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The 50th Anniversary of the
"March on Washington
for Jobs and Freedom!"
I Have
A Dream...
...We Shall
Overcome!
-Paul Whiting
(a.k.a., Small All White in the Forest)
"I am no barrier to its sun; the light and I are as one!"
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My Writing About The 50th Anniversary Of The "March On Washington For Jobs And Freedom": On this 50th Anniversary of the "March on Washington," let us all do our part, just like our great civil rights leaders of the past did, and join together in order to keep Trayvon Martin's memory alive—and to honor the legacy of Dr. King and all civil rights leaders and activists—by passing "The End of Racial Profiling Act," so that we may all unite for change to end racial profiling #forTrayvon! –Paul Whiting (written August 28th, 2013, revised June 7th, 2015, revised November 23rd, 2015, revised August 1st, 2021, revised October 26th, 2021, revised August 28th, 2022 and revised August 28th, 2023)
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"Unite For Change To End Racial Profiling" from MoveOn.org:
Hi,
I signed a petition to The United States House of Representatives, The United States Senate, and President Barack Obama which says:
"The End Racial Profiling Act seeks to make racial profiling illegal and train law enforcement officers to act based on behavior instead of race or religion in their jobs. Now is the time for us to move closer to a society without blatant prejudice. No one should be mistreated, wrongly arrested, harassed, or killed based on their racial identity. Pass this legislation right away #forTrayvon."
Will you sign this petition? Click here:
https://petitions.moveon.org/sign/unite-for-change-to-end
Thanks!
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My Writing About The 60th Anniversary Of The "March On Washington For Jobs And Freedom": On this 60th Anniversary of the "March on Washington," let us remember the words of the greatest civil rights leader of all time, Jesus The Christ, who said: "Do unto others as you would have done unto you."* –Paul Whiting (written August 28th, 2023, revised October 7th, 2023 and revised December 6th, 2023)
*"Matthew 7:12" from Wikipedia, from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia—which is funded primarily through donations from millions of individuals around the world, including this blogger (I make a totally affordable monthly donation):
Matthew 7:12 is the twelfth verse of the seventh chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament and is part of the Sermon on the Mount. This well known verse presents what has become known as the Golden Rule.
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads:
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you: do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets
The World English Bible translates the passage as:
Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets. ...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_7:12#:~:text=Therefore%20all%20things%20whatsoever%20ye,the%20law%20and%20the%20prophets
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My Poetic Notes:
The reason that I wrote this poem can be summed up with the following statement: "I Have A Dream...We Shall Overcome!"
Also, beginning in January 2013, I tried to create a post for virtually every holiday and special occasion of which I was aware, but I realized by September 2014 that I did not have enough time and energy to continue posting for every holiday and special occasion. And I decided to keep the poems in that series which were the most relevant to this blog, of which this is one.
And this poem was also published on my "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blog (please see the hyperlink below for the blog), since I feel that the message in this poem applies to the message that I am trying to convey through "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer."
This poem was written in Portland, Oregon.
-Paulee
https://paulwhitingwriting.blogspot.com
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"March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom" from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia—which is funded primarily through donations from millions of individuals around the world, including this blogger (I make a totally affordable monthly donation):
"The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, also known as simply the March on Washington or The Great March on Washington, was held in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963. The purpose of the march was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans. At the march, final speaker Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., standing in front of the Lincoln Memorial, delivered his historic 'I Have a Dream' speech in which he called for an end to racism."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_on_Washington_for_Jobs_and_Freedom
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This "Small All White in the Forest" Post No. 161 was edited on May 3rd, 2024.
"Poetry is using the fewest words possible in order to describe all that is possible to describe." –Paul Whiting [June 1st, 2022]
