Olive Branch Community Church – Martin Luther King – Video

Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26SE38pi3s4

15-01-2012 20:33 Visit Olive Branch: http://www.obcchurch.org On September 18, 2011 the Olive Branch Community Church in Sandy Spring, Maryland just about 26 miles outside of Washington, DC invited members and the community at large to "get back on the bus." A symbol of protest as well as a life line to the civil rights movement, the bus once again brought people together to fellowship, to remember and to recommit. Olive Branch member Donald R. Buckner, Ed.D, who is also a member of the Montgomery County Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., shared a personal historical account of the evolution of a journey of more than 40 years culminating with erection of the King memorial. He identified fellow Alpha, the late brother George Seally as being central to the advocacy for the creation of a national monument in honor of King's legacy. It dates back to the early 1970s. Like King, Seally never stopped believing in his dream. Along the way, many would enlist. While Buckner who was a coworker of Seally's in the Department of Education did not share a major role in shaping the movement by his report. However, he did assist him in identifying and engaging some "friendly congress persons." Key among them was Constance Albanese "Connie" Morella, a Republican who represented Maryland's 8th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 2003. With her support the fire that had smoldered for decades now ignited, giving the movement much needed momentum. Construction ...

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Olive Branch Community Church - Martin Luther King - Video