Monday 25 October 2010

Poppy Day - Remembrance Day - 11th November




What is Remembrance Day about? Why is it also called Poppy Day?



Where is it celebrated? When is it celebrated? Why is it celebrated? How is it celebrated?





http://youtu.be/gTdjVrdiQKM

Sunday 24 October 2010

"NO to halloween celebration - Having fun should not be an excuse!"

Halloween is rooted in disgusting, gory practices of the druids. Rituals were performed by offering human sacrifices to their over 300 gods to placate them. The druid priests would go from door to door to get crops, animals, preferably young people to be sacrificed. "Trick or treat" refers to the punishment or gift given by the druids to the families that did not give away or agreed to surrender the requested offers to be piled up with timber and set afire in the open air bonfire. The bigger the sacrifice the higher favour from the gods they thought would be reached. The barbarous practice of burning humans was stopped in 1600. Many people in the USA and Britain do not see any reason to celebrate or remind the day with any practice, some openly oppose this celebration and do not allow their children to partake in mean scares, nor watch horror movies or dress in gruesome, grotesque costumes. There have been cases of violence that led to very sad happenings, including the death of children by other children in their playing around witches, demons and scary monsters while trying out psychic, paranormal abilities.

Friday 22 October 2010

A Song that Changed People and Laws in Britain ... and carries on Changing People all over the World






Amazing Grace by various performers:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-MU0aqUXJU&feature=related

Andre Rieu and The European Pipe Band:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ME2uk-wVeA&feature=related

Mahalia Jackson:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJg5Op5W7yw&feature=related

Marines and Bagpipes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5P1M5qwBwo&feature=related

a cappella by Leann Rimes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT88jBAoVIM

Wintley Phipps ( President of an Organization for Children of Prisoners ) on Negro Spirituals:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMF_24cQqT0&feature=related

A SONG THAT CHANGED PEOPLE AND LAWS IN THE USA ...








We shall overcome...


Martin Luther King, Jr.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=130J-FdZDtY&feature=related


one man, one vote rally:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ4W2VpqRjA&feature=related


Mahalia Jackson:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmR1YvfIGng&feature=related


Louis Armstrong:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti5aP_nyNig


Joan Baez:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkNsEH1GD7Q


Bruce Springsteen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbxru9dl0sc&feature=related

EbenezerPraiseDancers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75r-Q54_VHc&feature=related


Morehouse College:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aor6-DkzBJ0&feature=related


GSS Mass Choir:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcAxZ6fXGPc&feature=related


Diana Ross:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnzmPrsLXn8&feature=related


President Obama at Ebenezer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbv24MWa_jg&feature=related

Wednesday 20 October 2010

Martin Luther King Junior: The Dream, the Fight for Freedom




" I have a Dream Speech " given on 28 August 1963
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEMXaTktUfA&feature=fvw

 The Song " We shall overcome some day"

The Lyrics:


1.
We shall overcome
We shall overcome
We shall overcome some day /today


CHORUS


2.
We'll walk hand in hand
We'll walk hand in hand
We'll walk hand in hand some day/today


CHORUS


3.
We shall all be free
We shall all be free
We shall all be free some day


CHORUS


4.
Blacks and white together 
Blacks and white together 
Blacks and white together some  day /today
 
5. We are not afraid today... 6. Everything will be alright ...
(shortened)



The Music of Black Americans

... a key anthem of the US civil rights movement...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Shall_Overcome

MLK´s Quotations:





The March over Washington - The "I Have a Dream" Speech :

We shall overcome Legislation - Lyndon B. Johnson

William Wilberforce: The Dream, the Fight for Freedom

The Statesman:

 The Song:
Amazing Grace Lyrics
John Newton (1725-1807)
Stanza 6  anon.
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.



T'was Grace that taught my heart to fear.
And Grace, my fears relieved.
How precious did that Grace appear
The hour I first believed.


Through many dangers, toils and snares
I have already come;

'Tis Grace that brought me safe thus far
and Grace will lead me home.



 The Lord has promised good to me.
His word my hope secures.
He will my shield and portion be,
As long as life endures.




When we've been here ten thousand years
Bright shining as the sun.
We've no less days to sing God's praise
Than when we've first begun.


Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail,
And mortal life shall cease,
I shall possess within the veil,
A life of joy and peace.



http://www.constitution.org/col/amazing_grace.htm

The Film, the Fight in the British Parliament:


On Slavery:

Lincoln and Freedom

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