Speech Publication: Dr. King’s Unfinished Business: Promoting Economic Empowerment
We share one winner's speech.
The five winners of the North County Churches Uniting for Racial Harmony and Justice’s annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Oratorical competition read their speeches during the annual celebration of life at the St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley. Fourth-grader Grace Bishop's speech has been republished here -- with the consent of her mother. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “In a sense we have come to our nation’s capital to cash a check. We refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. And so, we’ve come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of …
Vickie M.
11:37 pm on Sunday, January 15, 2012
What a wonderful event! I so enjoyed all the presenters today. more ›