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Quote of the Day -- On America Today

A rather poignant MLK, Jr quote for the Missouri state legislature just now

"In our glorious fight for civil rights, we must guard against being fooled by false slogans, such as 'right to work.' 

It is a law to rob us of our civil rights and job rights. It is supported by Southern segregationists who are trying to keep us from achieving our civil rights and our right of equal job opportunity. Its purpose is to destroy labor unions and the freedom of collective bargaining by which unions have improved wages and working conditions of everyone…

Wherever these laws have been passed, wages are lower, job opportunities are fewer and there are no civil rights. We do not intend to let them do this to us. We demand this fraud be stopped. Our weapon is our vote."

-Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking on "right to work" laws in 1961

MLK, Jr: History and background

"We as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. We must rapidly begin ... the shift from a thing-oriented society to a person-oriented society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights, are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, extreme materialism and militarism are incapable of being conquered.” 
-- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Jan. 15, 1929 – Apr. 4, 1968) from speech at Riverside Church on Apr. 4, 1967 in opposition to the Vietnam War, one year before he was murdered. 
Read more here: http://bit.ly/1if2eGK 
More resources for learning about Dr. King: http://bit.ly/19u6a3e 
Resources on the Civil Rights Movement: http://bit.ly/1c12nLp 
Photo: Dr.King in a March 25, 1967 antiwar march in Chicago. (AP)

Quote of the day--Martin Luther King, Jr Day

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"True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it is not haphazard and superficial. It comes to see that an edifice that produces beggars needs restructuring." --Martin Luther King, Jr., civil-rights leader (1929-1968)"

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Arizona: Come for the racism. Stay for the Fascism.