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From YouTube: Martin Luther King Jr Day Celebration 2018
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Boston celebrated Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Dr. King's alma mater, Boston University. Speakers addressed the audience about Dr. King's legacy, touching upon civil rights, humanity, and reading some of Dr. King's writings and speeches. Speakers include Mayor Marty Walsh, Chief of Economic Development John Barros, and former associate justice for the Suffolk Juvenile Court Leslie Harris, among others. Speakers and audience members rejoiced in a sing-along at the end of the ceremony.
A
Good
afternoon,
oh
you
all
can
do
better
than
that.
This
is
a
happy
occasion
good
morning.
I
stand
corrected.
That's
right!
We
usually
do
this
in
the
afternoon,
so
I
apologize
for
that.
But
I
am
so
happy
to
see
so
many
beautiful
faces
in
this
audience
and
to
have
the
opportunity
to
be
hosted
here
at
Boston
University
as
a
very
special
place
and
venue
in
the
city
of
Boston
for
the
presence
of
dr.
Martin
Luther
King.
A
B
Well
good
morning,
it
is
absolutely
wonderful
to
see
the
city
here
at
Boston
University,
you
know.
Let
me
just
tell
you
a
little
bit
about
a
college
or
university
experience.
It
is
about
two
very
important
things.
It's
about
history,
of
course,
and
today
we
will
get
a
lot
of
that
in
terms
of
legacy,
tradition
and
history,
but
it's
also
about
troublemakers
and
eccentric.
That's
important
troublemakers
and
eccentrics.
We
like
those
kind
of
people
at
these
sort
of
spaces,
and
someone
would
say
that
now
more
than
ever,
it
seems
like
the
eccentric
Tsar
running
the
place.
B
So
you
know
we
have
had
as
long
steady
role
of
eccentrics,
a
woman
named
Anna
Howard
Shaw,
who
dared
to
think
about
a
world
where
she
could
be
a
theologian
which
she
could
practice
medicine
as
a
woman,
and
also
that
she
could
fight
for
the
ability
for
women
to
vote
in
this
country.
We
had
a
Centrex
like
a
woman
named
Lila,
Robinson
Sartell.
Who
did
this
really
remarkable
thing?
B
She
actually
had
the
gall
to
go
to
law
school
here
and
then
go
out
and
say
that
she
was
gonna,
be
the
first
woman
in
the
United
States
to
practice
law.
We
had
eccentric
slike,
a
guy
named
Edgar,
who
said
you
know
as
a
school
project.
I'm
gonna
create
this
thing
that
we
now
know
as
Goodwill
Industries
and,
of
course,
we
had
the
great
eccentric
Martin
Luther
King
jr.,
who
walked
in
these
very
spaces.
B
Where
we
sit
moved
around
this
building
and
formulated
an
idea
about
a
better
world,
he
would
actually
dare
to
say
that
we
are
going
to
be
able
to
be
in
a
world
where
people
will
be
able
to
be
free
and
themselves,
and
that
will
be
free
from
some
of
the
problematic
ways
that
we
have
dehumanized
each
other
over
the
years.
So
here
at
a
university,
we
love
the
misfits.
We
love
the
self
discipline.
B
We
love
the
anti-social,
we
love
the
communitarian
as
well,
but
we
also
love
the
tighten
it
the
engage
and
the
spectacular
and
that's
what
happens
at
these
sorts
of
spaces.
And
that's
why
I'm
gonna
say
mayor
Walsh
to
our
distinguished
readers
and
speakers
today
and
to
the
Boston
Youth
Symphony.
We
are
absolutely
thrilled
to
host
this
year's
day
of
the
celebration
of
service
and
the
celebration
in
honor
of
our
alumnus
Boston's
alumnus,
the
Reverend
dr.
Martin,
Luther,
King,
jr.
B
I,
hope
that
what
will
happen
today
is,
while
you
were
here
that
the
spirit
of
these
eccentric
sat
the
spirit
of
these
troublemaker
that
the
spirits
of
these
people,
who
dared
to
think
just
a
tiny
bit
different
will
just
seep
in
with
you
today
be
with
you
today
sit
with
us
today
and
make
sure
we
all
come
back
in
here
again
next
year.
