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Day for a King

What to see and do to remember the life of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

By Raina Kelley | Newsweek Web Exclusive
Jan 13, 2007 | Updated: 11:46  a.m. ET Jan 16, 2008

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  • Posted By: Mwalimu @ 01/21/2008 11:53:41 PM

    Comment: Our society is obsessed with power. Of all the thinkers in human history, no one defines power better than Dr. Martin Luther King???
    ??? There is nothing wrong with power if power is used correctly. You see, what happened is that some of our philosophers got off base. And one of the great problems of history is that the concepts of love and power have usually been contrasted as opposites - polar opposites - so that love is identified with a resignation of power, and power with a denial of love.
    It was this misinterpretation that caused Nietzsche, who was a philosopher of the will to power, to reject the Christian concept of love. It was the same misinterpretation of power that induced Christian theologians to reject the Nietzschean philosophy of the will to power in that name of the Christian idea of love. Now, we???ve got to get this thing right. What is needed is a realization that power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands in the way of love.???
    These words might serve as the litmus test as to who is fit to lead our country.
    The best way to honor Dr. King is to make his dream come true.

  • Posted By: Mwalimu @ 01/21/2008 11:52:16 PM

    Comment: We need to reassert our position as leader of the word by following these words by Dr. King:
    ??? America, the richest and most powerful nation in the word, can
    well lead the way in this revolution of values. There is nothing to prevent us from paying adequate wages to schoolteachers, social workers, and other servants of the public to ensure that we have the best available personnel in these positions which are charged with the responsibility of guiding our future generations. There is nothing but a lack of social vision to prevent us from paying an adequate wage to every American citizen whether he be a hospital worker. laundry worker, maid, or day laborer. There is nothing except short- sightedness to prevent us from guaranteeing an annual minimum - and liveable - income to every American family. There is nothing, except a tragic death wish, to prevent us from reordering our priorities, so that the pursuit of peace will take precedence over the pursuit of war. There is nothing to keep us from remodeling a recalcitrant status quo with bruised hands until we have fashioned it into brotherhood. (From ???Where do we go from here????)
    This needs to be the backbone of our domestic policy.

  • Posted By: Mwalimu @ 01/21/2008 11:51:33 PM

    Comment: We need to reassert our position as leader of the word by following these words by Dr. King:
    ??? America, the richest and most powerful nation in the word, can
    well lead the way in this revolution of values. There is nothing to prevent us from paying adequate wages to schoolteachers, social workers, and other servants of the public to ensure that we have the best available personnel in these positions which are charged with the responsibility of guiding our future generations. There is nothing but a lack of social vision to prevent us from paying an adequate wage to every American citizen whether he be a hospital worker. laundry worker, maid, or day laborer. There is nothing except short- sightedness to prevent us from guaranteeing an annual minimum - and liveable - income to every American family. There is nothing, except a tragic death wish, to prevent us from reordering our priorities, so that the pursuit of peace will take precedence over the pursuit of war. There is nothing to keep us from remodeling a recalcitrant status quo with bruised hands until we have fashioned it into brotherhood. (From ???Where do we go from here????)
    This needs to be the backbone of our domestic policy.

  • Posted By: Mwalimu @ 01/21/2008 11:49:57 PM

    Comment: The media is full of chatter about the wonders of the global economy. Dr King was particularly prescient about globalization:
    ???A true revolution of values will soon look uneasily on the glaring contrast of poverty and wealth. With righteous indignation, it will look at thousands of working people displaced from their jobs with reduced incomes as a result of automation while the profits of employers remain intact, and say ???This is not just.??? It will look across the oceans and see individual capitalist of the West investing huge sums of money in Asia, Africa, and South America, only to take the profits out with no concern for the social betterment of these countries and say,???This is not just.???
    ... A true revolution of values will lay hands on the world order and say of war,???This way of settling differences is not just.???
    We need to remember these words whenever we negotiate trade treaties. We need to revise all of the rules of the World Bank, IMF, and NAFTA with these ideals in mind.


  • Posted By: Mwalimu @ 01/21/2008 11:47:58 PM

    Comment: Americans need to be aware of what Dr. King said about America???s destiny
    ???One Day we will have to stand before the God of history and we will talk in terms of things we have done. Yes, we will be able to say we built gargantuan bridges to span the seas, we built gigantic building to kiss the skies. Yes, we made our submarines to penetrate the oceanic depths. We brought into being many other things with our scientific and technological power.
    It seems to me I hear the God of history saying, ???That was not enough! But I was hungry and ye fed me not. I was naked and ye clothed me not. I was devoid of a decent sanitary house to live in and ye provided no shelter for me. And consequently, you cannot enter the kingdom of greatness. If ye do it to the least of these, my brethren, ye do it until me.??? That???s the question facing America today. (From the speech, ???Remaining Awake through a Social Revolution.???)
    We need to remember these words this year as we vote.

