP AND IS KICKED OUT OF
CLASS.
BUT EDUCATIONAL JUSTICE FOR MANY
WE DECLARE WE'LL GET IT RIGHT
ONE DAY.
THE PROMISES OF HEALTH CARE
IMPROVEMENT MAY HAVE BEEN
EXPLAINED AS ONE DAY.
A FEW YEARS AGO I WAS IN A CLASS
AT MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY
RECEIVING A CERTIFICATE IN
PASTORAL LEADERSHIP AND CULTURAL
CONTEXT AND THE PRESIDENT OF
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN MILWAUKEE
STATED IF YOU MOVE TEN BLOCKS,
YOUR LIFE EXPECTANCY GAINS EIGHT
TO TEN YEARS.
IN APRIL 2020 MY MOTHER WAS
SEVERELY SICK AT THE ONSET OF
COVID-19, WHEN NO ONE REALLY
UNDERSTOOD WHAT WAS GOING ON.
NO TESTING WAS AVAILABLE, AND
HOSPITALS WERE TRYING THEIR BEST
TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM OVER
CROWDING WAITING ROOMS.
MY MOTHER CALLED 911, HAD A
TEMPERATURE OF 103 AND HAD A BAD
COUGH.
BUT AFTER BEING EXAMINED BY THE
PARAMEDICS, THEY LEFT HER IN HER
HOME.
IT'S A SHAME I HAD TO CALL ON
EVERYONE I KNEW IN POWER JUST TO
GET MY MOTHER SOME MEDICAL AID.
AND IT MADE ME EVEN MORE UPSET
BECAUSE AS I WAS ON A ZOOM CALL
WITH A CLERGY PERSON FROM
OCONOMOWOC, SHE INFORMED ME THAT
SHE ONLY HAD A MILD COUGH.
PRIMARY CARE GAVE HER A TEST
IMMEDIATELY AND MY BROTHER -- MOTHER
COULDN'T BREATHE BUT SHE
COULDN'T GET MEDICAL SUPPORT.
I WONDER IF IT'S BECAUSE OF HER
ZIP CODE.
MANY JUST SAY WE WILL GET IT
RIGHT ONE DAY.
IT PAINS ME TO KNOW THAT SOME
AFRICAN-AMERICAN SERVICE MEMBERS
WHO STOOD ON THE BATTLEFIELD FOR
THE FREEDOM OF THIS COUNTRY AND
THE FLAG CAME BACK HOME NOT TO
PARADES AND CELEBRATIONS, BUT TO
RACISM AND HATE.
THEY HAD EARNED BENEFITS FOR
HOUSING, BUT WERE UNABLE TO BUY
HOMES WHERE THEY WANTED TO.
AN UNFAIR HOUSING PRACTICE HAS
CRIPPLED THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
COMMUNITY FROM GAINING
GENERATIONAL WEALTH IN THIS
COUNTRY.
AND TO THIS DAY, BANKS ARE STILL
USING THESE UNFAIR PRACTICES BY
EITHER DENYING BLACK PEOPLE FROM
GETTING LOANS OR CHARGING THEM
HIGHER INTEREST RATES THAN WHITE
COUNTERPARTS.
YET STILL SOMEONE IS PROCLAIMING
THE THEME OF TODAY.
ONE DAY WE'LL GET IT RIGHT.
TELL US TO SETTLE FOR WHAT WE
HAVE AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET IT
RIGHT ONE DAY.
IT'S A SHAME THAT SOCIETY HAS
BECOME MORE CONCERNED ABOUT
OFFENDING WHITE STUDENTS WHEN
TEACHERS TEACH ABOUT THE
SCROOLTYCRUELTYBLACK PEOPLE HAVE ENDURED IN
THIS NATION.
IT'S PITIFUL THAT I WAS NEVER
TAUGHT IN PUBLIC SCHOOL ABOUT
BLACK WALL STREET, WHEREIN
TULSA, OKLAHOMA BLACK PEOPLE
WERE SELF-SUSTAINED AND WEALTHY
AND THEY WITNESSED THE FIRST
TERRORIST GROUP TO ATTACK AND
BOMB AMERICANS IN AMERICA.