All
the
best
be
well.
A
Thank
you
so
much
Dean
Elmore
and
now
I'd
like
to
introduce
mayor,
Martin
Walsh
on
behalf
of
our
partners,
the
Boston
Youth
Symphony,
Orchestra's,
intensive
Community
Program
and
the
mayor's
office
of
the
city
of
Boston.
It
is
my
privilege
to
introduce
the
man
who
will
who
will
welcome
you
to
this
program
on
behalf
of
the
board
staff,
members
and
supporters
of
the
arts
and
cultural
organizations
who
come
together
annually
to
present
this
program
in
collaboration
with
the
city
of
Boston.
We
are
honored
beyond
measure
to
have
the
mayor
join
us
for
this
celebration.
A
Mayor
Walsh,
you
are
a
uniter
and
we
thank
you
for
deeming
Boston
as
a
safe
city
for
people
who
will
be
cast
aside
and
marginalized
and
not
taken
care
of
and
sent
back
home.
We
really
appreciate
your
efforts,
and
so,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
it
is
my
considerable
pleasure
to
introduce
the
54th
mayor
of
the
city
of
Boston,
the
Honorable
Martin
Walsh
mr.
mayor.
C
Thank
you
very
much
the
Mirchi
and
thank
you
all
for
being
here
today.
I
wonder
why
there's
a
few
things
I
want
to
get
out
of
the
way
before
I
go
into
my
formal
remarks.
So
let
me
just
stop
by
I
want
to
thank
some
elected
officials
that
are
with
us
today.
We
have
state
representative,
Marjorie
Decker
with
us
Thank
You
representative,
my
dear
friends
from
Cambridge
citroen,
say
representing
Russell
Holmes
from
Boston
with
us
today.
C
Thank
you,
representing
Holmes
I
want
to
thank
Marty
Martinez,
our
new
chief
of
Health
Human
Services
in
the
city
of
Boston,
Thank,
You,
Marty,
yo,
great
work
he's
been
on
the
job
for
six
days
now
and
he's
doing
the
credible
job
so
brought
him
back
for
another
week.
Thank
you
for
that.
We
have
Emily
Shay
our
elderly
Commissioner
here
in
the
City
of
Austin
Thank
You
Emily
I
want
to
thank
our
readers
today.
Chief
John,
Burroughs,
Chad,
Polk
and
honored
to
honor,
but
Leslie
Harris
was
with
us
today.
Thank
you
very
much.
C
All
of
our
great
speakers,
Dean
I,
want
to
thank
you
for
your
words,
I
love
what
you
said
in
the
back.
We
sit
here
and
thank
you
and
to
Boston
University.
Thank
you
for
hosting
us
today
as
well.
I
am
so
psyched.
I
can't
use
a
better
word
about
the
crowd
today,
I
thought
when
we
moved
this
from
Fanueil
Hall
that
we'd
have
some
problems
and
not
as
many
people
showing
up
and
it's
great
to
see
so
many
people
here.
So
thank
you
very
much
for
being
here.
C
This
is
one
of
our
most
cherished
traditions,
while
finial
hall,
as
you
know,
is
closed
for
repairs.
This
is
incredible,
and
what's
what's
beautiful
about
this,
is
that
dr.
King
learns
here
as
a
young
man,
and
this
institution
helped
shape
him
as
many
as
did
the
12
Baptist
Church,
as
did
the
South
End,
as
did
much
of
Boston.
So
it's
exciting
I
didn't
forget
about
these
young
people
to
my
left.
Your
right
I
want
to
thank
the
Boston
Youth
Symphony
Orchestra,
who
you're
amazing.
C
They
have
one
of
the
best
orchestra.
Let
me
say:
let
me
rephrase
that
they're,
the
best
orchestra
in
the
country
how's
that
one
of
the
most
diverse
and
most
of
these
amazing
musicians
attend
public
schools.
So
thank
you
very
much.
They
are
one
of
our
great
cultural
traditions
institutions
in
our
city
and
they
represent
immense
talent,
passion
in
the
powerful
community.
So
I
want
to
congratulate
you
and
thank
you
for
being
here.
As
always,
every
year
dr.
