83 SOMETHING IS GETTING READY TO HAPPEN IN HISTORY "When you are aware that you are a symbol, it causes you to search your soul constantly to go through this job of self-analysis, to see if you live up to the high and noble principles that people surround you with, and to try at all times to keep the gulf between the public self and the private self at a minimum. One of the prayers that I prayed to God everyday was: 'O God, help me to see myself in my true perspective. Help me, O God. to see that I'm just a symbol of a movement. Help me to see that I'm the victim of what the Germans call a Zeitgeist and that something was getting ready to happen in history. And that a boycott would have taken place in Mont- gomery, Alabama, if I had never come to Alabama. Help me to realize that I'm where I am because of the forces of history and because of the fifty thousand Negroes of Alabama who will never get their names in the papers and in the head lines. O God, help me to see that where I stand today, I stand because others helped me to stand there and because the forces of history projected me there."" MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. Today, we honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - a legacy that included the vision of "the pooling of Black financial resources to achieve economic security," and transforming "powerlessness into creative and positive power." At the Boston Ujima Project, Inc., a Black-led, democratic, mem- ber-run organization, our mission is to return wealth to working-class communities of color. With the addition of our first Businesses We Need investment plan, the Ujima Fund now proudly announces over 330 businesses within our investment pipeline. Scan the QR code to explore our Businesses We Love and Businesses We Need investment plans. The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. www.ujimaboston.com 83 SOMETHING IS GETTING READY TO HAPPEN IN HISTORY " When you are aware that you are a symbol , it causes you to search your soul constantly to go through this job of self - analysis , to see if you live up to the high and noble principles that people surround you with , and to try at all times to keep the gulf between the public self and the private self at a minimum . One of the prayers that I prayed to God everyday was : ' O God , help me to see myself in my true perspective . Help me , O God . to see that I'm just a symbol of a movement . Help me to see that I'm the victim of what the Germans call a Zeitgeist and that something was getting ready to happen in history . And that a boycott would have taken place in Mont- gomery , Alabama , if I had never come to Alabama . Help me to realize that I'm where I am because of the forces of history and because of the fifty thousand Negroes of Alabama who will never get their names in the papers and in the head lines . O God , help me to see that where I stand today , I stand because others helped me to stand there and because the forces of history projected me there . " " MARTIN LUTHER KING , JR . Today , we honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King , Jr. - a legacy that included the vision of " the pooling of Black financial resources to achieve economic security , " and transforming " powerlessness into creative and positive power . " At the Boston Ujima Project , Inc. , a Black - led , democratic , mem- ber - run organization , our mission is to return wealth to working - class communities of color . With the addition of our first Businesses We Need investment plan , the Ujima Fund now proudly announces over 330 businesses within our investment pipeline . Scan the QR code to explore our Businesses We Love and Businesses We Need investment plans . The Autobiography of Martin Luther King , Jr. www.ujimaboston.com