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The Nobel Peace Prize 1964-Martin Luther King Jr. Acceptance Speech

 The Nobel Peace Prize 1964-Martin Luther King Jr. Acceptance Speech December 10, 1964, Oslo Norway Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness, Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen:  I accept the Nobel Prize for Peace at a moment when 22 million Negroes of the United States of America are engaged in a creative battle to end the long night of racial injustice. I accept this award on behalf of a civil rights movement which is moving with determination and a majestic scorn for risk and danger to establish a reign of freedom and a rule of justice. I am mindful that only yesterday in Birmingham, Alabama, our children, crying out for brotherhood, were answered with fire hoses, snarling dogs and even death. I am mindful that only yesterday in Philadelphia, Mississippi, young people seeking to secure the right to vote were brutalized and murdered. And only yesterday more than 40 houses of worship in the State of Mississippi alone were bombed or burned because they offered a sanctu...
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Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have A Dream" speech

  Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.:  Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity. But 100 years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later the Negro is still languished in the corners of American society and finds himself in exile in his own land. And so we've come here today to dramatize a shameful condition. In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magni...
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MHIR Monthly Monitor - January 2025

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  In this Issue January 2025 Message from Doug Sawyer Did you know? Opportunities Staff Services News Employee Spotlight Research Compliance Grants Clinical Trials Corner Noteworthy MHIR Happenings Comings & Goings   Message from Doug Sawyer, MD, PhD Chief Academic Affairs Officer Interim VP of Research   Hello all,  The history of science is a fascinating topic, and one worthy of study, as we seek to show progress in science. What is that old saying about folks who have not learned from history being doomed to repeat it? Take that phrase into conversations about science, and who knows what interesting topics might come up! As we think about where to put our research time and other resources in the interest of improving the health and wellness of our community, history is a really important topic.     I was reminded of some history in reading through recently published works by MaineHealth team members. Our very own  Wendy Smith, Direct...
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