Martin Luther King Day 2008

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 "Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time; the need for mankind to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence. Mankind must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love."

    Martin Luther King Jr., December 11, 1964

"Now, I say to you today my friends, even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: - 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.'"

    Martin Luther King Jr., Speech at Civil Rights March on Washington, August 28, 1963


 At the 2008 Martin Luther King Jr. Festival in Austin, Texas, Youth For Human Rights was presented. There were two great bands, two great dance groups and a lot of great people were there.
  We signed up 28 Human Rights Educators, gave out over 100 human rights public service announcement DVDs, gave people over 300 copies of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and people signed ten pages of petitions to get the Universal Declaration of Human Rights taught in schools.
  Teachers, students, fraternity members and many citizens of Austin were very interested in human rights. Here are the pictures of that day:

the color guard.jpg          the parade arrives.jpg


youth for obama person.jpg          austin police in the house.jpg


malford milligan.jpg          a lot of people.jpg


human rights petition signing.jpg          a teacher.jpg


a great dance group.jpg          another great dance group.jpg


the crowd.jpg          more crowd.jpg


umbrellas needed.jpg          more petition signing.jpg


she was great.jpg          the people dance.jpg



Human Right #1, We Are All Born Free & Equal.





special thanks to:

 The Austin Area Heritage Council
(http://www.mlkcelebration.com)

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