C
C
Fifty
years
after
his
passing
these
words
that
just
as
important
today
as
there
were
50
years
ago,
we're
entering
a
new
era
in
into
the
city
of
Boston
we're
taking
a
hard
look
at
our
past
and
you
we
learn
from
our
past
we're
committing
to
equity
in
new
new
and
profound
ways,
and
when
things
seem
to
be
moving
backwards
in
Washington,
we
are
showing
a
way
forward
here
in
Boston
throughout
our
work.
We're
making
sure
that
dr.
King's
words
continue
to
be
a
part
of
our
conversation.
C
C
It
will
be
a
fitting
tribute
to
these
heroes
securing
their
rightful
place
in
Boston's
cultural
landscape
and
we're
having
these
conversations
around
the
city
of
Boston.
Now
we've
had
them
in
Roxbury
we're
having
them
in
town.
We're
not
sure
where
this
is
going
to
end
up
with
a
memorial
where
this
beautiful
monument
will
end
up
but
we're
looking.
C
Everything
is
on
the
table
and
I
know
that
the
folks
from
twelve
Baptists
and
there's
some
here
today,
I'm
saying
12
Baptists,
where
it
belongs
and
other
people
are
saying
other
people
saying
belongs
in
Boston
Common,
but
wherever
it
goes,
it's
gonna
be
spectacular
and
I
want
to
I'd
be
remiss
if
I
didn't
thank
Paul
English,
who
donated
a
million
dollars
and
also
Reverend
Lewis
Walker
who's.
Helping
co-chair
this
magnificent
committee
to
move
forward
so
I
want
to
thank
them
all.
C
Before
I
end,
I
also
want
to
give
a
shout
out:
Boston
Fire,
Commissioner,
Joe
Finn,
just
came
in
Thank
You
Commissioner
Finn
for
coming
in
here
being
with
us
today
again,
I
want
to
thank
all
of
you
for
joining
us
this
year
and,
more
importantly,
I
want
you
to
I
want
to
thank
you
for
helping
us
achieve
dark
divisions,
dr.
King's
vision
out
of
our
communities
every
day
in
your
neighborhoods,
in
our
schools,
in
the
arts,
in
business
in
politics
everywhere.
A
Ladies
and
gentlemen,
I
am
la
merci,
Frasier
I'm,
the
director
of
education
for
the
Museum
of
african-american
history.
It's
my
pleasure
to
be
your
guide
today.
I
wish
you
could
see
what
I
see
standing
here.
You
are
wonderfully
beautiful
and
spread
across
the
room.
This
is
an
accomplishment
that
has
only
more
merit
for
the
words
and
the
life
of
dr.
Martin.
Luther
King
a
day
of
service
and
celebration
in
honor
of
him
is
what
we
will
be
about,
and
I
am
happy
to
be.
A
Your
guide
I
would
like
to
join
the
mayor
in
the
city
of
Boston,
the
Boston
Youth
Symphony
Orchestra,
and
the
Museum
of
african-american
history
in
this
16th
I
said:
16
16th
annual
MLK
Day
concert
in
tribute
to
the
words
of
Reverend,
dr.
Martin,
Luther
King,
and
the
celebration
of
our
talented
youth,
who
are
delightfully
talented
and
wonderful,
and
we
cannot
wait
to
hear
their
sounds
their
instrumentalists
of
Boston
in
this
intensive
community
program,
as
they
present
beautiful
music
and
our
beloved
community
leaders
share
a
small
sample
of
dr.
Martin
Luther
King's
words
with
us
today.
A
True,
as
they
were
50
years
ago,
and
these
words
for
attaining
social
justice
and
an
act
of
peace
are
well
with
us,
dr.
revered,
Reverend,
Howard
Thurman
led
the
1936
Negro
delegation
to
India
to
speak
and
meet
with
Gandhi
with
his
wife
sue,
Bailey
Thurman,
who
is
the
founder
of
the
Museum
of
African,
American
history
and
as
dr.
Howard
Thurman
was
here,
and
there
is
a
chapel
here
which
he
shepherded
and
then
met
with.
Who
became
the
Reverend
dr.
Martin
Luther
King.
It
feels
good
to
be
here
today
here
in
bu,
where
in
1951,
dr.
