[APPLAUSE]
?
? ALL IN HIS HANDS
? ALL IN HIS HANDS ? ?
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ? ?
? ALL IN HIS HANDS
? ALL IN HIS HANDS ? ?
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ? ?
? ALL OF MY BURDENS, PROBLEMS
? ALL OF MY BURDENS, PROBLEMS ? ?
? IF I HAVE A QUESTION
? IF I HAVE A QUESTION ? ?
? I PUT IT ALL
? I PUT IT ALL ? ?
? YES, I PUT IT ALL
? YES, I PUT IT ALL ? ?
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ? ?
? WHATEVER THE PROBLEM
? WHATEVER THE PROBLEM ? ?
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ? ?
? I KNOW THAT HE CAN SOLVE IT
? I KNOW THAT HE CAN SOLVE IT ? ?
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ? ?
? ALL OF MY BURDENS, PROBLEMS
? ALL OF MY BURDENS, PROBLEMS ? ?
? IF I HAVE A QUESTION
? IF I HAVE A QUESTION ? ?
? I PUT IT ALL
? I PUT IT ALL ? ?
? YES, I PUT IT ALL
? YES, I PUT IT ALL ? ? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ? ?
? ALL IN HIS HANDS
? ALL IN HIS HANDS ? ?
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ? ?
? ALL IN HIS HANDS
? ALL IN HIS HANDS ? ?
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ? ?
? ALL OF MY BURDENS, PROBLEMS
? ALL OF MY BURDENS, PROBLEMS ? ?
? IF I HAVE A QUESTION
? IF I HAVE A QUESTION ? ?
? I PUT IT ALL
? I PUT IT ALL ? ?
? YES, I PUT IT ALL
? YES, I PUT IT ALL ? ?
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ? ?
? ALL IN HIS HANDS
? ALL IN HIS HANDS ? ?
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ? ?
? ALL IN HIS HANDS
? ALL IN HIS HANDS ? ?
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ? ?
? ALL OF MY BURDENS, PROBLEMS
? ALL OF MY BURDENS, PROBLEMS ? ?
? IF I HAVE A QUESTION
? IF I HAVE A QUESTION ? ?
? I PUT IT ALL
? I PUT IT ALL ? ?
? YES, I PUT IT ALL
? YES, I PUT IT ALL ? ?
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ? ?
[CLAPPING]
? WHATEVER THE PROBLEM
? WHATEVER THE PROBLEM ? ?
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ? ?
? I KNOW THAT HE CAN SOLVE IT
? I KNOW THAT HE CAN SOLVE IT ? ?
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ? ?
? THIS AND THAT
? THIS AND THAT ? ?
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ? ?
? HE CAN HANDLE IT; THAT'S
? HE CAN HANDLE IT; THAT'S A A
FACT
FACT ? ?
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ? ?
? NO MATTER HOW GREAT OR SMALL
? NO MATTER HOW GREAT OR SMALL ? ?
? HE'S THE MASTER OF THEM ALL
? HE'S THE MASTER OF THEM ALL ? ?
? I PUT IT ALL
? I PUT IT ALL ? ?
? YES, I PUT IT ALL
? YES, I PUT IT ALL ? ?
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ? ?
[CLAPPING]
? WHATEVER THE PROBLEM
? WHATEVER THE PROBLEM ? ?
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ? ?
? I KNOW THAT HE CAN SOLVE IT
? I KNOW THAT HE CAN SOLVE IT ? ?
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ? ?
? THIS AND THAT
? THIS AND THAT ? ?
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ? ?
? HE CAN HANDLE IT; THAT'S
? HE CAN HANDLE IT; THAT'S A A
FACT FACT ? ?
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ? ?
? NO MATTER HOW GREAT OR SMALL
? NO MATTER HOW GREAT OR SMALL ? ?
? THIS AND THAT
? THIS AND THAT ? ?
? THIS AND THAT
? THIS AND THAT ? ?
? THIS AND THAT
? THIS AND THAT ? ?
? THIS AND THAT
? THIS AND THAT ? ?
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ? ?
? THIS AND THAT
? THIS AND THAT ? ?
? THIS AND THAT
? THIS AND THAT ? ?
? THIS AND THAT
? THIS AND THAT ? ?
? THIS AND THAT
? THIS AND THAT ? ?
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ? ?
? HE CAN HANDLE IT; THAT'S
? HE CAN HANDLE IT; THAT'S A A
FACT
FACT ? ?
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ? ?
? NO MATTER HOW GREAT OR SMALL
? NO MATTER HOW GREAT OR SMALL ? ?
? HE'S THE MASTER OF THEM ALL
? HE'S THE MASTER OF THEM ALL ? ?
? I PUT IT ALL
? I PUT IT ALL ? ?
? YES, I PUT IT ALL
? YES, I PUT IT ALL ? ?
? I PUT IT ALL
? I PUT IT ALL ? ?
? YES, I PUT IT ALL
? YES, I PUT IT ALL ? ?
? I PUT IT ALL
? I PUT IT ALL ? ?
? YES, I PUT IT ALL
? YES, I PUT IT ALL ? ?
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS
? I PUT IT ALL IN HIS HANDS ? ?
[CHEERS AND
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] APPLAUSE]
>> >> GOOD GOOD AFTERNOON, AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. EVERYBODY.
I'M
I'M GOVERNOR GOVERNOR TONY TONY EVERS. EVERS.
[CHEERS AND
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] APPLAUSE]
>>
>> AND AND I I WANT WANT TO TO WELCOME WELCOME 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]
>> >> I'M I'M PLEASED PLEASED TO TO JOIN JOIN YOU YOU ALL ALL
AS AS WE WE GATHER GATHER ONCE ONCE AGAIN AGAIN TO TO
CONTEMPLATE
CONTEMPLATE AND AND CELEBRATE CELEBRATE THE THE
PURSUIT
PURSUIT OF OF EQUALITY EQUALITY FOR FOR ALL. ALL.
TODAY'S
TODAY'S THEME, THEME, "STAND "STAND FOR FOR
JUSTICE,"
JUSTICE," BRINGS BRINGS TOGETHER TOGETHER
THOUSANDS
THOUSANDS OF OF PEOPLE PEOPLE FROM FROM ACROSS ACROSS
OUR
OUR STATE STATE AND AND MIDWEST, MIDWEST, MANY MANY WHO WHO
DESIRE
DESIRE TO TO BRIDGE BRIDGE THE THE SOCIAL SOCIAL AND AND
CULTURAL
CULTURAL BONDS BONDS THAT THAT DIVIDE DIVIDE US. US.
WISCONSIN'S
WISCONSIN'S ANNUAL ANNUAL CELEBRATION CELEBRATION
OF OF DR. KING'S DR. KING'S LIFE LIFE AND AND LEGACY LEGACY IN IN
INSPIRES
INSPIRES TO TO STRENGTHEN STRENGTHEN THAT THAT
BRIDGE.
PLEASE
PLEASE JOIN JOIN ME ME IN IN WELCOMING WELCOMING THE THE
EXECUTIVE
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER PRODUCER AND AND DIRECTOR DIRECTOR
OF OF OUR OUR ANNUAL ANNUAL MLK, MLK, JR. JR. TRIBUTE, TRIBUTE,
WISCONSIN'S
WISCONSIN'S OWN OWN DR. JONATHAN DR. JONATHAN
OVERBY.
[CHEERS AND
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] APPLAUSE]
MOTHERLESS CHILD ?
? A LONG WAY ?
? A LONGING LONG WAY FROM HOME ?
? HOME ?
