A TRIBUTE TO THE REV. MARTIN LUTHER KING
Please attend our FAITH & LIFE FORUM
THURSDAY, MARCH 1 2012 at 7:30 PM
ST. JAMES UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
10 EAST BROAD WAY - LOVETTSVILLE VA
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King spoke of "Beginning the world over again: A challenge to racism, materialism, and militarism."
Rev. Don Prange: "On the heels of Black History Month, we are taking note of the dream of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. to 'make the world over again.'"
"John Flannery, a friend of mine, will pay tribute to the vision of Dr. King," Reverend Prange announced, "and John will discuss how Dr. King's message remains relevant today, teaching us how we are still confronted by the triple threat of racism, materialism and militarism." The Rev. Prange said, "a discussion will follow John's remarks."
Our facilitating speaker: JOHN P. FLANNERY II
About John: He is a former federal prosecutor, former Special Counsel to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee and to the U.S. House Judiciary Committees, a civil rights lawyer and political activist who served as the Virginia state-wide co-chair for Jesse Jackson?s presidential campaign (in 1988)(Jackson won that Virginia primary but not the nomination); John is also active in the community with his wife Holly Flannery, practices law at his firm in Leesburg, and writes columns and often speaks on tv and radio about law and politics; likely, you?ve seen John appear on Fox TV as part of their "fair and balanced" coverage.
As for what Mr. Flannery might say, he said, "it was particularly relevant what Dr. King said in a speech he gave in 1967 speech just one year before he was assassinated; that's the starting point for this tribute ? that we still have work to do."
This is the relevant section of Dr. King's 1967 address:
"I am convinced that if we are to get on the right side of a world revolution, 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, materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered."
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