Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is remembered for many things: his commitment to non-violence, to civil rights and civil liberties, to economic justice, against racism, for African-American equality and for his support of workers fighting to organize unions.
Others remember him as a man of peace who spoke out against the Vietnam War and said, “A true revolution of values will lay hands on the world order and say of war: ‘This way of settling differences is not just.’”
Although delivered in 1967, King’s speech gives us pause and inspiration, as does his statement, “We must find new ways to speak for peace … and justice throughout the world …”
We salute Dr. King’s courage and vision. He saw and struggled for an America and world that can be. We pledge in his memory to work to reorder our nation’s priorities “so that the pursuit of peace will take precedence over the pursuit of war.”
Betty Smith
Blair Bertaccini
Lilo Heller
Harold Heller
Betty Liveright
Richard Giovanoni
Eileen Reardon
George Robbins
Joseph Teague Chandler
Herbert Clements
John G. Hovan
Joyce Provost Wheeler
Marjorie Smith
Leslie Bayless
Pam Bayless
Sue Webb
Juanita Ashby Bey
Joel Wendland
Frances Steadman
Ethel Boyar
Larry McGurty
Zarifah Story
Arlene Brigham
Sam Salmon
Seligson family
Joelle Fishman
Art Perlo
Lydia Tyner
Jarvis Tyner
Evelina Alarcon
Art Rodriguez
Debbie A. Bell
Dave Bell
Rookie Perna
Marilyn Bechtel
Arnold Becchetti
Libero Della Piana
Noel Rabinowitz
Judith Le Blanc
Lee Dlugin
Pat Barile
Wally Kaufman
Juan Lopez
Elena Mora
Scott Marshall
Roberta Wood
Esther Moroze
Carolyn Rummel
Ken BeSaw
Joe Sims
Jen Barnett
Israel Smith
Todd Tollefson
Sam Webb
Denise Winebrenner Edwards
George Edwards
Lorenzo Torrez
Anita Torrez
Sid Taylor
Ann Taylor
Eve Swan
Al Ellis
Pat Ellis
Mark Almberg
Frank Lumpkin
Bea Lumpkin
Shelby Richardson, Jr.
Kevin Lindemann
Cathy Campo
Lance Cohn
Dee Myles
Emile Schepers
Sarah Staggs
Martin Sawma
Buffalo friends of the PWW
Roberto Botello
Grace Botello
Robert Garcia
Paco Cantu
H. Esperanza Garza
John Joseph
Tom Keene
Val Liveoak
Hernando Martinez
Petra Mata
Jose Rodriguez
Graciela I. Sanchez
Andrew Sivak
Celia Joanna Stanford
John W. Stanford
Jane Tuck
Sheila Valdez
Frank Valdez
Herb Clements
Dean Gunderson
Jerry Erickson
Doris G. Marquit
Erwin Marquit
Harry McAllister
Peter Molenaar
Miguel Enloquecer
Rebecca Pera
Janet Quaife
Gary Severson
Charley Smith
Seana Williams
Michael Wood
Lynn Robinson
Amy Hampton
Seth Anderson-Oberman
Aisha Anderson-Oberman
The Baltimore Anti-War Coalition
Gary W. Dotterman
Tilly Teixeira
Ed Teixeira
Maja Johnson
Laura Ross
Nick Burlak
Nell Elperin
Ron Elperin
Wadi’h Halabi
Frances Siegel
Jose Cruz
Albert L Sargis
Grace Bassett
Bill Davis
Danny Rubin
Amina Baraka
Bernice Diskin
Lou Diskin
Frank Novich
The Seligson family
Karol Reitman
Sylvia Bjornson
Barbara Storace
Chris Butters
NYC Poets & Writers Club
Gloria Freedman
Angie Lebowitz
Hans Lilledahl
Rosita B. Johnson
Diane Mohney
John Vago
Ben Sears
Dennis Barnebey
Bill Hood
Frances Gabow
Jenn Perna
Dorothy Burnham
Herb Kransdorf
Steve Regalado
Flo Regalado
William Pomeroy
Hans Lebrecht
Comments