AND IT IS RIDICULOUS THAT PEOPLE
ARE ATTACKING DIVERSITY EQUITY
AND INCLUSION, BUT REFUSE TO
IMPLEMENT LAWS TO REMOVE GUNS
FROM THE HANDS OF THOSE WHO
CONTINUE TO SHOOT INNOCENT
CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS AND MALS MALLS
AND EVEN IN SAFE PLACES.
[APPLAUSE]
>> NO, NO, NO, NO.
I DON'T WANT TO LOOK AT ONE DAY
AS A MAYBE.
BUT WE SHOULD LOOK AT ONE DAY AS
A GUARANTEE AND OPERATE TODAY
HOPING THAT ONE DAY CAN BE
TODAY.
AND JUNE 17, 1966 MARTIN LUTHER
KING GAVE A SPEECH DECLARING
THAT THERE WERE ONLY THREE WORDS
THAT HE WANTED TO STATE TO
AMERICA TO PROVE THAT THEY WERE
SERIOUS.
THE FIRST WORD WAS "ALL."
WE DON'T WANT SOME OF OUR
RIGHTS.
WE WANT ALL OF THEM.
HIS SECOND WAS "HERE" STATING
THAT HE DID NOT WANT TO MOVE
FROM THE SOUTH IN ORDER TO
EXPERIENCE THESE RIGHTS.
HE WANTED THOSE RIGHTS IN
GEORGIA, ALABAMA AND
MISSISSIPPI.
HIS LAST WORD IS WHAT I WANT US
ALL TO FOCUS ON TODAY.
HIS LAST WORD WAS "NOW."
HE DID NOT HAVE TIME TO SETTLE
FOR THE STATEMENTS LIKE YOU WILL
GET IT RIGHT, YOUR RIGHTS, ONE
DAY, BUT HE DECLARED WE WANT
THEM NOW.
AND THIS IS MY CHARGE TO ALL WHO
ARE LISTENING TODAY, THAT NOW IS
THE TIME FOR JUSTICE AND
EQUALITY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> NOW, I WOULDN'T BE A BAPTIST
PREACHER IF I DIDN'T LEAVE YOU
WITH SOME SCRIPTURE.
IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN CHAPTER 9
IN VERSE 4 JESUS DECLARES I MUST
WORK THE WORKS OF HIM WHO HATH
SENT ME WHILE IT IS DAY.
THE NIGHT IS COMING WHEN NO MAN
CAN WORK.
HERE IN THIS PARTICULAR STORY
JESUS IS INFORMING US ALL THAT
WE DON'T HAVE ALL DAY AND THE
TIME TO WORK IS USED
METAPHORICALLY WHILE THE SUN IS
UP, FOR WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN,
THIS LIFE IS OVER AND NO MAN OR
WOMAN CAN WORK.
TO GET THE PICTURE OF WHAT JESUS
MAY BE SAYING IN THIS VERSE,
PICTURE A HARD-WORKING FARMER IN
THE DAYS BEFORE MODERN FARM
MACHINERY.
THE FARMER WOULD RISE UP EARLY
IN THE MORNING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF EVERY MOMENT OF THE DAY,
EVERY MINUTE OF DAYLIGHT,
CULTIVATING HIS CROP, FOR WHEN
THE HARVEST WOULD COME.
HE KNEW THAT NIGHT WOULD COME,
SO HE WORKED ALL DAY LONG.
AND WHEN THE NIGHT CAME, HE
RESTED WELL.
WELL DESERVED REST FOR HIS
DILIGENCE IN THE DAYLIGHT.
HE KNEW THAT IF HE WAS GOING TO
HAVE A CROP TO HARVEST, HE MUST
WORK DILL DILIGENTLY EVERY WAKING
MINUTE BECAUSE TIME WAS SHORT
AND HE DID NOT HAVE ALL DAY.
AND JUST AS THE FARMER KNEW HE
WAS TO MAKE THE MOST OF EVERY
MOMENT OF DAYLIGHT, WE ARE TO
MAKE THE MOST OF THE TIME THAT
WE HAVE DOWN HERE SO ENSURE ONE
DAY BECOMES A REALITY AND NOT A
DREAM THAT DOES NOT COME TO
PASS.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> WE CAN'T WAIT FOR ONE DAY.
