pushing a ban on diversity programs in public universities there saying that they discriminate. also as black hist history month begins, the nation is mourning another black man s death. the life of tyre nichols was celebrated in tennessee yesterday. reverend al sharpton invoked did martin luther king jr. who lived not far from this incident. dr. king got in the car himself and rolled over to mason temple and started speaking that night. and something came over him. he said that i don t fear any man. he said, we have difficult days ahead. but it really doesn t matter with me now. because i ve been to the mountain tops. i just want to do god s will. and he allowed me to go up to the mountain. and i looked over and i ve seen
anybody, i would like to live a long life. long javits he has its place. but i am not concerned about that. now i just want to do god s will and he has allowed me to go up to the mountain. and i have looked over and i have seen the promised land. i may not get there with you. but i want you to know tonight that we, as a people, we ll get to the promised land, and i am happy tonight. martin luther king was 39 years old. no one was happy tonight in that same place where martin luther king delivered his final speech. the theme of dr. king s final speech and 11 in the shortest sentence in his speech, 55 years ago, when he said, the issue is injustice. that was the issue tonight on that same stage, with five police officers now accused of the murder of tyre nichols, who was 29 years old when he was being beaten to death by those
that is the same place where, 55 years ago, the reverend dr. martin luther king junior jr. to a standing room only crowd on the final night of his life, the night before he was assassinated. that night, dr. king said, like anybody, i would like to live a long life. long generally has its place. but i am not concerned about that. now i just want to do god s will and he has allowed me to go up to the mountain. and i have looked over and i have seen the promised land. i may not get there with you. but i want you to know tonight that we, as a people, we ll get to the promised land, and i am happy tonight. martin luther king was 39 years old. no one was happy tonight in that same place where martin luther king delivered his final speech.
its place, but i m not concerned about that now. i just want to do god s will, and he has 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 ya, but i want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land! your parents were tell me what it was like as a young person to i was 10. yeah. my mom was a classmate of dr. king s at bu in the 50s. i remember when the news came on television. i remember her shriek, and hurrying to the telephone. i guess to call my father, to
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. a haunting speech from reverend martin luther king jr. delivered the night before he was assassinated in memphis. we ll be honoring dr. king this morning and exploring his legacy