[APPLAUSE]
YOU AND GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU, GOVERNOR EVERS,
AND TO KATHY EVERS WHO JOINS US
TODAY, AS DOES LIEUTENANT
WISCONSIN GOVERNOR OF 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 INVOU NOW TO STAND AND
GREET EACH OTHER IN THE SPIRIT
OF GOOD COMMUNITY.
[PARTICIPANTS GREETING ONE
ANOTHER]
>> I STAND BEFORE YOU AS I DID
1980, FOUR DECADES AGO, TO
CELEBRATE THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF
DR. KING.
LIKE MANY OF YOU, I'M HERE ALSO
TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE
FAMILIAR STENCH OF HATRED, FEAR
OF OTHERS AND MISGUIDED
CONFLATION OF NATIONALISM AS
THOUGH IT WAS A CORNERSTONE TO
PATRIOTISM.
THE ILL-PLACED BELIEF THAT IF
YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT OUR COUNTRY,
YOU DON'T LOVE IT.
I LOVE AMERICA.
I'M A PATRIOT.
BUT THE EVENT IS MORE THAN JUST
ABOUT LOVE.
IT'S ABOUT CALLING INTO QUESTION
WHEN WE SEE INJUSTICE, WHEREVER
WE FIND IT, TO CALL INTO
QUESTION THE SAD, SELECTIVE AND
OFTEN TRAGIC TREATMENT OF SOME
GROUPS IN OUR GREAT NATION.
THIS IS, I SUBMIT, THE
EMBODIMENT OF INJUSTICE.
IT IS UNAMERICAN.
AND SILENCE IS NEITHER AN OPTION
FOR CURE FOR THE BREADTH OF
HATRED SPREADING ACROSS AMERICA
TODAY.
AND THOUGH I CELEBRATE KING AND
I CELEBRATE WHAT HE STOOD FOR,
THERE IS SOMETHING THAT HE SPOKE
ABOUT.
KING SAID THAT INJUSTICE
ANYWHERE IS A THREAT TO 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 SO TODAY, WE HE ASK FOR
PEACE.
WE ASK FOR LOVE.
AND WE ASK FOR THE CELEBRATION
OF THOSE WHO ARE DIFFERENT,
THOSE WHOSE ATTIRE ARE
DIFFERENT, THOSE WHO WERE NOT
BORN HERE.
WE REMEMBER THAT KING WANTED US
TO CELEBRATE EACH OTHER.
AND SO I ASK YOU TO STAND WE
RENDER TODAY'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 THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST
MERCIFUL, I BE A WITNESS THAT
THERE IS NO GOD EXCEPT GOD AND
THAT ALL THE PROPHETS OF GOD
FROM ADAM THROUGH ANOCH THROUGH
NOAH, THROUGH ABRAHAM AND ISSUE ISMAEL
AND ISAAC, MAY THE PEACE OF GOD
BE ON ALL OF THEM.
BECAUSE THE ONE WHO SHOWED US
THE GUY, GOD REFINED THEM AND
SENT THEM TO GUIDE US ALL
THROUGH THE HISTORY OF MANKIND.
IN THESE LAST REVELATIONS, GOD
HAS CHALLENGED US AND ADDRESSES
HUMANITY, ALL OF HUMANITY, IN
THE KORAN CHAPTER 49, SAYING,
IN THIS VERSE:
[SINGING VERSE FROM THE KORAN]
>> I SAID THE VERSE IN THE
ARABIC LANGUAGE BECAUSE THAT'S
THE ORIGINAL TEXT IN WHICH THAT
SCRIPTURE IS REVEALED.
BUT THE MEANING OF THESE WORDS,
ALL MANKIND, WE CREATED YOU FROM
A SINGLE PAIR OF A MALE AND A
FEMALE, REFERRING TO ADAM AND
EVE, AND MADE YOU INTO NATIONS
UNTIED SO THAT YOU MAY GET TO
KNOW EACH OTHER, NOT TO DESPISE
EACH OTHER.
IN THE FACE OF GOD, THE MOST
PIOUS AND MOST RIGHTEOUS.
THIS VERSE INTRODUCES THAT
MANKIND DESCENDED FROM ONE PAIR
OF PARENTS, FROM ADAM AND EVE,
AND THAT IN THE FACE OF GOD, WE
ARE ALL EQUAL.
NO DISTINCTION OR SUPERIORITY OF
A NATION OVER ANOTHER NATION,
OVER RACE OVER ANOTHER RACE OR
AN INDIVIDUAL OVER ANOTHER
INDIVIDUAL.
THIS IS EQUALITY THAT DR. KING
DREAMED OF.
AS HE SAID IN ONE OF HIS QUOTES,
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.
THE BROTHERS OF ISLAM, IN HIS
LAST SERMON IN MECCA, SAID THAT
THERE IS NO DISTINCTION OF AN
ARAB OVER A NONARAB OR A NONARAB
OVER AN ARAB.
THERE IS NO DISTINCTION OR
SUPERIORITY OF A WHITE PERSON
OVER BLACK PERSON OR A BLACK
PERSON OVER WHITE PERSON.
YOU ARE ALL FROM ADAM AND ADAM
IS CREATED FROM DUST OR FROM
SOIL.
THIS IS WHAT DR. KING WAS
TEACHING US THROUGH HIS LEGACY
AND HIS LIFE.
SO ALSO OUR FOREFATHERS, THE
FOREFATHERS OF THIS COUNTRY ALSO
WROTE: "WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO
BE SELF-EVIDENT, THAT ALL MEN
ARE CREATED EQUAL."
SO LET'S ALL PRAY TO ALL MIGHTY
GOD TO GUIDE US, TO HELP US
FULFILL THESE PROMISES AND TO
FULFILL THE DREAM OF DR. KING
FOR EQUALITY AND JUSTICE FOR
ALL.
AMEN, AMEN.
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
THANKS.
[APPLAUSE]
>> DR. IBRAHIM SAEED.
CURTIS EUBANKS IS A SINGER AND
SONGWRITER FROM MILWAUKEE.
HE HAS SHARED HIS MUSIC AROUND
THE WORLD.
HE SERVED AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE
MARQUETTE GOSPEL CHOIR.
HE OVERSEES WORSHIP AND CREATIVE
ART.
PLEASE WELCOME GOSPEL ARTIST
CURTIS EUBANKS.
[APPLAUSE]
?
? NOT A SECOND OR ANOTHER
MINUTE ?
? NOT AN HOUR OR ANOTHER DAY ?
? AT THE STATE CAPITOL WITH MY
ARMS OUTSTRETCHED ?
? LORD, I NEED YOU TO MAKE A
WAY ?
? AS YOU HAVE DONE SO MANY TIMES
BEFORE ?
? YOU MADE A WAY THROUGH A
WINDOW OPEN OR AN OPEN DOOR ?
? I STRETCH MY HANDS TO THEE ?
? COME RESCUE ME ?
? I NEED YOU RIGHT AWAY ?
? I NEED YOU NOW ?
? NOT ANOTHER SECOND OR ANOTHER
MINUTE ?
? NOT AN HOUR OR ANOTHER DAY ?
? GOD, I NEED YOU RIGHT AWAY ?
? THE AGONY OF BEING ALONE ?
? THE FEAR OF HAVING TO DO
THINGS ON MY OWN ?
? THE TESTS AND TRIALS THAT COME
TO MAKE ME STRONG ?
? I HAVE FEELINGS, GUILT, HURT,
SHAME AND DEFEAT ?
? THE WAYS OF TRIAL THAT BEAT ON
ME ?
? BUT TO KNOW, LORD, THAT IN YOU
I'VE GOT VICTORY ?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ? I NEED
YOUYOU NOW ?