WE MUST BE COMMITTED TO TODAY
AND USE THE PHRASE "ONE DAY" AS
AN OBTAINABLE VISION.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE GREATER
PRESIDENT URBAN LEAGUE DISPLAYS
THIS MOTTO OF ONE DAY AS A
VISION, BUILDING THE BLACK
BUSINESS HUB THAT WILL HELP
CREATE MORE BLACK BUSINESS
OWNERS IN DANE COUNTY.
I KNOW HE HOPES TO INCREASE MORE
BLACK HOMEOWNERS WITH HIS FRAMS
PROGRAMS THAT ALLOW BLACKS BLACKS
GENERATIONAL WEALTH.
DR. BILLINGS WITH HER TIRELESS
WORK IN IMPROVING THE EDUCATION
OF BLACK AND BROWN CHILDREN.
VA NECESSARYVANESSA MCDOWELL IS DEVOTED TO
MAKING SURE ONE DAY BECOMES A
REALITY FOR WOMEN WHO ARE TRYING
THEIR BEST TO STAND ON THEIR OWN
TWO FEET.
ONE DAY WITH THE START OF ONE
CITY SCHOOLS IS A PRIME EXAMPLE
THAT GOD HAS SOMETHING GREATER
FOR YOU.
WHEN PEOPLE DENY YOU AND CAN'T
UNDERSTAND YOUR INITIAL VISION.
DR. G. HAS BLOWN THE TRUMPET OF
ONE DAY, TEACHING OTHERS ABOUT
BLACK HISTORY AND ALLOWING ALL
TO KNOW THAT BLACK HISTORY IS
AMERICAN HISTORY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> DR. JACK DANIELS REFUSED TO
TURN ONE DAY AS TO USED FOR
APATHY WHEN HE DECIDED TO BUILD
MATC CAMPUS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF
MADISON STARTING A RENAISSANCE
IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SHEILA STUBS WAS THE FIRST BLACK
REPRESENTATIVE IN THE STATE FROM
MADISON AFTER BEING RACIALLY
PROFILED WHILE CAMPAIGNING.
CARLA GAINES' IMPACT ON OUR
COMMUNITY HELPED, HER EAGERNESS
TO ONE DAY ENSURE THAT WE ALL
RECEIVE FAIR AND EQUITABLE
TREATMENT IN HEALTH CARE.
BARACK OBAMA AND KAMALA HARRIS
REJECTED THE CALL OF ONE DAY AND
SETTLING FOR TODAY BUT USED ONE
DAY TO BECOME THE FIRST BLACK
PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF
THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BEEN RESILIENT IN THIS NATION,
DESPITE UNFAIR TREATMENT AND
HATE, TO ALL NEW KNOW THEIR
SELF-WORTH AND NOT SEARCHING FOR
AFFIRMATION OUTSIDE OF WHO YOU
ARE, THANK YOU FOR USING ONE DAY
AS A VISION AND NOT A CRUTCH.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, VIS VISITING
THE JUVENILE CENTER WAS AN IDEA
I WANTED TO MAKE HAPPEN TO HELP
YOUTH DEVELOP SOME FORM OF
VISION.
IF THEY COULD SEE THEMSELVES
BEYOND THEIR CURRENT STATE,
MAYBE THEY WOULD TRY TO MAKE
BETTER CHOICES.
AND I'M OFTEN LOOKING AT MY OWN
LIFE, GROWING UP IN THE HOOD OF
MILWAUKEE, ON 12TH AND NORTH
AVENUE, THE 53206 ZIP CODE.
MY MOTHER WAS A SINGLE,
UNEDUCATED BLACK WOMAN TRYING TO
RAISE FOUR BOYS BY HERSELF.
I NEVER HAD GREAT ASPIRATIONS
FROM WHAT I SAW BECAUSE ALL I
SAW WAS MY MOTHER WORKING HARD
AT WENDY'S.
BUT TO WATCH HER GO AND GET HER
GED AND THEN GET AN ASSOCIATE'S
DEGREE BUT NEGLECT TO WALK
ACROSS THE STAGE TO GET HER OWN
DIPLOMA TO WATCH ME GET MINE,
HER HOPE FOR ONE DAY HAS HELPED
ME EXPERIENCE ONE DAY TODAY!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> ONE DAY.
ONE DAY.
MY HOPE TODAY IS THAT SOMEONE
WILL HEAR THIS MESSAGE AND SAY I
CAN MAKE IT TODAY BECAUSE MY ONE
DAY IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
AND IN A LETTER FROM THE
BIRMINGHAM JAIL, DR. KING
DECLARED TIME IS NEUTRAL.
