{"id":621,"date":"2003-01-20T10:19:53","date_gmt":"2003-01-20T13:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/?p=621"},"modified":"2011-06-03T23:59:15","modified_gmt":"2011-06-04T04:59:15","slug":"happy-birthday-dr-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/happy-birthday-dr-king\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday Dr. King"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ericbrooks.com\/images\/posts\/0120dmlk.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"0120dmlk.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"142\" align=\"left\" \/> &#8220;&#8230; I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become reality. I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>See? I remembered *somebody&#8217;s* birthday this week. 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