  • Posted By: Mwalimu @ 01/21/2008 11:46:46 PM

    Comment: Religion is a constant political issue. In fact, the Republicans affixed the cross of Jesus to the speaker???s podium at the 2004 Republican convention to show what faith they favored. Let???s see how Republican practices square with what Martin Luther King had to say.
    ???Dives didn???t go to Hell because he was rich; Dives didn???t realize that his wealth was his opportunity. It was his opportunity to bridge the gulf that separated him from his brother, Lazarus. Dives went to hell because he passed by Lazarus every day and never really saw him. He went to hell because he allowed his brother to become invisible. Dives went to hell because he maximized the minimum and minimized the maximum. Indeed Dives went to hell because he sought to be a conscientious objector in the war against poverty. (From ???Remaining Awake through a Great Revolution.???)

  • Posted By: Mwalimu @ 01/21/2008 11:46:19 PM

    Comment: A prevailing political attitude is the glorification of greed and selfishness. Here???s what Martin Luther King had to say about that attitude;
    ???All life is interrelated. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality: tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. As long as there is poverty in this world, no man can be totally rich even if he has a billion dollars. As long as diseases are rampant and millions of people cannot expect to live more than twenty or thirty years, no many can be totally healthy, even if he just got a clean bill of health from the finest clinic in America. Strangely enough, I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. You can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be. This is the way the world is made. (Sermon.. ???The American Dream.???)

  • Posted By: Mwalimu @ 01/21/2008 11:45:35 PM

    Comment: To commemorate Dr. King, I decided to include one of my favorite quotes.
    We are facing an election. Let???s judge the candidates by how the square with these words.
    ??? I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality, and freedom for their spirits. I believe that what self-centered men have torn down, other centered men can build up. I still believe that one day mankind will bow before the alters of God and be crowned triumphant over war and blood shed, and nonviolent redemptive good will shall proclaim the rule of the land..??? (From the ??? Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech.???)
    We ought to elect people who adhere to this ideal.

  • Posted By: Stan A @ 01/21/2008 10:07:00 PM

    Comment: MLK would not have stood still for the resegregation of urban America, the poverty of urban education, the denial of access to health care, the abuse of immigrants, the separation of rich and poor and America's continued faith in violence as the solution to problems at home and abroad. Most of the people he cared most above, janitors and other contingent, low wage workers, get nothing from his holiday. The content of our characters has not been real great either.

  • Posted By: 1122minus911 @ 01/21/2008 8:46:56 PM

    Comment: I have and crushed evil with my good as a (recover"ED"ing) Catholic catholic agnostic Buddhist doing good for no bad reasons the least of which my eternal salvation God if she does exist will shine decently though recently upon all such alike

  • Posted By: rcjorgensen @ 01/21/2008 8:19:29 PM

    Comment: When the day comes that people vote for Love, then you will know change.
    Love Rules
    www.rcjorgensen2008.com

  • Posted By: lmb52 @ 01/21/2008 6:48:09 PM

    Comment: A "Day on, not a day off" see http://www.mlkday.gov/about/why/index.asp

  • Posted By: lmb52 @ 01/21/2008 6:36:10 PM

    Comment: I wish this article would have highlighted "DO" as another thing to do on this day. I think Dr. Martin Luther King Jr would like to see people coming together in service toward others. "Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'"

  • Posted By: Morelove @ 01/21/2008 4:02:34 PM

    Comment: we need to search ourselves get in alignment with the word of God .
    Dr Kings foundation stood first on the word of God , the teachings of Jesus Christ ,through the Holy Spirit
    He had compassion for all people

  • Posted By: Duck Soup @ 01/21/2008 3:58:14 PM

    Comment: Here's what Dr. King would want - he would want the electorate to be informed about the candidates they are voting for. Unfortunately, I don't think most people - especially those not on the Internet - really have thought through what Hillary Clinton is about and the choices she has made. Place your vote as to whether you think the voters are informed and read some more commentary on this topic, for whatever it's worth: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/1/21/05324/1674/39/440324http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/1/21/05324/1674/39/440324

  • Posted By: Cam95 @ 01/21/2008 3:56:39 PM

    Comment: Everyone needs to watch oprah today. She is highlighting the civil rights movement. Maybe some of non believers could learn something.

  • Posted By: huskyowner @ 01/21/2008 3:30:00 PM

    Comment: Civil Rights Martyr or Communist? Don't let the main stream media make the call for you....
    On Labor Day, 1957, a special meeting was attended by Martin Luther King and four others at a strange institution called the Highlander Folk School in Monteagle, Tennessee. The Highlander Folk School was a Communist front, having been founded by Myles Horton (Communist Party organizer for Tennessee) and Don West (Communist Party organizer for North Carolina). The leaders of this meeting with King were the aforementioned Horton and West, along with Abner Berry and James Dumbrowski, all open and acknowledged members of the Communist Party, USA. The agenda of the meeting was a plan to tour the Southern states to initiate demonstrations and riots.

