Color on the Radio

I wish I knew how

it would feel to be free.

I wish I could break

all the chains holding me.

I wish I could say

all the things that I should say;

Say em’ loud, say em’ clear

for the whole round world to hear.

dishabillic:

King said in an interview that this photograph was taken as he tried to explain to his daughter Yolanda why she could not go to Funtown, a whites-only amusement park in Atlanta. King claims to have been tongue-tied when speaking to her. “One of the most painful experiences I have ever faced was to see her tears when I told her Funtown was closed to colored children, for I realized the first dark cloud of inferiority had floated into her little mental sky.”

(via Rare Photos of Martin Luther King Jr. at Home)

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