M.L. King Day and the most viewed Crisis Chronicles blog ever is revealed!
First of all, Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! To celebrate, I invite you to visit the Crisis Chronicles Online Library and watch his I Have a Dream speech, which I posted there on Election Day. The timing seems appropriate when you consider that tomorrow we will see a significant fulfillment of part of his dream with the inauguration of our first African-American United States president.
A couple of weeks or so ago, I shared a listing of the most viewed entries in the Online Library. The list has changed a little since then, but that's beside my point. At the time, several readers expressed curiosity about what my most viewed blogs might be as well. I avoided answering, and said only that my most popular Crisis Chronicles blog received close to 12,000 hits. Several folks tried unsuccessfully to guess what it was. But now seems like a good time to tell you. The number one most-viewed blog on this website since I created it slightly over a year ago is Happy Birthday, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.! (from 15 January 2008).
It's interesting that almost all the top ten most viewed entries on my blog are entries that feature little or no original content by me. Humbling actually.... But I can't think of anyone deserving of more views (and listens) than Dr. King. Without his work, words, inspiration and sacrifices (but not only his), I daresay there would be no President Barack Obama tomorrow. Do we have great cause to celebrate? You betcha!
Just goes to show... there are some dreams you can believe in.
Well.... I was WAY off track trying to guess which blog it was. I had several I thought it was but didn't pick this one at all.
But am pleased it was the Happy Birthday MLK one... well deserving of it.. and it says a lot to how much he means to people.. that it is viewed as often as it is.
Love the photo by the way.. it's very cool. Is it one you took...?? No credits listed there. It's very artsy.
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Thanks, Chris! I did not take the photo - found it on on Photobucket and was unable to identify the photographer. Would like to give him or her credit if I knew....
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for the first time since JFK, i have hope. just hope obama lives longer in office than kennedy.
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This is the most hope I've had since 2004 - I'd gotten out of prison that June and was optimistic about almost everybody and everything. Then Kerry got Bushwacked in November and a few other things happened around the same time to "reality check" me. Nice to feel so hopeful again - not only because of Obama, though he does play a significant role.
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I went back and listened again to the entire speech by MLK on Nov. 4th that you posted at 5;17 a.m. By the end of that day we had our hope restored for all Americans and that night was celebration in every town across the country. I well remember singing "We shall overcome" with one of my dearest friends, Arlene Williams the wife of Ronald Williams who after leaving Oberlin became the first black president of a large university in Chicago. Martin Luther King gave a speech in Finney Chapel and we all were there. I was with Arlene and Ronald when we watched the funeral on TV of JFK and tears were in all eyes. Marc's book on Earl Dickerson, a civil rights lawyer in Chicago who helped to break the discrimination in housing against blacks in white neighborhoods was reviewed in four pages on the front cover of the book section of the Chicago Sun Times. Earl Dickerson sat to the left of Martin Luther King on the
1963 March on Washington where the Dream speech was given. We have come a long way since then and this is a day of remembrance and tomorrow is going to be one of the most important days in our history with the inauguration of the first black president of the U. S.
So we all have to make the dream come true I believe. This is not the end of the dream and it is only the beginning of hope. I left a comment back on Nov. 4th and feel obliged to leave one today as well. As love is your only every god so should hope be your only every reality and everyone should get out of their cages and celebrate.
Hugs from Helen
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Thank you, Helen!
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Great Blog!!
I think I will pst that picture on my Blog ...no words, just the picture.
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Dig that! Thanks, Ninure!
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Makes sense... The most viewed blogs are the ones that turn up in common internet searches.
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I'm surprised no one's asked what the rest of the top 10 were.
I'll save that for when I'm pressed for a blog.
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