A
King
studied
and
was
mentored
by
the
Reverend
dr.
Howard
Thurman
and
in
Boston,
where
he
met
his
wife,
Coretta
Scott
King.
Today's
program
is
dedicated
to
him
and
the
many
named
and
unknown
men,
women
and
children
around
the
world
who
have
worked
for
and
who
have
dedicated
their
lives
to
secure
human
rights.
Today
we
celebrate
dr.
King
with
music
that
unites
us,
expresses
our
joy,
heals
us
heals
our
wounds
and
inspires
us
to
overcome
anything
that
keeps
us
from
achieving
achieving
our
dreams.
A
Have
to
announce
that
the
order
of
the
program
will
be
slightly
altered.
Unfortunately,
miss
Beverly
Morgan
wells
regrets
that
she
will
not
be
with
us
today.
The
readings
are
from
dr.
King's
speeches
and
writings,
and
our
first
reader,
who
will
be
with
us,
is
John
barrows
chief
of
economic
development
for
the
city
of
Boston
and
the
final
selection
will
be
offered
by
the
Honorable
Judge
Leslie
Harris
I
encourage
you
to
read
their
full
biographies
in
your
programs
and
to
aim
high.
Now
we
will
present
the
orchestra
with
Carmina
Burana
Oh
for
tuna
by
orphe.
A
A
Please
allow
us
to
raise
the
point
that
these
two
amazing
african-american
leaders
in
American
history
have
successfully
pressed
the
grievances
and
demands
of
blacks
and
others
on
the
American
nation,
Douglass,
with
abolition
from
slavery
and
King
with
civil
rights.
Both
use
a
similar
strategy
with
which
to
prick
the
conscience
of
white
Americans
for
their
tolerance
of
slavery
and
racial
caste
in
America,
employing
their
jeremiad
rhetoric
style
named
after
the
biblical
Jeremiah
to
lament
the
ills
of
society
to
create
a
national
moral
consensus
for
political
reform.
A
A
A
He
is
a
graduate
of
Dartmouth
College,
a
master's
candidate
in
public
policy
at
Tufts
University,
a
recipient
of
an
honorary
Doctorate
from
Suffolk
University,
and
he
served
formally
as
a
director
is
the
executive
director
of
the
Dudley
Street
Neighborhood
initiative
for
thirteen
years
he's
a
member
of
the
Boston
School
Committee,
a
fellow
of
the
African
South
African
United
States
Center
for
leadership
and
public
values,
and
a
fellow
with
the
Bar
Foundation.
As
our
first
reader.
He
will
offer
excerpts
from
a
speech
given
by
dr.
A
D
Deeply
rooted
in
our
political
and
religious
heritage
is
the
conviction
that
every
man
is
an
heir
to
the
legacy
of
dignity
and
worth
this
innate
worth
refer
to.
In
the
phrase
in
the
image
of
God
is
universally
shared
in
equal
portion
by
all
men.
There
is
no
graded
scale
of
essential
Worth.
There
is
no
divine
right
of
one
race
which
differs
from
the
divine
right
of
another
race.
D
Every
human
being
has
etched
in
his
personality,
the
in
devil
stamp
of
the
creator.
The
idea
of
dignity
and
worth
of
human
personality
is
expressed
eloquently
and
unequivocally
in
the
Declaration
of
Independence.
All
men,
it
says,
are
created
equal.
They
are
endowed
by
their
creator
with
certain
inalienable
rights.
Among
these
are
life
liberty
and
the
pursuit
of
happiness.
D
Never
has
a
socio-political
document
proclaim
more
profoundly
and
eloquently
the
sacredness
of
human
personality,
federal
Frederick
Douglass
stated
the
same
truth
in
his
lecture
on
the
Constitution
of
the
United
States.
He
says
its
language.
Is
we
the
people?
Not
we
the
white
people,
not
we
the
citizens,
not
we
the
privileged
class,
not
we
the
high,
not
we
the
low,
but
we
the
people,
we
the
human
inhabitants
and
if
Negroes
are
people
they
are
included
in
the
benefits
of
the
constitution
of
America.
