Therese Flanagan

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Martin Luther King: Advancing the Dream

A little background on this shot: I took it on January 11, 2005 in Gainesville, FL, at the corner of University Avenue and 13th ST. The Iraq War was nearing its 2 year mark and people were organizing Peace Rallies around the country. That's my mom holding up the banner with Martin Luther King's powerful words; she was 76 years old. 

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.' MLK