MLK SA
« This is not a black holiday; it is a people's holiday »
- Coretta Scott King (American Civil Rights Activist & Wife of Martin Luther King Jr. 1927-2006)
San Antonio MLK March
This coming together of likeminded individuals constitutes the largest Martin Luther King Jr. march in the United States, garnering upwards of 100,000 attendees. It serves as an annual demostration of the cultural impact one person can leave behind, and the broader change their actions and message can have on the future of society.
Marches like this are held across the country on the third Monday in January to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whos birthday actually falls on the 15th of January. MLK Day was signed into law as a Federal holiday by Ronald Reagan in 1983, making Dr. King one of only two other individuals with nationally recognized holidays (Washington & Columbus). "The largest petition in favor of an issue in U.S. history," consisting of 6 million signatures, was delivered to Congress in favor of passing the law that would establish a national holiday to honor Dr. King.
It was not untill the year 2000 however, that all 50 United States would celebrate the holiday established in 1983 as a day honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., with South Carolina being the last state to remove some form of additional Confederate commemoration to the holiday.
« I have a dream this afternoon that the brotherhood of man will become a reality in this day.
And with this faith I will go out and carve a tunnel of hope through the mountain of despair. With this faith, I will go out with you and transform dark yesterdays into bright tomorrows. »
- Martin Luther King Jr. (American Civil Rights Pioneer 1929-1968)
« The time is always right to do what's right. »
- Martin Luther King Jr. (American Civil Rights Pioneer 1929-1968)
« Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. »
- Martin Luther King Jr. (American Civil Rights Pioneer 1929-1968)
« Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in healthcare is the most shocking and inhumane. »
- Martin Luther King Jr. (American Civil Rights Pioneer 1929-1968)
« Some things are right and some things are wrong, no matter if everybody is doing the contrary. Some things in this universe are absolute. »
- Martin Luther King Jr. (American Civil Rights Pioneer 1929-1968)
« Hate at any point is a cancer that gnaws away at the very vital center of your life and your existence. It is like eroding acid that eats away the best and the objective center of your life. »
- Martin Luther King Jr. (American Civil Rights Pioneer 1929-1968)
« The only weapon that we have in our hands this evening is the weapon of protest. That's all. »
- Martin Luther King Jr. (American Civil Rights Pioneer 1929-1968)
« I say to you that our goal is freedom, and I believe we are going to get there because however much she strays away from it, the goal of America is freedom. »
- Martin Luther King Jr. (American Civil Rights Pioneer 1929-1968)
« True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice. »
- Martin Luther King Jr. (American Civil Rights Pioneer 1929-1968)
« There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must do it because Conscience tells him it is right. »
- Martin Luther King Jr. (American Civil Rights Pioneer 1929-1968)
