Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution (1959)

In a 22 December 1958 letter, Morehouse president Benjamin Mays invited King to address the graduating class of 1959; King accepted six days later. In these prepared remarks-his earliest known usage of this title-King invokes his common themes of anticolonialism and black self-respect.1 He places the domestic “social revolution" in a global context and urges the graduates of his alma mater to rise above the limits of “individualistic concerns,” submitting that all people are “caught up in an inescapable network of mutuality.”
News coverage of the speech indicates that King modified this handwritten text at several points. He advised his audience to adhere to nonviolence, for the "oppressors would be happy if black Americans “would resort to physical violence” and reminded them of progress already made: “We’ve broken loose from the Egypt of slavery . . . and we stand on the border of the promised land in integration.”2 King reportedly closed with a warning against inaction: “If you go home, sit down and do nothing about the revolution which we are witnessing you will be the victim of a dangerous optimism.”3
There can be no gainsaying of the fact that we are experiencing today one of the greatest revolutions that the world has ever known. Indeed there have been other revolutions, but they have been local and isolated. The distinctive feature of the present revolution is that it is worldwide. It is shaking the foundations of the east and the west. It has engulfed every continent of the world. You can hear its deep rumblings from the lowest village street to the highest intellectual ivory tower. Every segment of society is being swept into its mainstream. The great challenge facing every member of this graduating class is to remain awake, alert and creative through this great revolution.
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I love this speech,an incredible imdeed.Rise & awake to be counted in the global world you, people of black colour.Its not like God isn't watching nor seeing,He'll vindicate you from your trials & slavery & set you free for ever. Rest in.peace Martin Luther King,our hero.

[@glorymosbyfloyd3878]

Seeing that fan brings back memories of being little in Church and that being the go to fan Dr. King in the front & a funeral home business on the back

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Don't it tho?😊💯....where are you from?

[@RicoRansom]

Made me smile in reflection with that one... uhhhh.... Sister Floyd... lol .

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@@RicoRansom 🤣🤣🤣

[@the2ndcoming135]

That’s one of my first memories of the church in the South. Seeing the fans waiting in the pews and seats as you enter😎

[@ArchAGabriel]

He spoke a profound truth that still remains true today..

[@toussantlbisso]

Timeless Words of Wisdom ! Thank you !

[@kimjohnson8471]

The Fan!

[@the2ndcoming135]

Lol. Don’t you love it when you have a Black profile pic and people assume your intelligence is lower than it would be if you had a white profile pic instead?

[@StreetsofATL_19]

Thank you for your words of wisdom, Dr. King. They are still impactful in the year 2023.

[@novellarn5061]

Amen

[@manuelr.knippingreynoso1371]

Amén, the Original Meaning Stands for Death, the Ámén = MentallyDead alive to serve and forgotten after death in the Spirit world. Awaken .

[@stevenhosea4849]

Novella Wilson Happens.

[@ArchAGabriel]

@@manuelr.knippingreynoso1371 -The term Amen is taken from the Arabic culture and introduced into the English lexicon and given a limited meaning ..the word amen can mean a number of different things especially depending on where it is put in a sentence within the aerobic language.. it is given a Hebrew etymology ; but the truth is' nothing could be farther from the truth...the term itself comes from the God Amun Ra.

[@the2ndcoming135]

🙋🏽‍♂️

[@tailor-mademedia1406]

Wow, Mike. I never heard this sermon before. You dug DEEP to pull it up.

[@user-yy5yc1gx7p]

Sharing this with my company today.

[@Emotional2000]

“According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber , eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear unto this day.” Romans 11 Source: The Bible

[@ramsesstafford4640]

Put some respect BACK on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's name because people have successfully made his own people he fought for take some of that respect off. Rest In Power Brother Martin 🙏🏽

[@felixjordanguitar]

thought provoking..thank you

[@joeysanguine3596]

Thank you so much for your inspiring words of wisdom Keith💖✝️

[@jaggg.3821]

Another video on ytube shows Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr preaching this last Sunday Sermon at The Cathedral, Actor Keith David reference's too in this introduction where everyone Present saw Dr. King alive for the Last Time. The 4th of April, 1968 a bullet temporary stopped a movement however, that Bullet did not Silence Dr. King's Voice for his Voice Echoes throughout Time Itself.

[@billy3076]

I used to play with that same in church every Sunday

[@the2ndcoming135]

And, to think Emmett Till had a fan tied around his neck before being drowned. Lots of interesting metaphors and allegory🤔

[@DaveG.-qv3iu]

Amen!!

[@cheleftb]

❤

[@rubywlee3831]

We give 😊

[@kshiely]

As it says on the video, this is not the Morehouse speech. This is actually his speech at the National Cathedral in 1968.

[@rubywlee3831]

One can be spirtual and attend church some are not open to organized religion

[@reggiespear7455]

I'm glad a black man is reading his documentary we can tell our own story whites allways telling our life story I'm not prejudice but it our life not no one else every race should tell their own life story

[@askiaeducationalnetwork4978]

The white Christians has lied to you about Islam more than anything in human history. Why don't you learn Islam from real Muslims and stop being a Damm fool. Please Google mitraism equals Christianity then you will begin to wake up

[@mariesmith8547]

Is he with JFK jr ??? Alright !!!!🙋‍♀️❤️😇

[@manuelr.knippingreynoso1371]

Time to Put Your Bible to Work, Qur'an, Ingeel ,Torah , before you chop away any more Necessary Life Producing Trees 🌲 🌲 🌲 You Know what to do with paper when it's cold outside or inside. Awaken

[@kayriz5838]

1968 not 1959

[@askiaeducationalnetwork4978]

Malcolm X was our manhood and womenhood on this Earth not MLK. MLK was impired by ghandi and the Muslim Abdul Ghaffar Khan who was Ghandi right hand man. Ghandi always read the first 7 verse of the Quran when he began an important task. The Christian hid this information from the masses of the people. It is Allah that calls for Jihad which means struggle. Dr. King was a jihadist he on March 28th 1968 said in a speech That now our stuggle (Jihad) is genuine equality which means economic equality. To all you Christians. Please Google mitraism equals Christianity. After that Google Quran 4:135. That is was what King was about. justice. Christianity has not provided mankind anything beneficial it was the Christians he was fighting against not The Muslims. Become a Muslim and leave the pagan version of the crucifixion story.