Friday, January 13, 2006

MLK & Ture

Peace to Stokley Carmichael (Kwame Ture) for backing the King and trying to keep peace on the streets of DC during the 1968 riots that killed 12 and burned over 1000 buildings.

9 comments:

African girl, American world said...

Yes peace - we must never ever forget!

Have a great weekend, you and the missis.

And let me know when you check out Goapele's site.

Stephen A. Bess said...

Ok, I'll check that out.

Peace~

Sumeeta said...

Nice pic. Thanks for posting it.

Stephen A. Bess said...

Sumeeta & N~control-
Thank you for stopping in as always. I love this pic too. It was my was of commemorating Dr. King and what he and Kwame Ture stood for...PEACE.

Tryphina-
I like the fact that you call Dr. King a "comrade" because we should all be for peace and actively participating to achieve it. So True...thank you.

African girl, American world said...

Stephen,

I have some poetry up at my writing blog, check it out and lemme know your thoughts. Go to my profile and it's my writing blog.

African girl, American world said...

thanks Stephen - it means a lot :)

Stephen A. Bess said...

Thank you for telling me about it. It's really cool what you can learn from other poets.

Shaggy said...

Well, Peace to them. MLK was a great orator who will forever be remembered.

Stephen A. Bess said...

Khalli 88 & BJ-
Thanks for stopping in. Yes, MLK was a great orator and thinker. Peace to the world.

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