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And today we had the King Celebration here at the Statehouse and
Governor Pence
made a few remarks that were actually
very personal. He had an opportunity to go to the Pettus Bridge and he took his
family there and
met actual folks who were at that bridge
on Bloody Sunday
and he also made a comment that Dr. King is extremely responsible for
the progress this nation has made and I just want to elaborate a little more on
that because I agree with our Governor Pence that Dr. King is
extremely responsible for the progress this nation has made
in the areas of racial equality, social justice and economic empowerment.
Dr. King challenged the conscience of a nation
and made those of discriminatory and oppressive behaviors towards
minorities squirm and be uncomfortable and that
discomfort
moved those with a conscience and with the spirit of god to act
and those actions led to change opportunities and greater acceptance
so as an African-American female I am indebted to Dr. King
and consider it my responsibility to make sure
that I keep his
dream alive and that I keep his memory alive and tell his story. My
responsibility also is to make sure that the least of those, and those were the
ones he held most dear, that the least of those, no matter what their
ethnicity, have access to a more meaningful and fulfilling quality of
life. So
to keep Dr. King's dream alive that is my responsibility and that is
what
I'm committed to doing and
I'm proud to do so here in the Statehouse in Indiana.