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• Document 1 : Robert Kennedy announcing the assassination of
Dr.
Martin Luther King
"Martin Luther King dedicated his lite to love and to justice between
fellow human beings.
He died in the cause of that effort.
ln this
difficult day, in this difficult time for the United States, it's perhaps
well to ask what kind of a nation we are and what direction we
want to move in.
For those of you who are black - considering the evidence evidently
is that there were white people who were responsible - you can be
filled with bitterness, and with hatred, and a desire for revenge .
We can move in that direction as a country, in greater polarization
- black people amongst blacks, and whites amongst whites, filled
with hatred toward one another.
Or we can make an effort, as Martin
Luther King did, to understand and to comprehend, and replace that
violence, that stain of bloodshed that has spread across our land,
with an effort to understand, compassion and love."
Tous droits réservés.
• Document 2 : President Obama's eulogy for Rev.
Clementa Pinckney
" When there were laws banning ail-black church gatherings,
services happened here anyway, in defiance of unjust laws.
When
there was a righteous movement to dismantle Jim Crow, Dr.
Martin
Luther King, Jr.
preached from its pulpit, and marches began from
its steps .
A sacred place, this church .
Not just for blacks, not just for
Christians, but for every American who cares about the steady
expansion of human rights and human dignity in this country; a
foundation stone for liberty and justice for ail.
[ ...
] We do not know
whether the killer of Reverend Pinckney and eight others knew ail
of this history.
But he surely sensed the meaning of his violent act.
[...
]An act that he presumed would deepen divisions that trace....
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