A
She's,
my
conductor
also
I'm
profoundly
delighted
that
we
got
to
hear
more
of
the
sweet
music
of
these
incredible
musicians
who
have
come
from
ages,
6
years
old,
many
of
them
to
rise
into
a
professional
orchestra
with
their
teachers
and
people
and
parents
who
care
about
them.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
that.
Wonderful
selection,
the
selections
that
you
just
gave
us,
let's
give
them
another
round
of
applause.
Thank
you!
So
much
and
their
director,
their
executive
director
is
Cathy
white,
bicycle
and
she's
here
in
the
audience
with
us,
Cathy.
A
A
He
is
one
of
these
student
musicians
that
reminds
us
of
dr.
King's
dreams
and
hopes,
especially
for
the
children.
Our
next
reader
has
played
with
the
bus
a
new
century
in
the
orchestra
since
the
age
of
six,
a
veteran
of
the
intensive
community
program
playing
in
this
concert
each
year.
His
primary
instrument
is
the
cello
Chad
Polk
is
the
recipient
of
the
Philip
J
Smith
award.
A
E
The
Negro
youth
struggle
is
complex.
There
is
no
place
in
it
for
the
frivolous
or
rowdy
knowledge
and
discipline
are
as
indispensable
as
courage
and
self-sacrifice.
Inevitably,
there
will
be.
There
will
emerge
a
mature
man
experienced
in
life's
lessons
socially
aware,
unafraid
of
experimentation
and
most
of
all
imbued
with
the
spirit
of
service
and
dedication
to
a
great
ideal,
with
a
double
education,
academic,
learning
from
books
and
classes
in
life's
lessons
from
responsible
participation
in
social
action.
E
The
students
appear
to
have
perceived
what
an
older
generation
overlooked
in
the
role
of
law.
The
law
tends
to
declare
rights,
it
does
not
deliver
them,
they
have
offered
their
energies
their
bodies
to
effect
this
result,
they
have,
they
see
themselves
at
the
birth
of
a
new
order.
The
students
have
related
themselves
to
the
idea
whose
time
has
come.
E
E
In
an
effort
to
understand
the
student
and
to
help
them
understand
themselves,
I
asked
one
student
I
know
to
find
a
quotation
expressing
his
feelings
of
our
struggle.
He
was
an
inarticulate
young
man,
athletically
expert
in
far
more
poetic
with
a
basketball
than
with
words,
but
few
would
have
found
the
quotation
he
typed
on
a
card
and
left
on
my
desk
early
one
morning.
I
sought
my
soul,
but
my
soul,
I
could
not
see
I
sought
my
God,
but
he
eluded
me.
I
sought
my
brother
and
I
found
all
three.
Thank
you.
A
A
F
Good
morning,
racism
can
well
be
that
corrosive
evil
that
will
bring
down
the
curtain
on
Western
civilization.
Arnold
Tony
Smith
has
said
that
some
26
civilizations
have
risen
upon
the
face
of
the
earth.
The
decline
and
fall
of
these
civilizations
was
not
caused
by
external
invasion,
but
by
internal
decay
they
fail
to
respond
creatively
to
the
challenges
impinging
upon
them.
F
Another
aspect
of
our
afflicted
society
is
extreme
materialism.
An
Asian
writer
has
portrayed
our
dilemma
in
candid
terms.
He
says
you
call
your
thousand
material
devices
labor-saving
machinery,
yet
you
are
forever
busy.
With
the
multiplying
of
your
machinery,
you
grow
increasingly
fatigued
anxious
nervous
dissatisfied.
Whatever
you
have,
you
want
more.
Whenever
you
go,
you
want
to
go
somewhere
else.
Your
devices
are
neither
time-saving
nor
soul
serving
Machinery.
It
tells
us
something
about
our
civilization.
We
cannot
escape
the
indictment.
Our
moral
leg
must
be
reading
when
we
foolishly
maximize
the
minimum
and
minimize
the
maximum.
F
We
signed
a
warrant
for
ohm
day
of
doing
this
moral
leg
is
our
theme
or
agitated
society
that
binds
us
to
the
human
reality
around
us
and
encourages
us
and
agreed
an
exploitation
which
creates
the
sector
of
poverty.
Again,
we
have
deluded
ourselves
into
believing
the
myth.
