|
|
Article: Live like King, Obama urges: Senator challenges Harvey audience to follow civil rights leader's example on a day filled with lectures, community service and music.
- Article from:
- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
- Article date:
- January 16, 2007
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2007 Chicago Tribune. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Byline: Lolly Bowean
Jan. 16--Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wasn't a politician or decorated war hero, Sen. Barack Obama told a packed congregation Monday morning at St. Mark Cathedral in Harvey. Rather, he was a man who changed a nation by first choosing to love his neighbor enough to serve him, Obama said. "He did what God required," Obama said. "He loved his neighbor. He loved his enemies." "Long before he was a leader of men, he was a servant of God," he said. "It's not enough to celebrate once a year." The Democratic senator delivered a fiery speech in which he challenged his audience--including elected officials, community leaders and ...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:
|
|
Article: Northern Protest: Martin Luther King, Jr., Chicago ...
The Historian;
June 22, 1994 ;
700+ words
... ... campaign led by Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern ... Conference (SCLC) in Chicago in 1966-67 as resulting in failure not only for King but for the entire nonviolent ... circumstances that led King and the SCLC to bring their struggle to Chicago and by exploring the complex ...
|
|