Online edition of India's National NewspaperTuesday, Feb 03, 2009
http://www.hindu.com/yw/2009/02/03/stories/2009020350101100.htm
Young World
When dreams are realised
V.R. DEVIKA
The message and philosophy of Gandhiji and Martin Luther King have an eternal quality. January 30, the death anniversary of Gandhiji ia celebrated as Sarvodaya Day.
King emphasised that the struggle of the black people for their rights and dignity must remain non violent.
King: Drew inspiration from Mahatma Gandhi
As Barack Obama became the first Black man to live in the White House, “I have a dream…” the speech made by Dr. Martin Luther King at the Lincoln Memorial in 1963 was being shown on American TV channels.
King’s delivery of the speech on August 28, 1963, from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the march on Washington for jobs and freedom was a defining moment of the American Civil Rights Movement. Delivered to over 250,000 civil rights supporters, the speech is often considered to be one of the greatest and most notable speeches in history and was ranked the top American speech of the 20th century.
Inspiration
This picture shows Dr. King passionately delivering the speech.
Look again, and you will see that the people standing around him are wearing white Gandhi caps!
The video showed many in the audience were wearing it too. How did that happen?
In the speech, Dr. King emphasised that the struggle of the black people for their rights and dignity must remain non-violent. He drew his inspiration from Mahatma Gandhi.
Both M.K.Gandhi and Martin Luther King died at the hands of assassins, but their message and their philosophy have an eternal quality.
King was fatally shot April 4, 1968, on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel, now on the site of the Civil Rights Museum.
Gandhiji was killed January 30, 1948, in New Delhi at Birla House, now the Gandhi Smrithi Museum housing a new multi-media exhibit called “Eternal Gandhi” using the power of information technology.
http://www.hindu.com/yw/2009/02/03/stories/2009020350101100.htm
Young World
When dreams are realised
V.R. DEVIKA
The message and philosophy of Gandhiji and Martin Luther King have an eternal quality. January 30, the death anniversary of Gandhiji ia celebrated as Sarvodaya Day.
King emphasised that the struggle of the black people for their rights and dignity must remain non violent.
King: Drew inspiration from Mahatma Gandhi
As Barack Obama became the first Black man to live in the White House, “I have a dream…” the speech made by Dr. Martin Luther King at the Lincoln Memorial in 1963 was being shown on American TV channels.
King’s delivery of the speech on August 28, 1963, from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the march on Washington for jobs and freedom was a defining moment of the American Civil Rights Movement. Delivered to over 250,000 civil rights supporters, the speech is often considered to be one of the greatest and most notable speeches in history and was ranked the top American speech of the 20th century.
Inspiration
This picture shows Dr. King passionately delivering the speech.
Look again, and you will see that the people standing around him are wearing white Gandhi caps!
The video showed many in the audience were wearing it too. How did that happen?
In the speech, Dr. King emphasised that the struggle of the black people for their rights and dignity must remain non-violent. He drew his inspiration from Mahatma Gandhi.
Both M.K.Gandhi and Martin Luther King died at the hands of assassins, but their message and their philosophy have an eternal quality.
King was fatally shot April 4, 1968, on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel, now on the site of the Civil Rights Museum.
Gandhiji was killed January 30, 1948, in New Delhi at Birla House, now the Gandhi Smrithi Museum housing a new multi-media exhibit called “Eternal Gandhi” using the power of information technology.
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