? O, I NEED YOU NOW ?
? I NEED YOU RIGHT NOW, RIGHT
NOW, RIGHT NOW ?
? I NEED YOU NOW, NOW ?
? NOT ANOTHER SECOND OR ANOTHER
MINUTE ?
? NOT AN HOUR OR ANOTHER DAY ?
? BUT, GOD, I NEED YOU ?
? NO ONE LOVES LIKE YOU ?
? GOD, I NEED YOU ?
? NO ONE HEALS LIKE YOU ?
? GOD, I NEED YOU ?
? OOOH ?
? AS WE TRAVEL THROUGH THIS
STRANGE LAND, I NEED YOU ?
? I NEED YOU ?
? LIKE MARTIN LUTHER KING HAD A
DREAM ?
? NO ONE MAKES DREAMS COME TRUE
LIKE YOU ?
? I NEED YOU ?
? AND I NEED YOU RIGHT AWAY ?
? CLAP YOUR HANDS AND SAY I NEED
YOU RIGHT AWAY ?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> MAN, DON'T COME HERE AND MESS
UP THE PROGRAM LIKE THAT.
WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?
[LAUGHTER]
>> GIVE ME ANOTHER VERSE OF THAT
CHORUS, MAN.
? I NEED YOU NOW ?
? YEAH, I NEED YOU NOW ?
? OH, YES ?
? I YOU NOW ?
? NOW ?
? RIGHT NOW
? RIGHT NOW ?
[APPLAUSE] ? OOOH ?
>> YOUR TURN, BROTHER.
? I CAN'T WAIT ?
? CAN'T WAIT ANOTHER MINUTE ?
? ANOTHER MINUTE ?
? NOT AN HOUR ?
? OR ANOTHER DAY ?
? ANOTHER DAY ?
? GOD, I NEED YOU ?
? I NEED YOU ?
? GOD, I NEED YOU ?
? YES ?
? RIGHT NOW ?
? NOW ?
>> THANK YOU.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
? YEA ?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
[STANDING OVATION]
>> CURTIS EUBANKS.
COME UP HERE AND TOUCH
EVERYBODY.
WELL, HE'S FROM MILWAUKEE, BUT
THAT'S NOT THE END OF OUR
MILWAUKEE REPRESENTATION.
THIS AFTERNOON, FROM BREWTOWN,
WE HAVE THE VIOLIN AND CELLO DUO
SISTASTRINGS.
THEY DO R & B.
HAVING PERFORMED AT CARNEGIE
HALL, MILWAUKEE AND MADISON
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
THEY'RE ON THE FACULTY OF THE
WISCONSIN CONSERVATORY THE
MUSIC.
PLEASE GIVE A WARM WELCOME TO
SISSISTASTRINGS.
[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 WATER ?
? LET IT BE ?
? STILL WATER RUNS DEEP ?
? YES, IT DO ?
? O, YEAH ?
? LET IT BE ?
? STILL WATER RUN DEEP ?
? YES, IT DO ?
? OH, YEAH ?
?
? O ?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
[STANDING OVATION]
?
? ?
?
[CHEERS AND
[STANDING OVATION]
>> COME ON.
GIVE A BIG 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 AGE OF 39.
HIS STEADFAST DISDAIN FOR WAR
AND HIS DEEPLY-HELD HOPE FOR
PEACE IS RECALLED TODAY.
WITH OUR MEMORIAL COLOR GUARD,
MEMBERS OF THE PRINCE HALL
MASONIC ORDER, ORDER OF THE EAST
EASTERN STARS AND THE
HIGHLANDERS, WE ASK YOU TO STAND
IN UNITY TO REMEMBER THE LIFE OF
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING AS WELL
AS THOSE WHO IN THE PURSUIT OF
FREEDOM AND JUSTICE FOR ALL PAID
THE ULTIMATE PRICE FOR FREEDOM,
EQUALITY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
YOU MAY IN FACT REMEMBER WHEN
YOU, WHEREVER YOU WERE, YOU MAY
RECALL THE NEWS OF HIS
ASSASSINATION, WHICH SWEPT
ACROSS OUR NATION AND OUR WORLD.
AND NOW WE REMEMBER DR. KING AND
ALL WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES
FOR US, FOR FREEDOM AND JUSTICE.
[PROCESSIONAL OF COLOR GUARD]
[BAGPIPES PLAYING "AMAZING
GRACE"]
[PROCESSIONAL OF COLOR GUARD]
>> PRESENT ARMS!
[PRESENTATION OF ARMS]
?
["TAPS]TAPS" PLAYING]
["TAPS" PLAYING]
?
[COLOR GUARD MARCHING]
[BAGPIPES PLAYING]
>> WHILE WE'RE STANDING, PLEASE
JOIN HANDS AND LET US SING "WE
SHALL OVERCOME."
>> LET US ALL SING.
? WE SHALL OVERCOME ?
? WE SHALL OVERCOME SOMEDAY ?
? O, DEEP IN MY HEART ?
? I DO BELIEVE ?
? THAT WE SHALL OVERCOME
SOMEDAY ?
>> SING IT AGAIN.
? WE SHALL OVERCOME ?
? WE SHALL OVERCOME SOMEDAY ?
? O, DEEP IN MY HEART ?
? I DO BELIEVE ?
? THAT WE SHALL OVERCOME
SOMEDAY ?
[APPLAUSE]
>> DR. KING FOUND SOLACE AND
STRENGTH THROUGH THE HEALING
POWER OF SONG.
HIS WIFE, CORETTA SCOTT KING,
WAS QUITE THE SINGER.
OUR PROGRAM IS FILLED TODAY WITH
MUSIC IN CELEBRATION OF THE
POWER OF MUSIC TO DRAW US
TOGETHER, AND HERE IS MUSIC
DIRECTOR AT THE PIANO BECCA MAY
GRANT AND THE SISTERS IN SONG
COMMUNITY CHOIR UNDER THE
DIRECTION OF TAMERA STANLEY.
PLEASE GIVE THEM ANOTHER
WELCOME.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> WE'LL DO "WE'VE COME THIS FAR
BY FAITH" MEDLEY, FOLLOWED "I
SHALL WEAR 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 'TIL
I DIE ?
? 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, LORD, I THANK
YOU ?
? YOU BROUGHT ME ?
? O GOD, YOU BROUGHT ME ?
? I WANNA THANK YOU ?
? O, I THANK YOU ?
? LORD, I THANK YOU ?
? O, I THANK YOU ?
? I THANK YOU ?
? LORD, I THANK YOU ?
? I THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK
YOU ?
? YOU BROUGHT ME FROM A MIGHTY
LONG WAY ?
? BROUGHT ME FROM A MIGHTY 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 ?
? WHEN IT'S ALL OVER ?
? WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE ?
? I SHALL SEE HIS FACE ?
? I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HIS FACE ?
? I SHALL SEE HIS FACE ?
? WHEN IT'S ALL OVER ?
? WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE ?
? 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, YEAH ?
? SOON AS I GET HOME ?
? O, YEAH, YEAH ?
? SOON AS I GET HOME ?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
[STANDING OVATION]
>> OH, COME ON.
WE CAN GIVE THEM A BIG HAND OF
APPRECIATION.
SISTERS IN SONG.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU TO MUSIC DIRECTOR
BECCA MAY GRANT AND COMPANY.
BECCA MAY GRANT AT 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 MORE.
SHE IS A TRAINED PEACEMAKER IN
THE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE COURT
AND A MEMBER OF THE SORORITY.
