MLK Day Part II

Only a few weeks ago, a 1962 speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. was rediscovered. English King Alfred's bones were also recently rediscovered. Both were found in storage in museums. The speech was discovered because the New York State Museum was working on digitalizing its audio and visual recordings.

The discovery of this speech comes at a very important time. We are currently in the midst of commemorating the Civil War as well as the Civil Rights Movement. It also occurs during the first black President's second term. This discovery just reinforces, for me, that history is a part of the present and is not dead.

As King quoted in his speech,

"'Lord, we ain't what we oughta be. 

We ain't what we want to be.

We ain't what we gonna be. 

But, thank God, we ain't what we wuz.'"

The speech is now a part of the NYSM's online exhibit if you want to visit it and hear the speech. 

http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/mlk/

Happy MLK day. 

(pictured: King giving the speech, which was rediscovered)