A Tribute to the King (Poem)
Posted: Friday, January 13, 2012
by David Tanguay
His mission was to achieve freedom - for his people
The bells rang loud - from the church top steeple
He did not want to be judged - by the color of his skin
But rather by his heart - which cried out from within
The black people were special to the Lord up above
For he blessed them - with an abundant of love
A dream he held on to - all of his life and beyond
He wanted his white brother - to see and respond
Martin Luther King Jr.- was this man’s name
He opened the eyes of many - as he made his claim
As he was laid to rest - at the end of his life
Leaving behind four children - and a wife
His dream still lives - for one and all of us
Our Lord resides - in him we can trust
Free at last free at last - yes freedom is at hand
We are on the verge of entering into- the promised land
A land of equality - for everyone whom breathes free
For we as human beings - all originate from our family tree
“Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.” Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Top-level comments on this article: (4 total)hi david,
this was an excellent poem, in my opinion. it flowed well, and got the point across.
when one person believes he is better than another, no good will come of it.
thanks for sharing,
my best,
suePlease log in to respond to this comment.Thank you for commenting SusanPlease log in to respond to this comment.
i don't pay attention to the stars much-but i didn't give you a 3 on purpose-this is definitely a 5 in my book.Please log in to respond to this comment.
David this was lovely. It was a moving piece that sent tingles down my spine. Thank you and keep well
KacyPlease log in to respond to this comment.I'm glad you liked it Kacy, thanks for commenting.Please log in to respond to this comment.
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BLACK POLITICAL HISTORY: THE UNTOLD STORY
NOTE: All answers are "b."
1. What Party was founded as the anti-slavery Party and fought to free blacks from slavery?
[ ] a. Democratic Party
[ ] b. Republican Party
2. What was the Party of Abraham Lincoln who signed the emancipation proclamation that resulted in the Juneteenth celebrations that occur in black communities today?
[ ] a. Democratic Party
[ ] b. Republican Party
3. What Party passed the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the U. S. Constitution granting blacks freedom, citizenship, and the right to vote?
[ ] a. Democratic Party
[ ] b. Republican Party
4. What Party passed the Civil Rights Acts of 1866 and 1875 granting blacks protection from the Black Codes and prohibiting racial discrimination in public accommodations, and was the Party of most blacks prior to the 1960’s, including Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Booker T. Washington, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
[ ] a. Democratic Party
[ ] b. Republican Party
5. What was the Party of the founding fathers of the NAACP?
[ ] a. Democratic Party
[ ] b. Republican Party
6. What was the Party of President Dwight Eisenhower who sent U.S. troops to Arkansas to desegregate schools, established the Civil Rights Commission in 1958, and appointed Chief Justice Earl Warren to the U.S. Supreme Court which resulted in the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision ending school segregation?
[ ] a. Democratic Party
[ ] b. Republican Party
7. What Party, by the greatest percentage, passed the Civil Rights Acts of the 1950’s and 1960’s?
[ ] a. Democratic Party
[ ] b. Republican Party
8. What was the Party of President Richard Nixon who instituted the first Affirmative Action program in 1969 with the Philadelphia Plan that established goals and timetables?
[ ] a. Democratic Party
[ ] b. Republican Party
9. What is the Party of President George W. Bush who appointed more blacks to high-level positions than any president in history and who spent record money education, job training and health care to help black Americans prosper?
[ ] a. Democratic Party
[ ] b. Republican Party
BLACK POLITICAL HISTORY: THE UNTOLD STORY
NOTE: All answers are "b."
10. What Party fought to keep blacks in slavery and was the Party of the Ku Klux Klan?
[ ] a. Republican Party
[ ] b. Democratic Party
11. What Party from 1870 to 1930 used fraud, whippings, lynching, murder, intimidation, and mutilation to get the black vote, and passed the Black Codes and Jim Crow laws which legalized racial discrimination and denied blacks their rights as citizens?
[ ] a. Republican Party
[ ] b. Democratic Party
12. What was the Party of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and President Harry Truman who rejected anti-lynching laws and efforts to establish a permanent Civil Rights Commission?
[ ] a. Republican Party
[ ] b. Democratic Party
13. What was the Party of President Lyndon Johnson, who called Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “that [N-word] preacher" because he opposed the Viet Nam War; and President John F. Kennedy who voted against the 1957 Civil Rights law as a Senator, then as president opposed the 1963 March on Washington by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. after becoming president and the FBI investigate Dr. King on suspicion of being a communist?
[ ] a. Republican Party
[ ] b. Democratic Party
14. What is the Party of the late Senators Robert Byrd who was a member of the Ku Klux Klan, Ernest “Fritz" Hollings who hoisted the Confederate flag over the state capitol in South Carolina while governor, and Ted Kennedy who called black judicial nominees “Neanderthals" while blocking their appointments?
[ ] a. Republican Party
[ ] b. Democratic Party
15. What was the Party of President Bill Clinton who failed to fight the terrorists after the first bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993, sent troops to war in Bosnia and Kosovo without Congressional approval, vetoed the Welfare Reform law twice before signing it, and refused to comply with a court order to have shipping companies develop an Affirmative Action Plan?
[ ] a. Republican Party
[ ] b. Democratic Party
16. What is the Party of Vice President Al Gore whose father voted against the Civil Rights Acts of the 1960’s, and who lost the 2000 election as confirmed by a second recount of Florida votes by the “Miami Herald" and a consortium of major news organizations and the ruling by the U.S. Civil Rights Commission that blacks were not denied the right to vote?
[ ] a. Republican Party
[ ] b. Democratic Party
17. What Party is against school vouchers, against school prayers, and takes the black vote for granted without ever acknowledging their racist past or apologizing for trying to expand slavery, lynching blacks and passing the Black Codes and Jim Crow laws that caused great harm to blacks?
[ ] a. Republican Party
[ ] b. Democratic Party
Please log in to respond to this comment.Well Elle, I wasn't aware of these facts you present here although I'm a democrat (a natural democrat) But I suppose there is bad in all of us, thanks for commentingPlease log in to respond to this comment.I grew up in a completely Democrat Family (natural meaning that I think), but facts are facts, and I think all that MLK did for equality deserves a Tribute, but so do those who helped him achieve it. MLK was a registered Republican. I am now an Independent, and anyone who moves us in the right direction gets my vote.
Your poem was great.
I found this History Test on the website of the Black Republicans, while looking for historical facts on MLK.
Please log in to respond to this comment.I always believed the republican party was mostly for the rich and the democrats for the ordinary people. I suppose there are good and bad in any field we choose to belong to.Please log in to respond to this comment.The media conditions us to believe what they want us to believe, and without our own research...we believe it to be true. I get more truth from online newspapers outside of the USA, than I do inside.
There are some things that changed in education as far back as 1917, that most people do not know, without research, when the McGuffey Readers were removed from public schools, and Columbia Univ took over the writing and distribution of our school books.
"Didn't Kruschev say in one of his speeches "We will take America without firing a shot"?? 1948 or 1950? He meant media and education, but education had to come first, to prepare those going into the media.
Yes," there are good and bad in any field we choose to belong to." That is a fact. If you look at a clock and 6pm is 'centrist', then either far left until 12 O'clock or far right until 12 Oclock, you have the same thing, insanity.
Have a great day today.Please log in to respond to this comment.
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