Their
capitalism
grew
and
prospered
out
of
the
Protestant
ethic
of
work
and
of
hard
work
and
sacrifice.
The
fact
is
that
capitalism
was
built
on
the
exploitation
and
suffering
a
black
slaves
and
continues
to
thrive
on
exploitation
of
the
poor,
both
black
and
white,
both
here
and
abroad.
F
F
We
must
devote
at
least
as
much
to
our
children's
education
and
the
health
of
the
poor,
as
we
do
to
the
care
of
our
automobiles
and
the
building
of
beautiful,
impressive
hotels.
We
must
also
realize
that
the
problems
of
racial
injustice
and
economic
injustice
cannot
be
solved
without
a
radical
risk.
Redistribution
of
political
and
economic
power.
Black
people
must
develop
programs
that
will
aid
in
the
transfer
of
power
and
wealth
into
the
hands
of
residents
so
that
they
may
in
reality,
control
their
own
destinies.
This
is
the
meaning
of
new
politics.
F
F
Injustice
anywhere
is
a
threat
to
justice
everywhere
and
I
have
fought
too
long
and
too
hard
against
the
segregated
public
accommodations
to
end
up
at
this
point,
in
my
life
segregating
my
moral
concerns,
so
let
us
stand
knowing
that
on
some
position.
Cowardice
ask
the
questions.
Is
it
safe
expediency?
Ask
the
question:
is
it
political
vanity?
Ask
the
question?
Is
it
popular
but
conscious,
ask
the
question:
is
it
right
our
position?
It
is
necessary
for
moral
individuals
to
take
a
stand
that
is
neither
safe
nor
political
nor
popular.
F
A
A
Our
next
speaker,
who
has
graciously
accept
graciously
accepted
to
speak
with
us
today
on
his
notions
and
the
impact
of
dr.
Martin
Luther
King,
resides
in
Roxbury
is
a
Chicago
native
he's
recently
retired.
As
the
Associate
Justice
of
the
Suffolk
juvenile
court
serving
Massachusetts
as
a
justice
since
being
appointed
in
1994,
he
has
served
as
a
director
of
Medeco.
A
He
was
a
teacher,
a
social
worker,
a
probation
officer
for
Suffolk
County,
chief
of
the
Juvenile
Division
of
the
District
Attorney's
Office.
He
has
served
on
many
community
agency
boards,
including
the
Museum
of
african-american
history
for
many
years.
He
is
a
recipient
of
numerous
awards
and
honors,
including
the
Boston
University
Distinguished
Alumni
Award,
the
Boston
College
Law
School
Lifetime
Achievement
Award,
hero
amongst
us
award
and
the
restorative
justice
award
from
the
justice
policy
coalition.
He
humbly
is
coming
the
force
to
provide
some
reflections
for
us
on
the
Reverend
dr.
Martin
Luther
King
jr.
F
It
is
an
honor
and
it's
kind
of
scary
to
be
up
here.
I,
don't
write
speeches
so
when
the
Mirchi
Colin
asked
me
about
what
staying
in
for
Beverly
I
said,
but
I
don't
have
a
written
speech,
but
then
my
excuse
was
gone
because
she
knows
I,
don't
write
speeches
so
I
come
to
talk
to
you
about
my
life.
My
experience
and
impact
dr.
King
has
had
upon
me.
You
see.
I'm
a
child
of
the
60s
I
became
a
young
adult
went
to
college,
got
my
moral
compass
during
that
time.
F
I
had
the
honor
of
meeting
dr.
King
on
two
occasions
once
when
he
spoke
as
soldiers
field
in
Chicago,
and
once
we
went
on
a
march
to
South
Deering
Illinois,
that's
one
of
those
steel
towns-
and
this
was
in
the
early
I
was
still
in
high
school.
I
was
about
14
or
15
years
old,
and
it
was
the
most
frightening
thing
I've
ever
done
in
my
life.
This
man
did
this
on
so
many
occasions.
F
I
did
it
one
time
and
I
still
feel
the
impact
of
going
on
that
March
I
watched,
a
nun
who
was
walking
just
ahead
of
me,
get
hit
with
a
rock
in
my
heart.
