January 15th Tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. - Inez Nigro's favourite Poem: "As I Grew Older" by Langston Hughes.

January 15th Tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. 

"They talk about the failure of Socialism but where is the success of Capitalism in Africa, Asia and Latin America?..."

Martin Luther King Jr.

National Civil Rights Museum


Link:  http://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/

In Memphis, Tennessee 

#KingDay2017 on Jan. 16, from 8am-6pm will feature entertainment throughout the day on the Founders Park main stage will feature a variety of performances including a Fitness Demo by Sherika Fitness, Stax Music Academy, Watoto de Afrika and Riverside Elementary School singers, Mighty Souls Brass Band, Will graves and Soul, Cordova High School and spoken word artists. See you there! 


Martin Luther King Jr.

Inez Nigro's favourite Poem: 


As I Grew Older by Langston Hughes


Photo: James Mercer Langston Hughes

As I Grew Older by Langston Hughes


It was a long time ago.
I have almost forgotten my dream.
But it was there then,
In front of me,
Bright like a sun
My dream.
And then the wall rose,
Rose slowly,
Slowly,
Between me and my dream.
Rose until it touched the sky
The wall.
Shadow.
I am black.
I lie down in the shadow.
No longer the light of my dream before me,
Above me.
Only the thick wall.
Only the shadow.
My hands! 
My dark hands! 
Break through the wall! 
Find my dream! 
Help me to shatter this darkness,
To smash this night,
To break this shadow
Into a thousand lights of sun,
Into a thousand whirling dreams
Of sun! 


Photo: James Mercer Langston Hughes

Paul David Hewson "Bono" from U2 pays tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.

U2  -  Pride (In The Name of Love)

One man come in the name of love
One man come and go
One man come he to justify
One man to overthrow

In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love

One man caught on a barbed wire fence
One man he resist
One man washed up on an empty beach
One man betrayed with a kiss

In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love

Early morning, April four
Shot rings out in the Memphis sky
Free at last, they took your life
They could not take your pride

In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love

In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love

U2 -  MLK (Martin Luther King Jr.)

Sleep
Sleep tonight
And may your dreams
Be realized
If the thundercloud
Passes rain
So let it rain
Rain down on him
Hmm-mmm-mm
So let it be
Hmm-mmm-mm
So let it be

Sleep
Sleep tonight
And may your dreams
Be realized
If the thundercloud
Passes rain
So let it rain
Let it rain
Rain on him
Rain on him

U2 -  MLK (Martin Luther King Jr.)

"They talk about the failure of Socialism but where is the success of Capitalism in Africa, Asia and Latin America?..."

Martin Luther King Jr.