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Mon, Aug 29 2011 05:39:27

MLK Memorial - Women in Civil Rights Lunch

Last Friday, as a part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Dedication Week in DC, there was a special lunch honoring women in Civil Rights.

  1. racialicious
    racialicious@racialicious
    The M.C. Is Alexis Herman, former Secretary of Labor. She welcomes us to the Women Who Dare to Dream lunch. #mlkmem
    Fri, Aug 26 2011 09:32:00
  2. The arrangements kind of look like church hats. #mlkmem http://twitpic.com/6bjdwj
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    Fri, Aug 26 2011 09:33:46
  3. racialicious
    racialicious@racialicious
    Also speaking today: Dr. Maya Angelou, Dolores Huerta. #mlkmem
    Fri, Aug 26 2011 09:35:48
  4. racialicious
    racialicious@racialicious
    Starting with an opening prayer/invocation. #mlkmem
    Fri, Aug 26 2011 09:36:32
  5. racialicious
    racialicious@racialicious
    Prayer requests relief from natural and manmade disasters "like the war on the poor." How do white right-wing Christians reconcille? #mlk
    Fri, Aug 26 2011 09:38:40
  6. racialicious
    racialicious@racialicious
    Now up, Sheila C. Johnson, founder and CEO of Salamander Farms,LLC. #mlkmem
    Fri, Aug 26 2011 09:42:35
  7. racialicious
    racialicious@racialicious
    "It isn't enough to be as good. You must be better. You must be the best." - Johnson, on the adages still with us 50 years later #mlkmem
    Fri, Aug 26 2011 09:45:19
  8. racialicious
    racialicious@racialicious
    Okay, Maya Angelou is coming to the stage. Everyone is waiting - it's almost silent in here. #mlkmem
    Fri, Aug 26 2011 10:06:52
  9. racialicious
    racialicious@racialicious
    Dr. Angelou: This needful thing/more necessary air/this man/ ...MLK came for this country that was arched by hate...#mlkmem
    Fri, Aug 26 2011 10:11:04
  10. racialicious
    racialicious@racialicious
    Angelou: MLK facing the moutain of segregation/he made is move/ he bid it move/ however slighy / it did move. #mlkmem
    Fri, Aug 26 2011 10:12:19
  11. racialicious
    racialicious@racialicious
    Angelou: He knew that which I knew not/ on a mission from God/ standing in the hand of God./ He was a leader to those who would be led #mlk
    Fri, Aug 26 2011 10:13:47
  12. racialicious
    racialicious@racialicious
    MA: all creeds and cultures were comfortable in his large embrace/ he talked triumph over loss/ loss over despair/ hallelujah over dirges
    Fri, Aug 26 2011 10:16:07
  13. racialicious
    racialicious@racialicious
    She ends her poem with "We shall overcome." People are teary eyed. #mlkmem
    Fri, Aug 26 2011 10:17:10
  14. racialicious
    racialicious@racialicious
    Break to serve lunch, then more speaking. Glad to see Latinos prominently placed in programs, but no Asian/Native representation. #mlkmem
    Fri, Aug 26 2011 10:19:51
  15. racialicious
    racialicious@racialicious
    There is a black woman talking at The Young and The Restless. And India.Arie! With guitar! #mlkmem
    Fri, Aug 26 2011 10:50:31
  16. racialicious
    racialicious@racialicious
    India.Arie isn't even trying hard and her voice is overpowering the sound system. Also, I want this song for the blog. #mlkmem
    Fri, Aug 26 2011 10:51:48
  17. racialicious
    racialicious@racialicious
    India.Aire is dedicating as song called "I am a butterfly" to all black women. #mlkmem
    Fri, Aug 26 2011 10:53:45
  18. racialicious
    racialicious@racialicious
    And now Ledisi is singing! It's a neo soul slam in here! #mlkmem
    Fri, Aug 26 2011 11:01:01
  19. racialicious
    racialicious@racialicious
    Daphne Reid is onstage! They are discussing the tenents of love, democracy, hope, and justice. #mlkmem
    Fri, Aug 26 2011 11:11:18
  20. racialicious
    racialicious@racialicious
    X. Clayton, friend of Coretta Scott King, is now on stage. #mlkmem
    Fri, Aug 26 2011 11:11:57
  21.  Xernona Clayton, Civil Rights Leader, and long time friend of Coretta Scott King. 
  22. racialicious
    racialicious@racialicious
    " If Dr. King was asked if he wanted a monument, he would have said no." -XC #mlkmem
    Fri, Aug 26 2011 11:13:29
  23. racialicious
    racialicious@racialicious
    XC is sharing personal stories about King. "He believed love was a powerful weapon, that could transform an enemy into a friend." #mlkmem
    Fri, Aug 26 2011 11:14:50
  24. racialicious
    racialicious@racialicious
    XC says she watched a man spit on MLK on an airplane. "I was new to the whole non violence movement." MLK said to love the man. #mlkmem
    Fri, Aug 26 2011 11:16:07
  25. racialicious
    racialicious@racialicious
    A white man slapped MLK across the face, and XC was ready to fight. She said he spent many hours teaching her not to retaliate. #mlkmem
    Fri, Aug 26 2011 11:17:47

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