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Black History is American History - djG
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To kick off Black History Month, I have a clip for you from a recently shared audio recording of the lecture Martin Luther King Jr. presented at the Stock Pavilion on November 23, 1965, his second visit to the UW-Madison campus in the 1960s. There's a lot one could pull out of his speech, "The Future of Integration", that still is relevant to today but I've pulled out a 50 second clip that I found to be particularly resonant.
Certainly we all want to live the well adjusted life In order to avoid neurotic and schizophrenic personalities But I say to you this afternoon my friends There are some things in our nation and in our world Which I’m proud to be maladjusted Which I call upon all people of good will To be maladjusted until the good society’s realized I must honestly say to you that I never intend to become adjusted to segregation and discrimination I never intend to adjust myself to religious bigotry I never intend to adjust myself to economic conditions that will take necessities from the many to give luxuries to the few I must honestly say to you that I never intend to adjust myself to the madness of militarism and the self defeating effects of physical violence
To read more about King's visit and to listen to the full audio recording, see the MLK Jr. day news article from University Communications and contact the Archives for more info.
Cat Phan, Digital and Media Archivist
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For more information about UW campus history, contact [email protected] or visit library.wisc.edu/archives. On, Wisconsin!
Happy MLK Jr. Day!
Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
“Only in the darkness can you see the stars.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation -- either to react with bitterness or seek to transform the suffering into a creative force. I decided to follow the latter course. ― Martin Luther King Jr.
So the question is not whether we will be extremist, but what kind of extremist will be we be. Will we be extremist for hate or for love?
MLKjr. from "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
