Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Berlin Wall, 1964

Martin Luther King Jr. : “For here on either side of the wall are God’s children and no man-made barrier can obliterate that fact.”

The need to unite to save our planet from global warming

David Paul Kirkpatrick
The Startup
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4 min readJan 21, 2019

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Mythologist, Joseph Campbell, famously said that when American astronaut, William Anders, in 1964, photographed the earth from the moon, a new symbol emerged for man: a single planet rising in deep space.

Earthrise

Nature photographer Galen Rowell declared the photo, known as Earthrise, as “the most influential environmental photograph ever taken.”

Campbell claimed that it was imperative humankind move from the regionalism and nationalism that divided us, toward the goal of preserving and nurturing this one world icon in which all humanity resides and serves.

Martin Luther King Jr’s Speech at the Berlin Wall

In September of 1964, during a visit to Germany, Martin Luther King Jr. thrilled audiences in both East and West Berlin with his talk of the need for brotherhood to a people divided by the Berlin Wall.

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David Paul Kirkpatrick
The Startup

Founder of Story Summit & MIT Center for Future Storytelling, Pres of Paramount Film Group, Production Chief of Disney Studios, optimist, author and teacher.