Swing Phi Swing Social Fellowship, Inc. was founded on April 4, 1969, a year after Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination in Memphis, TN. The Mid-South Graduate Chapter would like to present this special slide show commemorating King's last speech, "I've Been to the Mountaintop". Happy Founder's Day Swing Phi Swing! O-O-O-Ola!

1. A Founder’s Day Tribute Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. A special message from The Mid-South Graduate Chapter of Swing Phi Swing SFI

3. “ I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” a speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. April 3, 1968 | Memphis, TN … I would turn to the Almighty, and say, "If you allow me to live just a few years in the second half of the 20th century, I will be happy.“ Now that's a strange statement to make, because the world is all messed up. The nation is sick. Trouble is in the land; confusion all around. That's a strange statement. But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars. And I see God working in this period of the twentieth century in a way that men, in some strange way, are responding. Something is happening in our world. The masses of people are rising up. And wherever they are assembled today, whether they are in Johannesburg, South Africa; Nairobi, Kenya; Accra, Ghana; New York City; Atlanta, Georgia; Jackson, Mississippi; or Memphis, Tennessee -- the cry is always the same: "We want to be free.”

6. I can remember -- I can remember when Negroes were just going around…so often, scratching where they didn't itch, and laughing when they were not tickled. But that day is all over. Stokley Carmichael talking to students at FAMU, 1967

7. The Man The Activist The Dream that Became a Legend

10. Now let us maintain unity. ♫ “ We ♪ gotta get up, get out, ♫ get over it, get it on to be strong” ♪ Created by Sis. Melonee D. Griggs – Mid-South Graduate Chapter