CORINDA RAINEY-MOORE IS THE
RECIPIENT OF THE WISCONSIN
2020MLK HERITAGE AWARD.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
[STANDING OVATION]
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M SO
HAPPY TO RECEIVE THIS AWARD
TODAY, FOR MY HUSBAND AND 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 BOSS
BECAUSE I HAVE A BOSS THAT
ALLOWS ME TO BE FLEXIBLE WHEN I
NEED TO BE SO I CAN DO WHAT I DO
IN THE COMMUNITY.
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 THE PRICE THAT WE PAY
FOR BEING HERE ON EARTH.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT OUR KIDS CAN'T
SEE US IF.
IF THEY DON'T SEE US, THEY HE
DON'TTHEY DON'TBELIEVE IT.
WE HAVE TO BE THERE FOR OUR
YOUTH SO THEY CAN BE ALL THEY
CAN BE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR GIVING
ME THIS AWARD.
AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[APPLAUSE]
>> CONGRATULATIONS CORE CORINDA
RAINEY-MOORE.
>> WITH MEMBERS REPRESENTING
VARIOUS CITIES ACROSS WISCONSIN,
I'M DELIGHTED TO HAVE FOR THE
FIRST TIME AT THE KING
CELEBRATION UNDER THE DIRECTION
OF LATRICE STANLEY THE FALL
GOSPEL FEST CHOIR.
PLEASE GIVE THEM A HAND.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
?
? WE HAVE COME TO WORSHIP HIM IN
ALL THAT WE SAY AND DO ?
? WE'VE 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 INC. IS 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 ?
? WE'VE COME TO WORSHIP HIM IN
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 LIFT ? LIFT YOUR HANDS IN THE
SANCTUARY ?
? AND BLESS THE LORD WITH ME ?
? GIVE THANKS FOR WHAT HE'S
DONE ?
? AND THE HEALING IN MY LIFE ?
? LIFT YOUR HANDS ?
? LIFT THEM HIGHER ?
? LIFT THEM HIGHER FOR ALL THE
WORLD TO SEE ?
? LIFT THEM HIGHER WHIEWL YOU
HAVE A CHANCE ?
? LIFT YOUR HANDS IN THE
SANCTUARY AND BLESS THE LORD
WITH ME ?
? GIVE THANKS FOR WHAT HE'S DONE
AND THE HEALING IN MY LIFE ?
? LIFT YOUR HANDS IN THE
SANCTUARY AND BLESS THE LORD
WITH ME ?
? GIVE THANKS ?
? OH OH OH OH ?
? LIFT THEM HIGHER ?
? LIFT THEM HIGHER FOR ALL THE
WORLD TO SEE ?
? LIFT THEM HIGHER WIHLE YOU
HAVE A CHANCE ?
[CLAPPING]
>> COME ON ?
? LIFT HIM UP ?
? LIFT HIM HIGHER ?
? LIFT HIM UP ?
? LIFT HIM HIGHER ?
? SING OF HIS GOODNESS ?
? SING OF HIS LOVE ?
? SING OF 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]
?
? YOUR PEACE YOU GIVE ME ?
?
? I LIFT MY PRAISE TO YOU ?
?
? ? PRECIOUS JESUS, HOW I LOVE
? HOW I LIFT HIGH MY VOICE WITH
YOUR PRAISE ?
? HOLY SAVIOUR ?
SAVIOUR
?
? I AM PERSUADED ?
? I LIFT YOUR NAME ?
? I FOREVER TO WORSHIP THEE ?
? PRM MISS PROMISE TO LOVE YOU ?
?
? FOREVER TO LOVE ?
? HALLELUJAH, SALVATION AND
GLORY ?
? HONOR AND POWER UNTO THE LORD
OUR GOD ?
? FOR THE LORD IS MIGHTY ?
? YES, THE LORD OUR GOD IS
OMNIPOTENT ?
? THE LORD OUR GOD, HE IS
WONDERFUL ?
? O, PRAISE HIM, TO THE KING OF
KINGS ?
? AND THE LORD OF LORDS ?
? HE IS WONDERFUL ?
? O, PRAISE BE TO THE KING OF
KINGS ?
? AND THE LORD OF LORDS ?
? HE IS WONDERFUL ?
? O, PRAISE HIM TO THE KING OF
KINGS ?
? TO THE LORD OF LORDS ?
? HE IS WONDERFUL ?
? O, PRAISE HIM BE TO THE KING
OF KINGS ?
? AND THE LORD OF LORDS ?
? HE IS WONDERFUL ?
? O, PRAISE B THE KING OF
KINGS ?
? AND THE LORD OF LORDS ?
? HE IS WONDERFUL ?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
[STANDING OVATION]
>> LATRICE STANLEY, THANK YOU.
TO THE CHORUS AND THE MUSICIANS,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND NOW IT IS MY PLEASURE TO
INTRODUCE TO YOU OUR GUEST
SPEAKER TODAY,S DR. OLLIE WATTS
DAVIS, A DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR
OF MUSIC, PROVOST, FELLOW AND
CONDUCTOR OF BLACK CHORUS AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT
URBANA-CHAMPAIGN.
IN 2018, SHE RECEIVED THE
OUTSTANDING FACULTY LEADERSHIP
AWARD.
IN 2017, THE ILLINOIS ALUMNI
HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE, DR.
DAVIS, HOLDS THE BRONZE
MEDALLION OF HONOR AND IS
RECOGNIZED AS A WOMAN WHO
THROUGH EXAMPLE AND SERVICE HAS
USED HER TALENTS TO ENRICH THE
LIVES OF OTHERS.
SOPRANO OLLIE WATTS DAVIS AFTER
HER DEBUT AT CORN CARNAGIE HALL HAS
APPEARED ALL OVER THE WORLD.
SHE'S PERFORMED ON NATIONAL
PUBLIC RADIO, ON FOUR CDs.
SHE PRESENTED A VERY SPECIAL
CONCERT, THE CONCERT THAT SHOOK
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 ARE A MERE
GLIMPSE INTO HER
ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
ORIGINALLY FROM WEST VIRGINIA.
PLEASE WELCOME DR. OLLIE WATTS
DAVIS.
[APPLAUSE]
? MY COUNTRY 'TIS OF THEE ?
? SWEET LAND OF LIBERTY ?
? TO THEE WE SING ?
? LAND WHERE MY FATHERS DIED ?
? LAND OF THE PILGRIMS' PRIDE ?
? FROM EVERY MOUNTAINSIDE ?
? LET FREEDOM RING ?
>> IT WAS 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 FRONT OF 75,000 PEOPLE
AND OPENED THE CONCERT THAT
SHOOK THE ESTABLISHMENT WITH
THESE WORDS: THIS WAS A
WATERSHED MOMENT THAT CREATED
QUITE A STIR COMING FROM THIS
DIGNIFIED, ELEGANT, HUMBLE
ARTIST, WHO HAD 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 OPERATED BY THE
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION, FOR THIS, HER
CAPITAL RECITAL.
HER VOICE WAS HERALDED AS ONE
THAT COMES AROUND ONCE IN 100
YEARS, YOODZ HER USED HER MOMENT.
ALTHOUGH PAINED BY INJUSTICE,
SHE USED HER DEFINING MOMENT AS
HER PLATFORM TO STAND FOR
JUSTICE.
AND THROUGH HER SINGING CONFRONT
THE INJUSTICE.
WITH CLOSED EYES, SHE LOOKED HER
STRAIGHT IN THE EYE WITH HER
VOICE AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY
DISARMED A NATION.
SHE MADE AMERICA SEE HER
HUMANITY.