IT YOOB CAN BE USED DESTRUCTIVELY AND
CONSTRUCTIVELY.
MORE AND MORE I FEEL THAT THE
PEOPLE OF ILL WILL HAVE USED
MUCH MORE EFFECTIVELY THAN HAVE
THE PEOPLE OF GOODWILL.
WE WILL HAVE TO REPENT IN THIS
GENERATION NOT MERELY FOR THE
HATEFUL WORDS AND THE ACTIONS OF
THE BAD PEOPLE, BUT THE
APPALLING SILENCE OF THE GOOD
PEOPLE.
HUMAN PROGRESS NEVER ROSE ON THE
WHEELS OF INELIGIBILITY BUT IT
COMES FROM THE TIRELESS EFFORTS
OF MEN WILLING TO BE CO-WORKERS
OF GOD.
WITHOUT THIS HARD WORK, TIME
ITSELF BECOMES AN ALLY OF THE
FORCES OF SOCIAL STAGNATION.
WE MUST USE TIME CREATIVELY AND
THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THE TIME IS
ALWAYS RIPE TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT.
TODAY CAN BE ONE DAY, BUT IT
REQUIRES ALL OF US TO UNDERSTAND
THAT WORK IS REQUIRED TO BUILD
BRIDGES AND CONTRIBUTE ALL OF
OURSELVES TO HELP ELEVATE THE
OPPRESSED AND THE DOWNTRODDEN.
WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER TO
ENSURE THAT OUR CHILDREN HAVE
THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES AS
EVERYONE ELSE.
WE HAVE TO ENGAGE FERVENTLY IN
DISCOVERING MEANINGFUL WAYS TO
IMPROVE THE ECONOMICS OF OUR
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE POOR.
WE NEED TO TAKE PRIDE IN WHAT WE
HAVE, WHO WE ARE AND WHERE WE'VE
COME FROM.
AND I PLEAD WITH YOU ALL TODAY
NOT TO ALLOW ONE DAY TO CAUSE
APATHY OR COMPLACENCY, BUT USE
TODAY TO WORK DILIGENTLY TO
PRODUCE THE ONE DAY WE ENVISION
TO HAVE UNITY, EQUITY AND
FREEDOM.
DR. KING IN HIS FINAL SPEECH ON
THE MOUNTAINTOP DECLARES LIKE
ANYONE, I WOULD LIKE TO LIVE A
LONG LIFE.
LONGEVITY HAS ITS PLACE.
BUT I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THAT
NOW.
I JUST WANT TO DO GOD'S WILL.
AND HE'S ALLOWED ME TO GO UP TO
THE MOUNTAIN.
AND I'VE LOOKED OVER AND I'VE
SEEN THE PROMISED LAND.
I MAY NOT GET THERE WITH YOU,
BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW TONIGHT
THAT WE AS A PEOPLE WILL GET TO
THE PROMISED LAND.
AND I'M HAPPY TONIGHT.
I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT ANYTHING.
I'M NOT FEARING ANY MAN.
MINE EYES HAVE SEEN THE GLORY OF
THE COMING OF THE LORD.
AND TO THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, I
AM CONFIDENT, AS DR. KING WAS,
THAT THE VISION OF ONE DAY IS
GOING TO ALLOW US TO PUSH HARDER
TODAY, THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO
GET TO THAT ONE DAY, WHICH IS
THE PROMISED LAND.
AND IF I WAS IN MY SANCTUARY,
I'D LOOK AT MY CROWD AND SAY
WEEPING MAY ENDURE FOR A NIGHT,
BUT JOY COMES IN THE MORNING.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
?
>> IN THE HISTORY OF THIS EVENT,
AND THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN
COMING FOR YEARS, YOU'RE AWARE
THAT WE'VE HAD SOME BIG-TIME, AS
THEY SAY, STARS AND
INTERNATIONAL FOLKS.
BUT ISN'T IT FUNNY HOW SOMETIMES
RIGHT IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD...
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> THE LIGHT SHINES BRIGHT ON
THE REVEREND DR. MARCUS ALLEN.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> IT IS MY PLEASURE TO
INTRODUCE TO YOU ONCE AGAIN THE
LATINO ARTS STRINGS PROGRAM WITH
MAESTRA MARQUEZ AND THE MARIACHI
JUVENIL GRANDES LEGOS ENSEMBLE.