I
knew
that
rock
was
thrown
at
me,
but
I
watched
her
as
they
bandaged
her
and
tried
to
get
her
to
leave,
and
she
said
no
I
started
this
March
and
I'm
going
to
finish
it.
I
said
what
kind
of
courage?
What
kind
of
person
can
do
that
so
I
didn't
run?
F
I
stayed
with
the
March,
although
it
was
a
challenge,
because
I
was
scared.
I
was
a
young
teenager
and
being
called
names,
I'd,
never
heard
being
threatened
and
being
frightened,
but
it
was
also
part
of
what
directed
me
in
life.
You
see.
I
know
that
I
am
a
beneficiary
of
dr.
King's
work.
I
know
that
he
and
others
like
him
sacrificed
so
that
I
could
have
an
opportunity
in
life.
You
see,
I
grew
up
in
the
projects
in
Chicago,
I
grew
up
in
ITB
worlds.
F
In
Sderot
home
projects,
I
went
to
the
historic
Wendell
Phillips
High
School,
which
was
not
one
of
your
high
rated
high
schools
but
I
graduated
high
school
in
1966.
When
colleges
came
looking
for
black
students,
my
older
brother
graduated,
the
64.
He
became
marine
recon
I
graduated
in
66
I,
get
recruited
by
colleges
that
no
one
from
my
school
had
gone
to.
I
went
to
Northwestern
I,
get
excited
about
that
and
I
was
talking
to
one
of
my
uncle's
uncle
I
said:
okay
Elle
I'm
going
to
Northwestern.
F
He
said.
Oh,
that's,
great
I
went
to
Northwestern,
that's
a
whoa,
wait
a
moment.
You
went
to
Northwestern,
he
said
yes,
I
said
I'll
call.
If
you
went
to
Northwestern,
why
are
you
a
janitor?
He
said
well
son
you
have
to
think
about
when
it
was
I
went
to
Northwestern
in
early
40s
I
couldn't
live
on
campus,
our
commuted
I
believe
he
said
he
got
both
his
bachelor's
and
master's
degree.
But
I
didn't
know
what
that
was.
F
He
said
I
was
going
to
get
a
diploma
because
nobody
ever
told
me
about
a
bachelor's
or
master's
degree,
but
he
said
he
graduated
with
a
degree
in
electrical
engineering,
but
there
were
no
jobs
for
a
black
man
with
a
degree
in
electrical
engineering,
so
he
took
the
best
job
that
he
could
get
and
I
know
what
that
means,
because
I
didn't
have
to
do
that.
I
got
opportunities
that
people
who
were
smarter,
some
even
better-looking,
didn't
get,
but
I
also
know
that
people
sacrificed
gave
up
their
lives
so
that
I
could
do
that.
F
But
other
people
believed
it.
Other
people
saw
in
me,
but
I
didn't
see
in
myself.
Martin
Luther
King
sacrificed
so
that
I
could
have
an
opportunity
and
I
have
never
forgotten.
That
and
I
know
that
I
owe
a
debt.
I
owe
a
debt
to
those.
Many
people
who
I
don't
even
know
of
who
went
out
sacrifice
paved
a
way.
Some
of
those
people
are
probably
sitting
here.
F
You
see,
I
met
what's-her-name
from
Florida
I'm
Mimi,
Mimi,
Jones
I
had
known
Mimi
I
never
knew
she
was
a
hero,
a
real
hero
who
went
into
a
pool
in
st.
Augustine
Florida,
where
they
put
acid
in
the
pool
because
she
went
in
the
pool
the
next
day.
President
Johnson
signed
the
civil
rights
bill.
He
was
so
outraged,
I've
known
her,
but
didn't
know
what
a
hero
she
was
and
what
challenge
and
what
dangers
she
walked
into
so
that
I
could
have
an
opportunity
in
life.
F
So
I
know
that
it's
a
blessing
that
I
lived
a
blessed
life
I
get
to
go
to
Northwestern
I
went
here,
bu
I
went
to
Boston
College.
There
were
so
many
people
that
I
knew
that
I
grew
up,
would
who
were
better
students,
smarter
and
who
are
not
with
us
today
because
they
didn't
get
that
opportunity.
So
when
we
talk
about
the
legacy
of
dr.