SHE ITERATED HER CITIZENSHIP BY
TAKING ARTISTIC LICENSE AS SHE
SANG "TO THEE WITH SING" RATHER
THAN "OF THEE I SING."
SHE WAS IMPLYING COMMUNITY AND
GROUP RESPONSIBILITY, RECALLING
THE SITUATION IN 1939,
MISS ANDERSON LATER WROTE, I
COULD NOT RUN AWAY FROM THIS
SITUATION.
IF I HAD ANYTHING TO OFFER, I
WOULD HAVE TO DO IT NOW.
WE ALL HAVE MOMENTS, DEFINING
MOMENTS.
MY MOMENT BEGAN AS A LITTLE
BLACK GIRL FROM THE COAL FIELDS
OF WEST VIRGINIA.
RAISED IN A FEMALE-HEADED
HOUSEHOLD WHO GRADUATED HIGH
SCHOOL AND COLLEGE WITH HONORS.
MY MOMENT CONTINUED AT ILLINOIS,
WHEN I JOINED THE FACULTY, FIRST
AS A GRADUATE STUDENT AND AS AN
ASIDE I HAD TWO OF MADISON'S
FINEST AS STUDENTS.
BOTH REVEREND AND LADY BIDDELL
AS STUDENTS AND THEY ARE
SOMEWHAT RESPONSIBLE FOR MY
BEING HERE TODAY.
THEN AS A VISITING ASSISTANT
PROFESSOR, ON TO ASSISTANT,
ASSOCIATE AND FULL PROFESSOR AND
NOW AS UNIVERSITY SCHOLAR,
PROVOST.
I SHARE THIS NOT TO BOAST, BUT
BUILD HOPE IN ANY YOUNG PERSON
LISTENING AND TRACE FOR YOU A
STUBBORN COMMITMENT TO A SERIES
OF MOMENTS ALONG MY JOURNEY THAT
I, BY THE GRACE OF GOD,
MAXIMIZED.
AND THAT SAME GRACE, I BELIEVE,
AND THAT SAME MERCY IS AVAILABLE
TO YOU.
MISS ANDERSON USED HER MOMENT
BECAUSE SHE WAS PRESENT,
ACCOUNTED FOR AND ATTENTIVE.
HER MOMENT WAS OF MONUMENTAL
CONSEQUENCE.
FOR, YOU SEE, A TEN-YEAR-OLD BOY
WAS INFLUENCED BY THIS RECITE RECITAL.
AT AGE 15 HE WOULD WIN A
SPEAKING CONTEST AT HIS ATLANTA
HIGH SCHOOL USING THE TOPIC THE
NEGRO AND THE CONSTITUTION.
HE WOULD REFERENCE
MISS ANDERSON'S CONCERT.
HE HIMSELF WOULD IN 1963 STAND
AT THESE VERY SAME STEPS IN
WASHINGTON AND WITH
MISS ANDERSON AS ONE OF THE
PERFORMERS FOR THE EVENT, HE
WOULD INVOKE THE WORDS OF
AMERICA WHILE DELIVERING HIS
MONUMENTAL "I HAVE A DREAM"
SPEECH.
DR. KING SAID "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 RUN.
MARIAN ANDERSON IS A MAJOR
FIGURE IN THE STAND FOR JUSTICE
AND SHE IS JOINED BY ELLA BAKER,
DIANE NASH, ROSA PARKS.
MISS EVERS, EDELMAN AND MOTHER
KING AND TOO MANY OTHERS TO
NAME.
AND I MUST MENTION THE MUSIC OF
BLACK AMERICA, WHICH IS AN
IMPORTANT CHARACTER IN THE
MOVEMENT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND
HAS PROVIDED THE SOUNDTRACK FOR
THIS REVOLUTION.
I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY IN THIS
STRENGTH AND TO GIVE THESE
FORERUNNERS THE RECOGNITION AND
THE HONOR THEY DESERVE.
AND I DON'T STAND ALONE.
YOU SEE, I'M PACKING DEET TODAY.
I'M HERE WITH MY DAUGHTERS,
ASHLEY AND CHARITY DAVIS AND TWO
OF MY GRANDCHILDREN, CHARLIE
EDWARD DATES AND CLAIRE
ELIZABETH DATES.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME.
[APPLAUSE]
>> FOR JUSTICE IS A HIGH
ROAD.
IT MAY APPEAR THREATENING.
WE MAY BE THREATENED AND WE MAY
HAVE TO BE THE THREAT.
DO WE HAVE THE WILL?
DO WE HAVE THE COURAGE?
THOSE BORN INTO PRIVILEGE, THOSE
WHO HOLD POSITION AND THOSE
VOTED INTO POWER MUST BE WILLING
TO TAKE A STAND, TO STAND FOR
JUSTICE.
WITH HEWE MUST RELIES WE ARE IN THE
PLACES WE'RE IN AND WE HOLD THE
POSITIONS WE HOLD IN ORDER TO
SERVE OUR GENERATION FOR SUCH A
TIME AS THIS.
WE ARE CUSTODIANS OF THE
MOVEMENT, AND WE MUST DEVELOP
THE WORK THAT DR. KING STARTED.
WE MUST USE OUR POWER TO
TRANSFORM SOCIETY FOR THE
BETTER.
IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY, JUST
AS IN OUR SOCIETY IT'S OUR JOB,
EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US, WE
MUST STEWARD RESPONSIBLY THIS
RESPONSIBILITY.
IN ADDITION TO HAVING DEFINING
MOMENTS, WE HAVE TO HAVE A CLEAR
MESSAGE.
WHAT IS REQUIRED OF US IS STATED
PLAINLY IN THE WORDS OF MICAH.
NOW, HE'S OFTEN CONSIDERED A
MINOR PROPHET, BUT HE DELIVERED
A MAJOR MESSAGE.
IN CHAPTER 6, VERSE 8, HE SAYS
WE ARE TO DO JUSTICE, TO LOVE
MERCY AND TO WALK HUMBLY WITH
OUR GOD.
AND WE MUST NOT WATER DOWN THIS
MESSAGE.
IN ORDER TO STAND FOR JUSTICE,
WE MUST KNOW WHAT INJUSTICE
LOOKS LIKE.
WE MUST NAME WHAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT.
WE MUST DELIVER A CLEAR MESSAGE.
WE MUST RECOGNIZE INJUSTICE,
RACIAL INEQUITIES IN THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND
POLICING, DISPARITIES IN
EDUCATION AND HEALTH CARE, MASS
UNEMPLOYMENT AND
UNDEREMPLOYMENT.
WE MUST MAKE THE SUFFERING OF
THE OPPRESSED VISIBLE TO THE
POINT WHERE IT CANNOT BE
IGNORED.
WE MUST CALL INJUSTICE 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 TO INJUSTICE,
EMPLOY WHAT DR. KING CALLED
CREATIVE TENSION, EXPOSE
INJUSTICE IN DRAMATIC WAYS.
INJUSTICE CAN EXIST BENEATH THE
VENEER OF NORMALCY AND
SINCERITY.
WE MUST EXPOSE THE SIN IN
SINCERITY.
I AM A CREATOR AND I'M A
TEACHER.
I TEACH PEOPLE.
MUSIC IS THE PRINCIPAL SUBJECT
MATTER I USE ALONG WITH SHARING
TRANSFERABLE LIFE SKILLS.
YOU SEE, I BELIEVE THAT EVERY
YOUNG PERSON NEEDS A MATURE,
CARING ADUL HIS AND HER LIFE
WHO WILL CHALLENGE HIM OR HER
WITH WISDOM REGARDING CRITICAL
ISSUES AND 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 STAGE OR AS A TEACHER
IN THE STUDIO AND REHEARSAL
SPACE, I INTENTIONALLY DELIVER
AENA INSPIRING PERFORMANCE.
