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AKA · 04-04-2003, 11:58 PM

Early morning, April 4
Shot rings out in the Memphis sky
Free at last, they took your life
They could not take your pride

--Pride (In The Name Of Love (Bono/U2)

ABlairican Pie · 04-05-2003, 12:01 AM

That is a great song for a great man. Btw, U2 made a mistake:
It did not take place in early morning, but in the evening.

~*Hannah_Lee*~ · 04-05-2003, 02:12 AM

Martin Luther King Jr. was a really great man. I wonder sometimes what people such as himself would have to say about the war today if they were still alive.

ABlairican Pie · 04-05-2003, 02:15 AM

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Originally posted by ~*Hannah_Lee*~
Martin Luther King Jr. was a really great man. I wonder sometimes what people such as himself would have to say about the war today if they were still alive.

You know he would be burned at the stake for opposing this war like he did with Vietnam.

~LadyJess~ · 04-05-2003, 02:26 PM

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Originally posted by Captain ABlairica
That is a great song for a great man.

I agree. We listened to this song in my history class a few week ago and it makes you think about what else he would have accomplished had his life not been cut short.

Penny Lane · 04-05-2003, 08:04 PM

I remember that day! I was only 17 at the time and didn't pay much attention to current affairs then unfortunately! But I remember vividly the day that Robert Kennedy was assassinated. It was on the day that I graduated from high school June 1968.

~LadyJess~ · 04-05-2003, 09:30 PM

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Originally posted by Penny Lane
I remember that day! I was only 17 at the time and didn't pay much attention to current affairs then unfortunately! But I remember vividly the day that Robert Kennedy was assassinated. It was on the day that I graduated from high school June 1968.

They say that there are certain events in history that if you were over the age of 5 you can remember exactly were you were and what you were doing. The first big event I can remember was when I was 8, and it was the OJ Simpson trial. I remember the day the verdict came out and our library teacher told us and we all had our own little opinions, which made no sense since we were in 3rd grade at the time.

laceyinthesky · 04-06-2003, 12:02 PM

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Originally posted by Captain ABlairica

You know he would be burned at the stake for opposing this war like he did with Vietnam.

or be accused of being unpatriotic for protesting a war...

ABlairican Pie · 04-06-2003, 12:08 PM

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Originally posted by laceyinthesky

or be accused of being unpatriotic for protesting a war...

Oh, yes, definitely. He was most likely considered "unpatriotic" for doing such dastardly things as fighting for the civil rights, of all things. The cad...

Of course, such wonderful people like J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI, and Sen. Jesse Helms thought he was a communist ("and they can prove it!").

Jersey Girl · 04-06-2003, 01:00 PM

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Originally posted by ILoveLucyfan4eva

They say that there are certain events in history that if you were over the age of 5 you can remember exactly were you were and what you were doing.

This is a little freaky-deaky, but true:
On September 10, 2001 my dad was telling me how he remembered where he was when JFK was shot (Geometry class, taught by a retired army colonel) and I was responded with something like "Honestly Dad, who cares?". And then the next day, we heard about the WTC disaster and I was in Geometry class, and while the class was taught by an average Joe, a retired Army colonel [another math teacher] brought us the news. Isn't that strange?

*MIBabe03* · 04-06-2003, 04:47 PM

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Originally posted by ILoveLucyfan4eva

They say that there are certain events in history that if you were over the age of 5 you can remember exactly were you were and what you were doing. The first big event I can remember was when I was 8, and it was the OJ Simpson trial. I remember the day the verdict came out and our library teacher told us and we all had our own little opinions, which made no sense since we were in 3rd grade at the time.

I was in the fourth grade at the time when that happened and we actually watched the verdict on tv. After that we had to do a journal entry over what we thought about the verdict. I agree it was pretty ridiculous considering I was like 9 at the time.

Hollow · 04-06-2003, 05:02 PM

i have no idea whats goin on

04-04-2003, 11:58 PM	#1
AKA Member Forum Star Join Date: Dec 17, 2001 Posts: 15,746	It was 35 years ago today Early morning, April 4 Shot rings out in the Memphis sky Free at last, they took your life They could not take your pride --Pride (In The Name Of Love (Bono/U2)

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04-05-2003, 02:12 AM	#3
~Hannah_Lee~ Let's dance in style Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 09, 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,358	Martin Luther King Jr. was a really great man. I wonder sometimes what people such as himself would have to say about the war today if they were still alive.
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Penny Lane Butter Pie Forum Icon Join Date: Jul 03, 2001 Location: Beneath the blue suburban skies Posts: 51,262	I remember that day! I was only 17 at the time and didn't pay much attention to current affairs then unfortunately! But I remember vividly the day that Robert Kennedy was assassinated. It was on the day that I graduated from high school June 1968.
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