A Tragic Turn: Six Leaders and the Death of Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Author House, 24. 4. 2008. - 144 страница
When Martin Luther King, Jr. was tragically killed, six people who were leaders made decisions on coping with the event. They were just like you. Their stories are your stories. Their thoughts, actions, and choices then can help make you a better leader for today and tomorrow. Relive their fateful day of April 4, 1968 to gain a unique perspective on your own.

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Running Behind
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The Drive
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The Speech
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Falling Asleep
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Taking Away from the People and the Experience
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Texts of Speeches by Abraham Lincoln Robert
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Страница 109 - Now we are engaged in a great civil war testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live.
Страница 57 - What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violence or lawlessness, but love and wisdom, and compassion toward one another, and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country, whether they be white or they be black.
Страница 54 - Martin Luther King dedicated his life to love and to justice for his fellow human beings, and he died because of that effort. In this difficult day, in this difficult time for the United States, it is perhaps well to ask what kind of a nation we are and what direction we want to move in.
Страница 54 - I have bad news for you, for all of our fellow citizens, and people who love peace all over the world, and that is that Martin Luther King was shot and killed tonight.
Страница 112 - Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God." What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violence...
Страница 111 - Or we can make an effort, as Martin Luther King did, to understand and to comprehend, and to replace that violence, that stain of bloodshed that has spread across our land, with an effort to understand with compassion and love.
Страница 58 - But the vast majority of white people and the vast majority of black people in this country want to live together, want to improve the quality of our life, and want justice for all human beings who abide in our land. Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and to make gentle the life of this world. Let us dedicate ourselves to that, and say a prayer for our country, and for our people.
Страница 115 - The crew of the space shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives. We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and 'slipped the surly bonds of earth
Страница 111 - I can only say that I feel in my own heart the same kind of feeling. I had a member of my family killed, [and] he was killed by a white man.

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Dr. Daniel T. Miller devotes his life to helping people learn from history. His students are the people who make important decisions every day about work, family, and community. His classrooms are the businesses, organizations, and community associations which define much of American life. His content is the American past, the rich stories that help us know who we are, where we've been, and where we're going. His company, Historical Solutions LLC, has existed since 2004. It can be found on the Internet at www.historicalsolutions.com. Dan lives in Indianapolis with his wife Kelly and their daughter Haley.

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