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James Weldon Johnson wrote it and his brother, John Rosamond, did what was obvious \u2013 set it to music.\u00a0 And the people made it an anthem<\/a>. A reminder that our voices are for celebration, psalm, music, change, melodic fights, devotion, and revolution.<\/p>\n
In addition to a purpose, movements always have a sound and a voice.<\/p>\n
As a child, the sounds of Martin Luther King came to me in barbershops, on corners, around kitchen tables, through WWRL and WBLS, and occasionally on the nightly news.\u00a0 The voices spoke of white backlash, riots, war, frustration, fear, radicalism, wont, cynicism, hope, and even elevated soul, poetry, funk, and the beginnings of hip-hop.\u00a0 He and his crew ticked us off and also inspired.<\/p>\n
Martin Luther King knew how to bring the noise.\u00a0 Three years ago, Professor Christopher Phelps put his finger on that noise:<\/p>\n
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King’s mellifluent baritone voice and charismatic leadership in 1968 were directed beyond attitudinal racism and legal segregation, toward overturning the tables of the money-changers. He meant to bring an end to war, slums, underfunded schools, destitution, and unemployment. Down riot-torn streets, he continued his quest for audacious social transformation by means of creative tension, compassion, love, inclusion, and humility. His death reminds us of American violence. The aspirations he left unfulfilled\u00a0\u2014 especially for social equality and economic justice\u00a0\u2014 may yet supply the legacy for a renewed American hope.*<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Who\u2019s bringing the noise today?\u00a0 If a movement happened now, what would it sound like?<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s think about it on Monday, January 17, in the George Sherman Union\u2019s Metcalf Hall<\/a> (775 Commonwealth Avenue) when we celebrate our iconic memory of Martin Luther King<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Peace.<\/p>\n
* Phelps, Christopher. “The Prophet Reconsidered.” The Chronicle Review<\/em> 18 January 2008: http:\/\/chronicle.com Section: The Chronicle Review Volume 54, Issue 19, Page B7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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