WE MUST REMEDY INJUSTICE.
INJUSTICE ANYWHERE THREATENS
JUSTICE EVERYWHERE BECAUSE THEY
ARE DAMAGING TO BOTH THE
OPPRESSED AS WELL AS THE
OPPRESSORS.
AND WE, WISCONSIN, WE MUST
RESCUE BOTH.
OUR STAND FOR JUSTICE MUST BE A
STRUCTURES RAL RESPONSE.
THAT'S THE ONLY WAY FORWARD.
WE MUST HOLD OURSELVES AND
OTHERS ACCOUNTABLE.
SO I ISSUE A CALL TODAY THAT
RESTRUCTURING THE ARCHITECTURE
THAT MAKES FOR AN UNEVEN PLAYING
FIELD IS NECESSARY.
WE MUST HONESTLY ASK OURSELVES
WHAT IS IT ABOUT OUR
INSTITUTIONS THAT PROTECT
INJUSTICE?
WHAT IS IT ABOUT INJUSTICE THAT
IS SO APPEALING AND SO
SEDUCTIVE?
WE MUST HAVE A MISSION.
AND THE MISSION IS 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 THAT
DENY THIS.
A STAND FOR JUSTICE REPLACES
FEELINGS OF SUPERIORITY TOWARD
THE DISENFRANCHISED WITH MERCY
AND COMPASSION FOR THE
DISENFRANCHISED.
THESE ARE OUR BROTHERS.
THESE ARE OUR SISTERS.
AND WE ARE THEIR KEEPERS.
THE ONE IN FRONT OF US WHO IS
EXPERIENCING INJUSTICE NEEDS AN
ADVOCATE.
SHE IS OUR NEIGHBOR.
HE IS THE ONE WHO HAS THE NEED.
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 THE
INTERRELATEDNESS OF ALL
COMMUNITIES AND STATES.
INJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS A THREAT
TO JUSTICE EVERYWHERE.
WE ARE CAUGHT IN A NETWORK OF
MUTUALITY, TIED IN A GARMENT OF
DESTINY.
WHATEVER AFFECTS ONE DIRECTLY
AFFECTS ALL INDIRECTLY.
THIS RECOGNITION OF A NETWORK OF
MUTUALITY IS INTEGRAL TO JUSTICE
OUTCOMES.
SEE, JUSTICE IS THE CORNERSTONE
VALUE IN THE ARCHITECTURE OF A
PREEMINENT SOCIETY.
IT RECOGNIZES THE STRENGTH AND
THE BENEFIT OF INTERDEPENDENT
HARMONY THAT IS DERIVED BY
WORKING TOGETHER TOWARDS A
DESIRED GOAL.
TO RALLY HIS SECRETARY AROUND
THE POOR PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN,
DR. KING FASTED AND HE PRAYED.
AND HE CHALLENGED THEM WITH
THESE WORDS.
HE SAID, "WE HAVE TO DO IT, FOR
OUR OWN SENSE OF DIGNITY, OUR
OWN SELF-RESPECT, FOR OUR OWN
DETERMINATION, BUT WE CAN'T DO
IT IF WE DON'T GIVE IT ALL, GIVE
OUR ALL TO IT."
SO IT IS WITH US AS WE TAKE A
STAND FOR JUSTICE.
WE DON'T WANT TO BE LESS THAN
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 ARE
CALLED TO BE AND THAT IS TO BE
COMPLETE.
THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU.
WHEN I WAS IN THE 7TH GRADE, MY
MOTHER ENROLLED ME IN A TYPING
CLASS.
THERE SENTENCE THAT WE
PRACTICED EVERY DAY.
PERHAPS YOU HAD THIS SAME
PRACTICE SENTENCE." NOW IS.
"NOW IS THE TIME FOR ALL GOOD
MEN TO COME TO THE AID OF THEIR
COUNTRY."
DOES IT SOUND FAMILIAR TO
ANYBODY?
I KNOW I'M DATING MYSELF.
BUT I PRACTICED THAT SENTENCE
DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
KING REMINDS US THAT HUMAN
PROGRESS NEVER ROLLS IN ON
WHEELS OF INEVITABLETY.
IT COMES THROUGH THE TIRELESS
EFFORT OF MEN WILLING TO BE
CO-WORKERS WITH GOD.
AND WITHOUT THIS HARD WORK, TIME
ITSELF BECOMES AN ALLY OF THE
FORCES OF SOCIAL STAGNATION.
YOU SEE, THE CONDITIONS
SURROUNDING US INTRODUCE US TO
OURSELVES.
AND THE PERSISTENCE WITH WHICH
WE ENGAGE THE RESISTANCE AND
DIFFICULTY WE EXPERIENCE WHEN
STRIVING TO ADDRESS THOSE
CONDITIONS FORM WHO WE BECOME.
LET ME EXPLAIN THAT.
CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING
DR. KING INTRODUCED HIM TO
HIMSELF.
HE HAD TO BECOME.
HE HAD TO BECOME THE REVEREND
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE, HE
HAD TO BECOME THE DRUM MAJOR FOR
JUSTICE THROUGH REDEMPTIVE
SUFFERING.
HIS LEGACY IS SECURED BY WHAT HE
SUFFERED AND HOW HE SERVED.
HE HAD HAD TO GROW AND DEVELOP INTO
THE MAN WHO LOOKED LIKE
SOMETHING IMPORTANT WAS ABOUT TO
HAPPEN WHEN HE ENTERED A ROOM.
AND WHO SPOKE LOUDLY BY JUST
LISTENING AND BEING PRESENT.
HE HAD TO BE INTRODUCED TO
HIMSELF.
AS HE HEEDED THE CALL ON HIS
LIFE, HE TAUGHT US IN THE
PROCESS.
HE TAUGHT US THAT THERE ARE
WOUNDS TO BE HAD.
HE TAUGHT US THERE IS SOMETHING
WORTH FIGHTING FOR.
LET ME ASK YOU NOW, HAVE YOU
BEEN INTRODUCED TO YOURSELF?
HAVE YOU COME TO REALIZE THE
ROLE YOU ARE TO PLAY IN SERVING
YOUR GENERATION?
WHEN YOU MEET YOURSELF, WHEN YOU
SEE YOUR PRIVILEGE IN LIGHT OF
YOUR NEIGHBOR'S PLIGHT, THIS
INTRODUCTION WILL MOVE YOU TO
ACTION.
YOU'VE HEARD IT SAID THAT SO AND
SO IS WALKING THE TALK AND THAT
WE MUST WALK THE TALK?
CAN I GET A WITNESS?
[APPLAUSE]
>> ALL RIGHT.
WELL, JUST ALLOW ME TO EDIT THAT
JUST A LITTLE.
BEFORE WE WALK THE TALK, WE MUST
FIRST TALK THE TALK.
PROVERBS 31, VERSES 8 AND 9
GIVES US A PRACTICAL DIRECTIVE.
IT SAYS, "EP YOUR MOUTHOPEN YOUR MOUTH FOR
THE MUTE, FOR THE RIGHTS OF ALL
WHO IS DES AT DESTITUTE.
DEFENDS THE RIGHTS OF THE POOR
AND NEEDY."
IN ORDER TO TALK THE TALK, WE
HAVE TO OPEN OUR MOUTHS.
WEFERWE HAVE TO JUDGE RIGHTEOUSLY AND
PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF THE POOR
AND NEEDY AMONG US.