Martin,
Luther
King
I
know,
that's
me,
but
I
also
know
when
I
look
over
here.
Mr.
Pope
say:
I
know
his
father
sitting
back
there.
F
F
But
I
also
know
that
it's
time
for
people
like
me
to
give
young
people
a
chance
to
take
the
lead,
see
I
remember
when
Barack
Obama
was
running
for
president
and
I
had
discussions
with
my
two
sons.
I
said
he
can't
get
elected.
People
will
say
one
thing
go
in
that
booth
and
do
something
totally
different.
My
boy
said
now:
dad
he's
going
to
get
elected,
he's
going
to
get
a
son,
don't
be
building
your
hopes.
That
became
happen.
Well,
that
was
my
life
experience
that
made
me
say
that
their
life
experience
was
different.
F
They
had
hopes
that
I
didn't
have
and
that's
why
I
am
hopeful
for
our
future,
because
these
young
people
have
hopes
that
I
never
dreamed
of
that
never
crossed
my
mind.
They've
gone
places
much
one
of
my
sons
went
to
India
another
one
Mexico
and
lived
in
Europe
for
a
year.
I
thought
going
downtown
was
a
big
deal.
You
know,
there's
a
difference.
I
children
are
walking
different
paths.
We
do
have
hope
in
regardless
of
45.
F
F
Well,
I,
now
look
at
my
children
and
grandchildren
and
see
that
same
spirit.
So
I
am
hopeful.
I
am
thankful
for
dr.
King
and
not
just
dr.
King,
but
all
those
unnamed
people,
those
heroes
and
she
rose,
who
walked
with
them,
who
faced
all
types
of
dangers
who
sometimes
died,
both
black
and
white,
so
I
I'm
hopeful.
You
know
it's
difficult
at
times,
but
I
know
our
children
are
going
to
do
something
different
and
I.
Thank
you
for
letting
me
speak
these
few
minutes.
F
They
said
I
couldn't
take
two
hours
like
I
like
to
I'm
a
lawyer.
You
know
so
keep
it
short.
I
am
grateful.
Grateful
grateful
for
you,
young
people
and
the
talent
that
you
bring
in
here,
because
it's
not
just
music,
see
I
know
that
it's
more
than
just
music
that
you're
bringing
to
us
you're,
bringing
to
us
an
example
of
our
future.
So
thank
you.
A
G
H
H
I
H
I
H
H
H
H
H
C
H
H
H
H
A
We
offer
to
each
of
our
inspiring
leaders
and
readings
our
abundant
gratitude,
John
barrows,
Chad,
Polk
judge
Harris
our
greatest
thanks
to
you
and
to
the
Boston
Youth
Symphony,
Orchestra,
Martha,
Xue,
rad
and,
of
course,
Cathy
Weiss,
Cal,
executive
director
and
the
teachers
and
students
of
the
BU
is
so
intensive
community
program,
and
we
will
not
forget
their
faithful
parents
who
make
it
possible.
Yes,
let's
give
them
a
round
of
applause.
You're.
A
Very
grateful
to
you
this
day
of
service
and
celebration
is
itself
in
historic
occasion
when
you
go
home
this
evening,
take
your
program
and
place
it
in
a
safe
place.
This
is
what
Beverly
would
say
if
she
was
here
amongst
your
most
prized
possessions
and
record
your
thoughts
in
a
journal,
snail,
mail
text
message
or
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email
post
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tweak
to
your
heart's
content
whatever.
A
If
this
means
let
the
people
in
your
life,
especially
the
children
as
judge
Harris,
has
let
us
know
that
he
holds
them
up
high
as
our
future,
and
we
all
should
they
need
to
know
what
went
on
here
today
we
celebrated
the
life
of
the
Reverend
dr.
Martin,
Luther,
King
Jr,
a
national
treasure
and
champion
of
freedom.
A
Let
future
generations
know
that
this
is
our
history,
the
challenge
and
the
triumph
of
American
history.
If
you
have
not
attended
a
concert
by
the
Boston
Youth
Symphony
Orchestra's
this
season,
please
do
so.
You
will
continue
to
be
amazed
if
you
are
not
a
member
of
the
Museum
of
african-american
history.