MARTIN LUTHER KING

BIOGRAPHY: (Website) Martin Luther King Jr.biography.com

WORKS:

- M. L. King, Strenght to Love (La forza di amare), 1963

- M. L. King , “I Have a Deam”

FILM

- Selma (Titolo italiano: Selma – La strada per la libertà), 2014.

QUOTES

Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.

The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically.

Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out

hate; only love can do that.

I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless

midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can

never become a reality. I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will

have the final word.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and

convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our

friends.

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great

moral conflict.

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves

and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of

brotherhood.

The time is always right to do what is right.

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the

power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of

us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate

our enemies.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out

hate: only love can do that.”

SONGS

We Shall Overcome

We shall overcome, we shall overcome,

We shall overcome someday;

Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe,

We shall overcome someday.

The Lord will see us through, The Lord will see us through,

The Lord will see us through someday;

Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe,

We shall overcome someday.

We're on to victory, We're on to victory,

We're on to victory someday;

Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe,

We're on to victory someday.

We'll walk hand in hand, we'll walk hand in hand,

We'll walk hand in hand someday;

Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe,

We'll walk hand in hand someday.

We are not afraid, we are not afraid,

We are not afraid today;

Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe,

We are not afraid today.

The truth shall make us free, the truth shall make us free,

The truth shall make us free someday;

Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe,

The truth shall make us free someday.

We shall live in peace, we shall live in peace,

We shall live in peace someday;

Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe,

We shall live in peace someday.

- MLK by U2

- Happy Birthday by Stevie Wonder

Glory by John Legend

(YouTube: Common, John Legend – Glory)

(ProSingKaraoke - Common and John Legend - Glory - Karaoke Version And Lyrics)

One day when the glory comes

It will be ours, it will be ours

One day when the war is won

We will be sure, we will be sure

Oh glory

Hands to the Heavens, no man, no weapon

Formed against, yes glory is destined

Every day women and men become legends

Sins that go against our skin become blessings

The movement is a rhythm to us

Freedom is like religion to us

Justice is juxtapositionin' us

Justice for all just ain't specific enough

One son died, his spirit is revisitin' us

Truant livin' livin' in us, resistance is us

That's why Rosa sat on the bus

That's why we walk through Ferguson with our hands up

When it go down we woman and man up

They say, "Stay down", and we stand up

Shots, we on the ground, the camera panned up

King pointed to the mountain top and we ran up

Now the war is not over, victory isn't won

And we'll fight on to the finish, then when it's all done

We'll cry glory, oh glory

We'll cry glory, oh glory

Selma is now for every man, woman and child

Even Jesus got his crown in front of a crowd

They marched with the torch, we gon' run with it now

Never look back, we done gone hundreds of miles

From dark roads he rose, to become a hero

Facin' the league of justice, his power was the people

Enemy is lethal, a king became regal

Saw the face of Jim Crow under a bald eagle

The biggest weapon is to stay peaceful

We sing, our music is the cuts that we bleed through

Somewhere in the dream we had an epiphany

Now we right the wrongs in history

No one can win the war individually

It takes the wisdom of the elders and young people's energy

Welcome to the story we call victory

Comin' of the Lord, my eyes have seen the glory

When the war is won, when it's all said and done

We'll cry glory, oh glory