The Little Known Stevie Wonder - MLK Day Connection
Black History Year
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🗓️ 25 October 2024
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The audience fell quiet as Stevie Wonder took the stage. Soon, joyous notes reverberated through the air, filling the entire night air with hope, power and inspiration. But this was no ordinary concert – he had a bigger purpose.
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| 0:29.4 | The audience fell quiet as Stevie Wonder took the stage. |
| 0:34.5 | Soon, joyous notes reverberated through the air, filling the entire night with hope, |
| 0:40.3 | power, and inspiration. But this was no ordinary concert. He had a bigger purpose. |
| 0:47.3 | This is Two-Minute Black History, What You Didn't Learn in School. |
| 1:14.5 | Ever since Martin Luther King was assassinated in 1968, Stevie Wonder had a mission to keep the dream alive. And to him, creating a holiday for the slain hero was the best way. But it didn't happen overnight. |
| 1:18.7 | For 15 years, Wonder fought for Martin Luther King Day alongside civil rights leaders, as well as other black singers. |
| 1:39.2 | He even put his career on hold to lead nationwide rallies, but his most powerful contribution was composing |
| 1:46.1 | his famous version of Happy Birthday. |
| 1:50.2 | He and Bob Marley planned to rally for the holiday on a four-month-long tour. |
| 1:56.0 | Though Bob Marley sadly fell ill before the tour began, the concert still happened, but a white |
| 2:02.9 | hater was out to make trouble. |
| 2:05.9 | Ronald Reagan, who was newly elected president at the time, opposed the holiday, supposedly |
| 2:11.7 | because of the cost. |
| 2:13.9 | Despite his efforts to stop it from happening, he finally relented after Wonder's final tour stop at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., the very place King gave his famous, I Have a Dream speech. |
| 2:27.3 | Wonder refused to give up even in the face of obstacles and white hatred. He organized those in his network and used his resources |
| 2:36.2 | to make a difference. Let's keep this same energy when we want to make a difference for causes |
| 2:42.7 | we care about. In order to move towards the future, you've got to look to the past. This has been |
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