Martin Luther King and the Challenges of a New Age
Wanted to make sure folks got a chance to watch Obama’s MLK speech from Vermont Avenue Baptist Church in DC.
Dug this MLK quote that Obama referenced A TON:
“We know that there is a great camp meeting in the promised land of freedom and justice.” -MLK
Excerpted from Vermont Avenue Baptist Church’s history page:
In 1866, seven freedmen gathered for the purpose of forming a church. Receiving the necessary certification from the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church, these former slaves set themselves apart and formed the Fifth Baptist Church of Washington, DC. They called as their pastor the Reverend John Henry Brooks, a former Union army wagon driver.
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For MLK Day, the Obama’s were at @SOME_DC. SOME’s flickr photostream has some pics.