NOW, I HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF
SOMEONE WHO DID JUSTICE.
MY BOYFRIEND.
MY HUSBAND.
THE REVEREND DR. HAROLD DAVIS.
SEE, AFTER SEEING THE SUSPENSION
STATISTICS IN OUR LOCAL SCHOOL
DISTRICT, HE ENGAGED BY
MENTORING AND THEN WRITING A
CURRICULUM FOR OTHERS TO DO THE
SAME.
HE TOOK A STAND FOR JUSTICE.
HE DID NOT PASSIVELY SIT BACK
AND TALK ABOUT THE PROBLEM.
HE WALKED THE TALK.
[APPLAUSE]
>> AMEN.
THANK YOU.
AND HE PUT FORTH A SOLUTION TO
ADDRESS THE SITUATION.
AND THEN HE ENLISTED ME TO WRITE
THE FEMALE CURRICULUM.
OUR TALKS MENTORING PROGRAM HAS
IMPACTED THE LIVES OF 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 CALL HE ISSUED IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE 20TH CENTURY IS JUST AS
RESOUNDING T IN THIS 21ST
CENTURY.
WE MUST NOT WATER DOWN HIS
MESSAGE.
IT IS A CALL FOR JUSTICE.
[APPLAUSE]
>> IT IS ROOTED IN THE GOSPEL,
FOR YOU KNOW HE WAS A MINISTER
OF THE GOSPEL, WHO LOVED THE
CHURCH, WHO WAS NURTURED BY THE
CHURCH, WHO WAS SUSTAINED BY THE
CHURCH AND WHO REMAINED TRUE TO
THE CHURCH.
SO LET US PICK UP THE MANTLE AND
ADDRESS THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM
WITH COURAGE AS WE TAKE OUR
STAND FOR JUSTICE.
MY SON-IN-LAW, THE REVEREND
DR. CHARLIE DATES, ADMONISHED US
AT THE FRONT OF THIS YEAR BY
SAYING DON'T JUDGE YOUR PROGRESS
BY WHAT YOU THINK YOU OUGHT TO
BE OR HOW SUCCESSFUL YOU THINK
YOU SHOULD BE.
VIEW YOUR PROGRESS BY THE MERCY
AND FAITHFULNESS OF GOD.
AND LET ME ADD, LET THIS VANTAGE
POINT SUSTAIN YOUR
FAITHFULNESSES TO YOUR CALLING.
FOR 40 YEARS, DR. OVERBY AND
YOUR STAFF AND COMMUNITY AND THE
STATE OF WISCONSIN HAS SUSTAINED
A CEREMONY OF TRIBUTE AND
CELEBRATION OF THE LIFE AND
LEGACY OF A PREACHER, THE
REVEREND DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING,
JR.
I COMMEND YOU FOR THIS
COMMITMENT.
YOU MUST BE CAREFUL --
[APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU.
YOU MUST BE CAREFUL TO CELEBRATE
WHAT GOD HAS MERCIFULLY ALLOWED
YOU TO DO.
YOU MAY FEEL AS IF PUTTING ON
THE STATEWIDE CEREMONY AFTER 40
YEARS SHOULD HAVE HAD MORE
SUPPORT, MORE ENTHUSIASM AND
MORE RESOURCES.
BUT LET ME HASTEN TO SAY THAT
THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD HAS
ALLOWED YOUR PLANNING, YOUR
PREPARATION AND THIS
PRESENTATION TO BE EXACTLY AS IT
OUGHT TO BE.
THE MORAL ARC OF THE UNIVERSE IS
LONG, BUT IT BENDS TOWARDS
JUSTICE, ACCORDING TO OUR
HONOREE TODAY.
SO LET'S KEEP MOVING.
THOSE WHO STAND FOR JUSTICE
STAND WITH ONE MORE POWERFUL
THAN ANY OPPOSITION, BECAUSE
THEY KNOW THAT EVIL CANNOT
CONCEIVE A PERFECT PLAN.
A TRIBUTE WAS GIVEN TO 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 TO
STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY AND SPEAK
WELL OF HIM, TO ASSURE ALL WHO
ARE PRESENT THAT HIS LIVING WAS
NOT IN VAIN, URGE OUR
COMMITMENT TO DEVELOP HIS WORK
AND TO SHARE THE PRINCIPLES THAT
GUIDED HIS LIFE AND MINE.
? IF I CAN HELP SOMEBODY ?
? AS I PASS ALONG ?
? IF I CAN CHEER SOMEBODY ?
? WITH A WORD OR SONG ?
? IF I CAN SHOW SOMEBODY ?
? THAT HE'S TRAVELING WRONG ?
? THEN MY LIVING WILL NOT BE IN
VAIN ?
? IF I CAN DO MY DUTY ?
? AS A CHRISTIAN OUGHT ?
? IF I CAN BRING BACK BEAUTY TO
THIS WORLD I BROUGHT ?
? IF I CAN SPREAD THE MESSAGE
THAT THE MASTER TAUGHT ?
? THEN MY LIVING WILL NOT BE IN
VAIN ?
? MY LIVING WILL NOT BE IN
VAIN ?
? MY LIVING WILL NOT BE IN
VAIN ?
? IF 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 BE SEATED.
FOR MORE THAN 36 YEARS, THE BE
REVEREND WILLIE BRISCO HAS
DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO FIGHTING
INJUSTICE IN MILWAUKEE, TAKING
ON INEQUALITYING INEQUALITIES IN
TRANSPORTATION, EMPLOYMENT AND
HOUSING.
WHEN WESTLAWN, THE FEDERAL
PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, WAS
INITIALLY BEING REBUILT, HE
WITNESSED FIRSTHAND THE
INJUSTICES IN CONSTRUCTION
EMPLOYMENT EXPOSED THROUGH A
$300 MILLION PROJECT.
BRISCO HELPED TO IDENTIFY HOW
AUTHORITIES HAD FAILED TO MEET
FEDERAL REGULATIONS FOR HIRING
LOW-INCOME WORKERS.
HE WORKED FOR 25 YEARS AT THE
MILWAUKEE COUNTY HOUSE OF
CORRECTIONS.
TODAY, HE IS WORKING
WISCONSIN GOVERNOR TONY EVERS
AND OTHERS TO REFORM THE
CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM IN
WISCONSIN.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNOR'S
OFFICE, I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE
THAT THE REVEREND WILLIE BRISCO
WAS THE RECIPIENT OF THE
WISCONSIN 2020 MLK HERITAGE
AWARD.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
[STANDING OVATION]
>> FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO
THANK GOD FOR BEING ALIVE FOR
THIS DAY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> I WANT TO THANK GOVERNOR
EVERS, DR. JONATHAN OVERBY AND
THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE FOR
SELECTING ME FOR THIS AWARD.
I AM TRULY HUMBLED.
I AM TRULY GRATEFUL.
I ACCEPT THIS AWARD ON BEHALF OF
WISDOM AND THE 11 STATE
AFFILIATES THAT WE REPRESENT.
I ACCEPT THIS AWARD ON BEHALF OF
THE ORGANIZATION AND ITS 17
AFFILIATES THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY.
I TRULY WORK ALONGSIDE SOME
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 ON
BEHALF OF MY FAMILY, BECAUSE
THEY HAVE BOTH DIED, SURVIVED
AND LIVED IN A SOCIETY THAT
DIDN'T ALWAYS APPRECIATE THEM.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE KEPT ON KEEPING ON, AND WE'RE
ALIVE TODAY, AND THAT'S WHY I
TAKE THIS HONOR IN THEIR PLACE.
