MONDAY, JAN. 21, 2013
7 – 8 p.m. (African Drumming begins @ 6:45)
Community Celebration of the life and witness of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Shepherd of the Hill Presbyterian Church in Chaska, MN.
Add your voice.
African drumming with Arthur Turner begins @6:45, jazz-gospel pianist Momoh Freeman, baritone soloist and song-leader Jerry Steele, the Liberian choir from All Nations Church in Minneapolis. excerpts from the work of Dr. King shared by local dignitaries and community
This bold, courageous, peace-making civil rights and peace movement pastor has been absorbed into American culture as a revered but rather harmless figure. He has become an icon. To honor the memory of the real Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. who put his life on the line and lost it while standing with striking sanitation workers in Memphis, the music and readings will bring Dr. King’s voice to an America he would still challenge for our idols of race, class, and nation and the pervasive worship of violence at Newtown and in Afghanistan.
Shepherd of the Hill hosts this community celebration for the City of Chaska out of our commitment to Dr. King’s legacy and the gospel of the Beloved Community that stood at the heart of his life and public ministry.
Views from the Edge 
http://archive.org/details/The_Speeches-8291 This is the Internet Address for Pacific Radio archives. It is a speech given by MLK on Jan 14, 1968. Pacifica Radio includes KPFA FM, located at 1929 Martin Luther Luther King Jr Way, Berkeley California. 1929 is the year of birth of MLK by the way. KPFA was a huge influence on me. After I left the US Air Force in 1966 I continued my sloppy multi-decade education at a beautiful community college in Marin County California. Across the bay from Marin County is Berkeley to the east and San Francisco to the south. To the west was my little stone cabin in the forest. I had become a big radio user while I was in the Air Force… mainly serious educational stuff including MLK on the air. He did a lot of radio… more than many would want you to know. The Pacifica archives contain much of my education from the 60s. Check out Carlos Hagen, professor at UCLA who had a weekly radio show that taught me truth about the revolution in Chile. One program on this site is Hagen’s program celebrating the life of Edith Piaf. I like to give the program as a gift to people who like Piaf. Another great member of Pacifica in those days was one Elsa Knight Thompson. She lives in the archives. Singer Songwriter Malvina Reynolds lived in Berkeley and was a frequent guest on KPFA… talking with Elsa. All this is to say what an amazing teacher that young guy, MLK was. He died at 38. Around those years there was a popular TV program that developed the saying, “the devil made me do it.” I like to say “MLK made me do it.” I have met very few people who have absorbed the scope of the words of the young Rev. King. The more of us who do, the better. There are three recorded speeches on the page, the Santa Rita Prison one is my specific reference. I also highly recommend the current broadcasts of this station. Just google KPFA.
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Hi Robert, Can’t reply now except to say thanks. Will have to wait til next week to follow the links. FL pooled is rather incommunicado 🙂 and definitely thoughtless.
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