Brother Moses goes beyond just vocals
Due to the snow storm during Martin Luther King week, Brother Moses’ plane stacked in Washington DC.
On Tuesday on 1 PM, the famous Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. impersonator could finally held the “Let Freedom Ring” speech in Cornell Auditorium on campus.
Over 150 faculty, staff, students and Joplin community members attended the speeches.
Instead of just repeating Martin Luther King`s powerful words, Moses added explanations, his own convictions and a message of love for the Missouri Southern students and staff.
Dressed in a white training suit and crocodile shoes, Greenfair Moses 111 didn’t seem like the famous fighter for the civil rights movement, but he definitely sounded like Mr. King and preached the same message of love, that King did.
“A falcon, trained for the hunt, wears a hood everytime, otherwise it could see, that other birds are free and he is not and would fly away. That’s what slavery is,” said Moses during one his breaks, in those he explained the meaning of Kings words in the “Let Freedom Ring” speech.
“Bitterness is worse than injustice, it leads to hate. Whatever people do to you, don’t worry about it, love ‘em,” advised Moses.
He said, if King would still be alive, he would probably focus on children.
“I think the battlefield today are children. We recognize today, that many children are slaves for sex, that this is really going on. He would put lots of his power against child abuse or the protection of kids generally,” said Brother Moses.
Moses and his wife sponsor the Langley Oark Boys and Girl Club and he is involved with basketball at all levels. With the money he makes from his performances portraying Dr. King, he provides for the Boys and Girls Club and volunteers as the Club director.
“I basically fund the Boys and Girls with no government grants. We just come out of our pockets with that,” said Moses.
They did receive one grant to repair some cracks in the walls and construction.
“We get the kids off the street and teach them good life lessons. We get on the phone, and we work those phones until we get them scholarships.”
There were times when Moses and his wife would house some of the children. Moses said there were times when they had up to ten kids running around, sleeping in bunk beds.
Moses is certified to coach basketball at multiple levels. He has coached kids who have gone on to play throughout the nation and even in Brasil and Japan.
The last bastion of bigotry Brother Moses spoke concern of was overweight people. It should be important, to deal respectfully with everybody, however he or she would look like or sound like.
“That’s your job, your responsibility. Go out to the world, get as much educated that you can and change the world. Make this place a better place,” said Brother Moses, before he started the last part of his, or better, Kings speech, “in hopes to keep the memory of the great man alive.”
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