(3 Apr 2008) EM4918
HEADLINE: Rep. John Lewis reflects on MLK's legacy
CAPTION: Representative John Lewis (D-Georgia) talks about the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior on the 40th anniversary of his assassination. Along with King, Lewis was named one of the Big Six leaders of the Civil Rights Movment in the 1960s. (April 3) 2008
REP. JOHN LEWIS
(13:39:35) THE LEGACY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. IS ONE OF BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER, PROBABLY MORE THAN ANY OTHER LEADER OF THE 20TH CENTURY.HE HAD THE POWER TO BRING MORE PEOPLE TOGETHER TO DO GOOD. HE APPEALED TO THE VERY BEST IN ALL OF US. HE HAD THE ABILITY AND THE CAPACITY TO LEAD AND HE WAS AN UNBELIEVABLE LEADER. I SAY ON OCCASION THAT MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR SHOULD BE LOOKED UP ON AS ONE OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS OF THE NEW AMERICA. HE LIBERATED MORE THAN A PEOPLE. HE LIBERATED A NATION.
(14:40:37) MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR WOULD SAY DURING THE PAST 40 YEARS WE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS, WE'VE COME A DISTANCE. IN IN LAYING DOWN THE BURDENS OF RACE. HEWOULD BE SO DELIGHTED IN SEEING THE GROWING BLACK MIDDLE CLASS AND THE LARGE NUMBER OF BLACK MEN AND WOMEN AND OTHER MINORITIES HOLDING RESPONSIBLE POSITIONS IN AMERICAN SOCIETY. BUT HE WOULD BE DISAPPOINTED. VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT THERE ARE STILL SO SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE LEFT BEHIND AND LEFT OUT. PEOPLE NOT JUST MINORITY, NO JUST OF COLOR THERE ARE STILL TOO MANY PEOPLE HE WOULD SAY ARE TRAPPED IN POVERTY.
(14:42:40) SOMETIMES I HEAR PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE SAYING NOTHING HAS CHANGED. I FEEL LIKE SAYING COME AND WALK IN MY SHOES. WHEN DR KING LEFT US, THERE WAS SO MANY UNMET NEEDS, BUT MANY OF THOSE NEEDS HAVE BEEN MET. THERE WERE VERY FEW AFRICAN AMERICAN ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THE 11 STATES OF THE OLD CONFEDERACY, FROM VIRGINIA TO TEXAS. BUT TODAY THERE'S HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS.
(14:48:18) IT IS MY HOPE AND MY PRAYER THAT AS HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN AMERICA AND FROM AROUND THE WORLD MAKE IT TO MEMPHIS AND GO TO THE SITE WHERE DR. KING WAS ASSASSINATED AT WALK THROUGH THAT MUSEUM, THEY WILL BE TOUCHED THEY WILL BE INSPIRED. THAT MUSEUM IS EDUCATED AND SENSITISING AND CHANGING SO MANY PEOPLE.
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