Anniversary: A Voice That Will Not Stay Silent

Sleep, sleep tonight
And may your dreams be realized
If the thunder cloud passes rain
So let it rain, let it rain
Rain on him - "MLK" U2

What you thought I was gonna quote "Pride (In the Name of Love)"?

Well, I can do that too.

Early morning, April Four
Shot rings out in the Memphis sky
Free at last, they took your life
They could not take your Pride...

Uh, yeah. Bono found out later that Reverend King was killed in the evening, around 6 PM Memphis time. Oops. Still it's the thought that counts.

But if you want a quote that matters, here's one from the man himself:

We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. Frankly, I have yet to engage in a direct action campaign that was "well timed" in the view of those who have not suffered unduly from the disease of segregation. For years now I have heard the word "Wait!" It rings in the ear of every Negro with piercing familiarity. This "Wait" has almost always meant "Never." We must come to see, with one of our distinguished jurists, that "justice too long delayed is justice denied." - Letter from  Birmingham Jail (1963)

To the Black Lives Matter movement.

To the Stoneman Douglas students.

To the women in the streets marching for their lives, to the teachers striking for better pay and better schools, to every protester across the globe.

Stay safe. Stand Tall. Speak for Justice.