[APPLAUSE]
?
[INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> HERE TODAY TO RENDER AN
EXCERPT FROM DR. KING'S 1963
SPEECH "I HAVE A DREAM" IS
ALIYAH MCMILLEN.
SHE LIKES VIDEO GAMES, CHAPTER
BOOKS ABOUT SOLVING CRIMES,
GOING TO CHURCH WITH HER DAD,
SINGING IN THE CHOIR, HANGING
OUT WITH HER LITTLE BROTHER AND
FAMILY, GOING TO SCHOOL.
SHE LIKES HER QUIET TIME TO
HERSELF, SHE WRITES.
ENJOYS HER DAD'S COOKING.
MAKING PEOPLE LAUGH, RIDING HER
BIKE IN THE SUMMER, WATCHING
MOVIES AND GETTING HER HAIR DONE
DONE.
WHICH MAKES HER FEEL PRETTY LIKE
A LITTLE PRINCESS.
AND PLEASE NOTE THIS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ALAYA
WANTS TO BE WHEN SHE GROWS UP IS
A POLICE OFFICER.
PLEASE GIVE HER A WELCOME, ALEAH
@MCMILLEN.
[APPLAUSE]
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> I AM 11 YEARS OLD AND I WILL
BE READING PART OF MARTIN LUTHER
KING'S SPEECH, SO LET ME JUST
GET ON STARTED.
SO EVEN THOUGH WE FACE THE
DIFFICULTIES OF TODAY AND
TOMORROW, I STILL HAVE A DREAM.
IT IS A DREAM DEEPLY ROOTED IN
THE AMERICAN DREAM.
I HAVE A DREAM THAT ONE DAY THIS
NATION WILL RISE UP AND LIVE OUT
THE TRUE MEANING OF ITS CREED:
WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE
SELF-EVIDENT, THAT ALL MEN ARE
CREATED EQUAL.
I HAVE A DREAM THAT ONE DAY ON
THE RED HILLS OF GEORGIA, THE
SONS OF FORMER SLAVES AND THE
SONS OF FORMER SLAVE OWNERS WILL
BE ABLE TO SIT DOWN TOGETHER AT
THE TABLE OF BROTHERHOOD.
I HAVE A DREAM THAT ONE DAY EVEN
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, A
STATE SWELTERING WITH THE HEAT
OF INJUSTICE, SWELTERING WITH
THE HEAT OF OPPRESSION WILL BE
TRANSFORMED INTO AN OASIS OF
FREEDOM AND JUSTICE.
I HAVE A DREAM THAT MY FOUR
LITTLE CHILDREN WILL ONE DAY
LIVE IN A NATION WHERE THEY WILL
NOT BE JUDGED BY THE COLOR OF
THEIR SKIN BUT BY THE CONTENT OF
THEIR CHARACTER.
I HAVE A DREAM TODAY.
I HAVE A DREAM THAT ONE DAY DOWN
IN ALABAMA WITH ITS VICIOUS
RACISTS, WITH ITS GOVERNOR
HAVING HIS LIPS DRIPPING WITH
THE WORDS OF INTERPOSITION AND
NULLIFICATION, ONE DAY RIGHT
DOWN IN ALABAMA LITTLE BLACK
BOYS AND BLACK GIRLS WILL BE
ABLE TO JOIN HANDS WITH LITTLE
WHITE BOYS AND WHITE GIRLS AS
SISTERS AND BROTHERS.
I HAVE A DREAM TODAY.
I HAVE A DREAM THAT ONE DAY
EVERY VALLEY SHALL BE EXALTED,
EVERY HILL AND MOUNTAIN SHALL BE
MADE LOW, THE ROUGH PLACES WILL
BE MADE PLAIN, AND THE CROOKED
PLACES WILL BE MADE STRAIGHT.
AND THE GLORY OF THE LORD SHALL
BE REVEALED, AND ALL FLESH SHALL
SEE IT TOGETHER.
THIS IS OUR HOPE.
THIS IS THE FAITH THAT I GO BACK
TO THE SOUTH WITH.
WITH THIS FAITH, WE WILL BE ABLE
TO HEW OUT OF THE MOUNTAIN OF
DESPAIR A STONE OF HOPE.
