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without remembering the man and all he accomplished...

Most Americans only know the "I have a dream" speech.  Most however don't know how much danger Dr. King was in, every hour of every day, and the names of all those killed in the Civil Rights movement.  And I don't just mean Dr. King and Medgar Evers.

So here's a thread remembering some of the people who were martyred - and thanks to the work of Dr. King their deaths were ultimately not in vain.

Emmett Till...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Till

James Reeb...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Reeb

James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_civil_rights_workers_murders

Viola Liuzzo...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_Liuzzo

and the four little girls who were firebombed to death in a Birmingham church...
http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1744

and many more, I'm sure...

I for one am embarrassed, today more than most days, that these atrocities were allowed to take place in our country, the greatest country in the world, less than 50 years ago.  Maybe one of us writers will be inspired by one of these tragic stories someday.

AJR



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