What Would Martin Luther King, Jr. Say Today?
He'd no doubt be impressed and probably distressed, too
It has been 50 years since Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke the iconic words “I have a dream” in a speech delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. This speech encapsulates all that Dr. King spent his adult life fighting for: equality for all black men and women in America. Dr. King is in the extraordinary company of only a handful of men and women in this country whose words are more indelible and meaningful including Presidents John F. Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln. It does not take a scholarly person to see that these three men were vastly different yet the same in so many ways. All believed in serving the people. All believed in hard work and self-reliance. All believed in making America a better place to live and prosper for …