[APPLAUSE]
>> I THANK 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 ON BEHALF OF NEW COVENANT
BAPTIST CHURCH, I SAY THIS.
MY SOUL IS TRULY HAPPY.
MY SOUL IS TRULY GRATEFUL.
THANK ALL OF YOU, MY BROTHERS
AND SISTERS, WHO WITNESSED THIS
TODAY AND THANK ALL OF YOU WHO
PRAYED FOR THIS DAY AND THANK
GOD FOR DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING,
JR.
AMEN.
[APPLAUSE] [STANDING OVATION]
>> YES, SIR.
REVEREND WILLIE BRISCO.
YOU AIN'T SLICK.
YOU TRIED TO STICK A SERMON IN
SIDEWAYS.
NEVER PUT A PREACHER IN OF
A CROWD AND A MICROPHONE.
I'M GOING TO REMEMBER YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS.
GIVE HIM ANOTHER ROUND OF
APPLAUSE.
YOU DESERVE IT.
[APPLAUSE]
>> AND NOW HERE TO PRESENT THE
OFFICIAL 2020 STATE PROCLAMATION
HONORING DR. EMERGENCYDR. MARTIN LUTHER KING,
JR. IS THE 46TH GOVERNOR OF THE
STATE OF WISCONSIN, TONY EVERS.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU, JONATHAN.
IT'S MY HONOR TO ISSUE THIS PROM
CLA MAITION.
WHEREAS THE REVEREND DR. MARTIN
LUTHER KING, JR. WAS BORN 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 AND
PROFOUND ORATION HE BECAME A
LEADER IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS
AND WHEREAS HE DEDICATED HIS
LIFE TO ENSURING EQUAL RIGHTS
FOR ALL PEOPLE AND BETWEEN THE
YEARS 1957 AND 1968 DR. KING
WROTE FIVE BOOKS AND VARIOUS
ARTICLES DELIVERED COUNTLESS
SPEECHES AND TRAVELED OVER 6
MILLION MILES TO ADDRESS
INJUSTICE AT ITS ROOT.
AND WHEREAS DR. KING'S LEGACY,
THE NUMEROUS MOVEMENTS HE LED
AND THE SEMINAL WORKS HE LEFT
BEHIND, SUCH AS HIS "I HAVE A
DREAM" AND "I SEE THE PROMISED
LAND" SPEECHES AND HIS WRITTEN
SPEECHES LIKE "LETTER FROM
BIRMINGHAM JAIL" AND "PILGRIMAGE
TO NONVIOLENCE" AS WELL AS
ADVOCACY TOWARD THE FULL
REALIZATION OF EQUITY AND
JUSTICE FOR ALL PEOPLE.
AND WHEREAS EACH YEAR THE STATE
OF WISCONSIN HONORS THE LEGACY
OF REVEREND MARTIN LUTHER KING,
JR. BY HOSTING THE OLDEST STATE
CEREMONY CELEBRATING HIS LIFE
AND WORK AND THIS YEAR'S THEME
IS "STAND FOR JUSTICE," AND
WHEREAS TODAY ON THIS FEDERAL
HOLIDAY THE STATE OF WISCONSIN
REJECTS BIGOTRY IN ALL ITS
MANIFESTATIONS AND RECOMMITS
ITSELF TO ADDRESSING PERVASIVE
INSTITUTIONAL INEQUITIES AND
EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES AND
INCLUSION FOR WISCONSINITES OF
ALL CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS AND
IDENTITY.
NOW THEREFORE I, TONY EVERS,
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF
WISCONSIN, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM
JANUARY 20, 2020 AS THE REVEREND
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
TONY EVERS, GOVERNOR.
THANK YOU YOU VERY MUCH.
[APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU.
ANOTHER GREAT DAY.
[APPLAUSE]
>> ALL RIGHT NOW.
THIS PROCLAMATION, LIKE THE LAST
39, HAS GONE THROUGH THE
AUDIENCE.
AND EACH YEAR, HAS ALWAYS
COME BACK.
OSCAR MORALES WAS THE FORMER
CHAIR OF THE MLK PLANNING GROUP,
AND HE'S GOING TO TAKE THIS OUT
AND, AS I SAY, LET THE PEOPLE OF
WISCONSIN SEE IT.
THANK YOU, OSCAR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
[APPLAUSE]
>> WELL, AS WE WIND DOWN THE
PROGRAM TODAY, WE SHALL
OVERCOME, BECAUSE THE ARC OF THE
MORAL UNIVERSE IS LONG, BUT IT
BENDS TOWARD JUSTICE.
THE WORDS OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER
KING, JR., THE DISTRICT OF COA DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA, 1968.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR CEREMONY.
ON BEHALF OF THE OFFICE OF
WISCONSIN GOVERNOR TONY EVERS
AND THOSE WHO HELPED MAKE THIS
PROGRAM POSSIBLE, UNTIL NEXT
TIME, I'M JONATHAN OVERBY.
THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING,
LISTENING AND WATCHING.
AND MAY YOUR DAY BE FILLED WITH
PEACE AND HARMONY.
HAVE A GOOD DAY!
THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
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>> ONE LAST WORD OF A PRAYER.
YOU WHO ORDERED THIS UNIVERSE,
YOU WHO CREATED US, I COME TO
YOU WITH QUESTIONS TODAY.
HOW COULD YOU HAVE MADE US HUMAN
BEINGS SO INCOMPLETE, SO FLAWED,
SO FEARFUL OF OUR NEIGHBOR, SO
JUDGMENTAL OF THEIR SKIN, OF
THEIR FACE, OF THEIR LANGUAGE,
OF THEIR UPBRINGING?
HOW COULD YOU HAVE MADE US THIS
WAY?
MASTER OF THE UNIVERSE, I BEG OF
YOU, GIVE US THE COURAGE TO LOOK
AT EACH OTHER WITH CURIOSITY
INSTEAD OF JUDGMENT, WITH
OPENNESS INSTEAD OF FEAR, WITH
LOVE INSTEAD OF INDIFFERENCE.
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., MAY HIS
NAME BE FOREVER BLESSED, ONE
SAID.
WE MUST LIVE TOGETHER AS
BROTHERS OR PERISH TOGETHER AS
FOOLS.
MAY WE LEARN FROM THE MEMORY OF
DR. KING, HOW TO LET GO OF THE
BIGOTRY AND FOOLISHNESS INSIDE
OF US.
MAY WE SPEAK TO EACH OTHER AS IF
WE ARE SPEAKING WORDS TO OUR OWN
HEART.
MAY WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MY LIFE
IS CONNECTED TO YOUR LIFE.
AND WHEN I SPEAK TO YOU, MAY I
SPEAK WORDS THAT I WOULD WANT TO
HEAR YOU SPEAK TO ME.
MAY WE INDEED STAND UP FOR
JUSTICE.
MAY WE LEARN TO LOVE OUR
DIFFERENCES.
MAY WE AGREE TODAY THAT WE WILL
BE READY FOR WHAT TOMORROW
DEMANDS OF US.
MASTER OF THIS PLAN, PLEASE BE
ALONGSIDE US AS WE LEARN TO BE
BETTER PEOPLE.
TEACH US TO BE BETTER THIS YEAR
THAN WE WERE LAST YEAR.
MAY WE, WITH OUR FLAWS, OUR
FEARS, OUR JUDGMENTS HOLD EACH
OTHER, ADMIRE EACH
OUR LIVES DEPEND ON IT.
MAY THIS BE SO.
AMEN.
[APPLAUSE]
>> HAVE A GOOD DAY.
SHALOM.
[APPLAUSE]
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