Martin Luther King

And I’ve seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land.-Martin Luther King, Jr Forty years ago Dr King was shot and killed by James Earl Ray. My Mom was not a fan of Martin Luther King, Jr-she would always maintain that he was nothing but a womanizer. Like President Kennedy, Dr King left life and entered mythology instantaneously. If there was anything bad about the man, it was forgiven, forgotten, or flatly denied. The man hardly matters now, it…

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Martin Luther King, Jr Day

We cannot walk alone.And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead.We cannot turn back.Martin Luther King, Jr In the first season of Boondocks, there was an episode called The Return of The King. The story was What Would Martin Luther King Do? This show was brilliant in all respects. Would a soft spoken, peace loving Christian that used Gandhi as a role model fit in with gansta rappers and Oprah’s favorite things? Well, not so much. From time to time I talk about Micheal Vick, and when I do I get a few…

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