"My wife was always stronger than I was through the struggle," wrote Martin Luther King. "In the darkest moments, she always brought the light of hope. I am convinced that if I had not had a wife with the fortitude, strength, and calmness of Corrie, I could not have withstood the ordeals and tensions surrounding the movement."
We always see the fervently preaching and speeching Dr. King in his profound speech, but we don't always get to see the softer family man. Today I want to give you a little tast of both. First and foremost, if you have never seen the delivery of the "I have a dream" speech, then you are truly missing out and should go here to watch. If you have seen the video it will be no less moving when you watch it now. If you are American, it is your patriotic duty to watch this to understand the magnitude of what today stands for and what tomorrow will bring. It still gives me goosebumps.
"They were married on June 18, 1953, and had no place to go on their wedding night in segregated Alabama--they slept in the back of a funeral home with coffins. Her life with him was spent mostly in his shadow, in the corner of the photo as he was arrested, on his arm at the march, or with the children for a family photo op. And her life without him, though profoundly influential, was never appreciated quite on its own terms."
Today's Useless Trivia:
Martin Luther and Coretta King had four children: Yolanda Denise; Martin Luther, III; Dexter Scott; and Bernice Albertine.
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