WITH THIS FAITH WE WILL BE ABLE
TO TRANSFORM THE JANGLING
DISCORDS OF OUR NATION INTO A
BEAUTIFUL SYMPHONY OF
BROTHERHOOD.
WITH THIS FAITH WE WILL BE ABLE
TO WORK TOGETHER, TO PRAY
TOGETHER, TO STRUGGLE TOGETHER,
TO GO TO JAIL TOGETHER, TO STAND
UP FOR FREEDOM TOGETHER, KNOWING
THAT WE WILL BE FREE ONE DAY.
THIS WILL BE THE DAY WHEN ALL OF
GOD'S CHILDREN WILL BE ABLE TO
SING WITH NEW MEANING: MY
COUNTRY, 'TIS OF THEE, SWEET
LAND OF LIBERTY, OF THEE I SING.
LAND WHERE MY FATHERS DIED, LAND
OF THE PILGRIMS' PRIDE, FROM
EVERY MOUNTAINSIDE, LET FREEDOM
RING.
AND IF AMERICA IS TO BE A GREAT
NATION, THIS MUST BECOME TRUE.
AND SO LET FREEDOM RING FROM THE
PRODIGIOUS HILLTOPS OF NEW
HAMPSHIRE.
LET FREEDOM RING FROM THE MIGHTY
MOUNTAINS OF NEW YORK.
LET FREEDOM RING FROM THE
HEIGHTENING ALLEGHENIES OF
PENNSYLVANIA.
LET FREEDOM RING FROM THE
SNOWCAPPED ROCKIES OF COLORADO.
LET FREEDOM RING FROM THE
CURVACEOUS SLOPES OF CALIFORNIA.
BUT NOT ONLY THAT, LET FREEDOM
RING FROM STONE MOUNTAIN OF
GEORGIA.
LET FREEDOM RING FROM LOOKOUT
MOUNTAIN OF TENNESSEE.
LET FREEDOM RING FROM EVERY HILL
AND MOLEHILL OF MISSISSIPPI.
FROM EVERY MOUNTAINSIDE, LET
FREEDOM RING.
AND WHEN THIS HAPPENS, AND WHEN
WE ALLOW FREEDOM TO RING, WHEN
WE LET IT RING FROM EVERY
VILLAGE AND EVERY HAMLET, FROM
EVERY STATE AND EVERY CITY, WE
WILL BE ABLE TO SPEED UP THAT
DAY WHEN ALL OF GOD'S CHILDREN,
BLACK MEN AND WHITE MEN, JEWS
AND GENTILES, PROTESTANTS AND
CATHOLICS, WILL BE ABLE TO JOIN
HANDS AND SING IN THE WORDS OF
THE OLD NEGRO SPIRITUAL: FREE AT
LAST.
FREE AT LAST.
THANK GOD ALMIGHTY, WE ARE FREE
AT LAST.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> GREAT JOB!
PROUD OF YOU, GIRL!
>> CAN WE GIVE HER ONE MORE
ROUND OF APPLAUSE?
IT TAKES A LOT TO DO THAT.
SHE DID A GREAT JOB!
[APPLAUSE]
>> OKAY.
UNCLE JOHNSON GAVE ME THE ROLE
TO INTRODUCE THE CHOIR.
I'M FOR HIRE TO INTRODUCE Y'ALL
IF Y'ALL NEED ME.
I JUST WANT TO LET Y'ALL KNOW
THAT WE HAVE HAD A WONDERFUL
TIME.
DO YOU ALL AGREE?
THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT
CELEBRATION OF DR. KING.
[APPLAUSE]
>> AND WE HAD A GREAT WORD FROM
OUR PASTOR TODAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
WORDS.
[APPLAUSE]
>> AND WE JUST WANT TO ASK THE
CHICAGO MASS CHOIR TO TAKE US
OUT.
>> ALL RIGHT!
[APPLAUSE]
?
[CHICAGO MASS CHOIR SINGING]
? HE THAT BELIEVETH ON THE FATHER
AND THE SON ?
? SHALL HAVE AN EVERLASTING
LIFE ?
? I'VE GOT IT, EVERLASTING LIFE ?
? I GOT IT, YEAH ?
? I GOT IT ?
? PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER ?
? IF YOU KNOW YOU GOT IT ?
