And thank you, everyone for joining us today as we commemorate 56 years since dr. Martin luther king juniors assassination at the Lorraine Motel in 1968, dr. King traveled to memphis, tennessee, to support striking sanitation workers as they demanded their civil and human rights. Its been the National Civil rights long standing to honor and preserve the legacy of dr. King. As we chronicle the American Civil Rights movement and tell the story of the ongoing struggle for human rights here at the museum, we educate and serve as a catalyst to inspire action, to create positive social change. Im reminded of what king stood for. He said, yes, if you want to say what i that. I was a drum major, say that i a drum major for justice. Say that i was a drum major for peace. It was a drum major. I was drum major for righteousness and all the shallow things will not matter how dr. Kings legacy urges all of us to to push the arc of the moral universe, to build clearly and directly towards justice jus
And thank you, everyone for joining us today as we commemorate 56 years since dr. Martin luther king juniors assassination at the Lorraine Motel in 1968, dr. King traveled to memphis, tennessee, to support striking sanitation workers as they demanded their civil and human rights. Its been the National Civil rights long standing to honor and preserve the legacy of dr. King. As we chronicle the American Civil Rights movement and tell the story of the ongoing struggle for human rights here at the museum, we educate and serve as a catalyst to inspire action, to create positive social change. Im reminded of what king stood for. He said, yes, if you want to say what i that. I was a drum major, say that i a drum major for justice. Say that i was a drum major for peace. It was a drum major. I was drum major for righteousness and all the shallow things will not matter how dr. Kings legacy urges all of us to to push the arc of the moral universe, to build clearly and directly towards justice jus
And thank you, everyone for joining us today as we commemorate 56 years since dr. Martin luther king juniors assassination at the Lorraine Motel in 1968, dr. King traveled to memphis, tennessee, to support striking sanitation workers as they demanded their civil and human rights. Its been the National Civil rights long standing to honor and preserve the legacy of dr. King. As we chronicle the American Civil Rights movement and tell the story of the ongoing struggle for human rights here at the museum, we educate and serve as a catalyst to inspire action, to create positive social change. Im reminded of what king stood for. He said, yes, if you want to say what i that. I was a drum major, say that i a drum major for justice. Say that i was a drum major for peace. It was a drum major. I was drum major for righteousness and all the shallow things will not matter how dr. Kings legacy urges all of us to to push the arc of the moral universe, to build clearly and directly towards justice jus
And thank you, everyone for joining us today as we commemorate 56 years since dr. Martin luther king juniors assassination at the Lorraine Motel in 1968, dr. King traveled to memphis, tennessee, to support striking sanitation workers as they demanded their civil and human rights. Its been the National Civil rights long standing to honor and preserve the legacy of dr. King. As we chronicle the American Civil Rights movement and tell the story of the ongoing struggle for human rights here at the museum, we educate and serve as a catalyst to inspire action, to create positive social change. Im reminded of what king stood for. He said, yes, if you want to say what i that. I was a drum major, say that i a drum major for justice. Say that i was a drum major for peace. It was a drum major. I was drum major for righteousness and all the shallow things will not matter how dr. Kings legacy urges all of us to to push the arc of the moral universe, to build clearly and directly towards justice jus
Welcome. Im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us. Amid tragedy and suffering in so many places around the world, people of faith had an intense week of prayer and activism. At the vatican, pope francis highlighted the middle east, iraq and ukraine and led prayers for peace and reconciliation everywhere. Religious groups continued to raise concerns about the conflict between israel and the palestinians. Christian, muslim and some jewish groups issued new statements decrying the large number of Palestinian Civilians killed and urging israel to lift its longstanding blockade against gaza. Many other jewish groups and some christians maintained their solidarity with israel and accused hamas of using civilians as human shields. They also condemned antisemitic attacks tied to antiisrael protests in europe. Faithbased relief groups denounced the humanitarian impact of the violence, especially on the children of gaza. More than 120,000 gazans have sought shelter in schools, medical cent