As we prepare for the 2013 MLK celebration, our goal is to inspire citizens to answer the call for service in our communities. Dr. King’s leadership was accentuated by his willingness to serve others. His vision to unify this Nation as one Nation requires each of us to do our part and improve the communities [...]
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I am happy to join with you today in what will go down as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.
Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of captivity. But one hundred years later, we must face the tragic fact that the Negro is still not free.
One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. Read the whole story »
Afternoon of Service
In partnership with the City of Plano and Habitat for Humanity
Saturday, January 19, 2013
1:00pm
Plano Municipal Center, 1520 Ave. K in Plano, Texas