? YES, I GOT IT ?
? OH, YES, I GOT IT, YEAH.
? YES, I GOT IT ?
? HE THAT BELIEVETH ?
? SHALL HAVE AN EVERLASTING
LIFE ?
? HE THAT BELIEVETH ?
? SHALL HAVE AN EVERLASTING
LIFE ?
? HE THAT BELIEVETH ?
? SHALL HAVE AN EVERLASTING
LIFE ?
? GIVE ME MY LORD ?
? I'M GOING TO WALK THE STREETS
OF GOLD ?
? EVERY LASTING LIFE ?
? EVERLASTING LIFE ?
? YOU GOT TO SING AND SHOUT ?
? EVERLASTING LIFE ?
? JESUS ?
? I'M PRAYING, JESUS ?
? THANK GOD, ALL MIGHTY ?
? I'M PRAISING JESUS ?
? EVERLASTING LIFE ?
? HE THAT BELIEVETH ?
? SHALL HAVE AN EVERLASTING
LIFE ?
? HE THAT BELIEVETH ON THE FATHER
AND THE SON ?
? SHALL HAVE AN EVERLASTING
LIFE ?
? HALLELUJAH ?
? LIFE ?
? OH, YEAH ?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> I DON'T WANT THEM TO STOP.
EXCUSE MY VOICE.
BUT WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE.
AND THANK YOU FOR FILLING IN.
>> MM-HMM.
>> I'M GOING TO DO SOMETHING
ABOUT MY VOICE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT, BUT I GOTTA
SAY TO YOU, I'M GOING TO GIVE
WHATEVER I CAN FOR US RIGHT NOW
TO SING OUR CLOSING SONG, "WE
SHALL OVERCOME ONE DAY."
AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE WORK,
RIGHT?
HARD WORK.
AND I AM PLACING IN THE HANDS OF
MY ADOPTED NIECE, VANESSA
MCDOWELL-ATLAS, TO TAKE ON A
BIGGER ROLE, TO STAND LIKE I'VE
STOOD FOR SO MANY YEARS.
I THINK SHE'D BRING A REFRESHING
TOUCH TO THIS PROGRAM.
>> YEAH!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> SO SHE'S A TALENTED MUSICIAN
AND I HOPE YOU'LL WELCOME HERE
AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO 44.
BUT LET'S STAND TOGETHER AND
SING THAT TIMELESS SONG "WE
SHALL OVERCOME."
ONE DAY.
THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO MADE
THE PROGRAM POSSIBLE.
TO THE WONDERFUL MUSICIANS.
[APPLAUSE]
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS IS
NOT A PLAY THING.
THIS IS NOT ENTERTAINMENT.
IT'S EDIFICATION.
>> YEAH.
>> AND TO REMIND US THAT WE HAVE
AN OBLIGATION TO EACH OTHER AS A
COMMUNITY TO LIFT EACH OTHER UP
TODAY.
THE JOURNEY OF CHICAGO MASS
GETTING UP AT 4:00 IN THE
MORNING TO GET HERE, AND THE
MARIACHI ENSEMBLE.
OUR DEAR GOVERNOR TONY EVERS
HASN'T MISSED ONE SINGLE MLK
EVENT.
HE'S BEEN AT EVERY ONE.
[APPLAUSE]
>> WE'RE IN GOOD HANDS.
AND I JUST THANK ALL OF THOSE
WHO HAVE BEEN A PART OF IT.
AND SO IF YOU'LL JOIN ME IF "WE
SHALL OVERCOME."
COME ON.
?
? WE SHALL OVERCOME ?
? WE SHALL OVERCOME SOMEDAY ?
? OH, DEEP IN MY HEART ?
? I DO BELIEVE ?
? WE SHALL OVERCOME SOMEDAY ?
>> TAKE CARE.
MAY WE BE FILLED WITH PEACE AND
HARMONY.
TAKE CARE, EVERYBODY.
SEE YOU NEXT YEAR.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
? WE SHALL OVERCOME ?
? WE SHALL OVERCOME SOMEDAY ?
? OH, DEEP IN MY HEART ?
? I DO BELIEVE ?
? WE SHALL OVERCOME SOMEDAY ?
[APPLAUSE]
?
? SINGING
[SINGING IN SPANISH]
?
[INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC]
[SINGING IN SPANISH]
?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]