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Yesterday,
banks and schools
were closed
and so was this blog
Despite
his actual birthday
being January 15th,
its celebration this year
was January 19th
Of course
I am referring to
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Quite arguably,
no American was
more deserving
of the Prize
than Mr. King
He received that prize
in 1964
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In 1967,
this high school senior
was within hearing distance
of
when the
Reverend Doctor King
delivered the speech
which began with the words
A time comes
when silence is betrayal
The subject was Viet Nam
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he was assassinated
but the truth
is
we need
Martin Luther King
more now
than ever before
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© Oliverio ©
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The video link
may have
a deleteable advert
BUT
if you click
you access
countless images
of Mr. King
If only he could deliver
bottles of peace
and understanding
to every door
in America
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