    • Posted By: Seronac @ 01/21/2008 21:41:01

      Comment: Yes, he was also a Communist, and it seems that a great deal of his doctoral dissertation was plaigiarized. Although he was a great orator and had a wonderful dream, the more I learn of the man, the less I respect him. He was not a great as this day makes him out to be, and he certainly doesn't deserve a holiday in his honor. I suspect that this holiday has more to do with black racism than with commemoration. Again, this day should be to remind us of the cost and rewards of human rights, not the life of hypocrites.

      • Posted By: Seronac @ 01/21/2008 21:44:57

        Comment: Sorry, I meant "lives of hypocrites."

        (Sometimes the clicking finger is quicker than the inner editor.)

  • Posted By: beanheadthecat @ 01/21/2008 3:02:00 PM

    Comment: Since Hispanics (and I'm just counting the legal ones) are now the largest minority in the U.S., maybe we should make Cinco de Mayo a federal Holiday.
    Two things, 1122minus911: English 101 and therapy.

  • Posted By: Cazatirano @ 01/21/2008 3:01:36 PM

    Comment: "Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree." --- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

    The people of Venezuela and the Cuban exile community in Miami, in support of the political prisoners in both nations, commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day by carrying on his legacy of promoting, through peaceful means, freedom and equal rights for all. On January 15th, two trees were planted in Dr. King's honor, one in Miami, Florida and one in Caracas, Venezuela. Further, on January 26th at 4:30 p.m. at Riverside Park, Miami, Florida, there will be another tree planting event. If you wish to learn more about these events or other events planned for the near future, you can visit www.amavex.org or www.rutadepaz.org.

  • Posted By: Cazatirano @ 01/21/2008 3:01:11 PM

    Comment: "Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree." --- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

    The people of Venezuela and the Cuban exile community in Miami, in support of the political prisoners in both nations, commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day by carrying on his legacy of promoting, through peaceful means, freedom and equal rights for all. On January 15th, two trees were planted in Dr. King's honor, one in Miami, Florida and one in Caracas, Venezuela. Further, on January 26th at 4:30 p.m. at Riverside Park, Miami, Florida, there will be another tree planting event. If you wish to learn more about these events or other events planned for the near future, you can visit www.amavex.org or www.rutadepaz.org.

  • Posted By: creed01 @ 01/21/2008 2:56:14 PM

    Comment: Today, and other special days like this try to think of someone who dies so that others may live. If you don't want to think about Martin Luther King, Jr. then think of others that have lived this courageous life. There are many, too many to mention in my comments. Then think of your life and the opportunity you have to live so that others may live and use these thoughts as gifts to everyone you can.

  • Posted By: 1122minus911 @ 01/21/2008 2:55:22 PM

    Comment: we have terrorism cause peace is too expensive for any military especially the biggest and till someone creates a way to make more money than paranoia building destroying and rebuilding they aren't going to give it up, the O.W.O. bush was GHWB was in charge of the assassin teams at the university of Miami in '62 and typed a letter he took to dq hoover on te 23rd claiming he and his renagade cuban assassins had nothing to do with JFKs killing but research has shown bush stole well his handlers did the election a modern day assassination they got rid of JFK jr knowing not to wait till hes elected or running ass the case s in the pantry and the altered motorcade route with their cia fbi patsy

  • Posted By: Cam95 @ 01/21/2008 2:55:01 PM

    Comment: I agree with watchingbays: Also, I had a few words that was incorrect in my last post. it should have read:

    Comment: Who did Dr. King have the affair(s) with? Because I have never heard any of these stories that was actually have any proven facts to support these allegations. Sorry!!

  • Posted By: watchingbays @ 01/21/2008 2:32:10 PM

    Comment: Goodtalk, mr.blueeyes

  • Posted By: solitary_dragon @ 01/21/2008 2:25:38 PM

    Comment: Reading through some of these posts it kind of makes me sad how few remember or follow Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream and beliefs. Ignorance cannot be fought with ignorance. Hate cannot be fought with hate. There are people on here making comments that are cruel, outdated, and demonstrate a lack of both education and good-breeding. But while every fiber of my being wants to tell them where to go and just how to get there, that's not what this day is about. Martin Luther King Jr. said "Returning violence for violence only multiplies violence, adding a deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars."

    Let them make their hateful comments. But don't return in like. You're only feeding the hate and helping that endless spiral into ignorance. As the great cartoonist, Ashleigh Brilliant, once wrote "Be kind to unkind people, they probably need it the most."

    So, to all of those whose opinions are not considered politically correct in this day and age, I have only to say to you, "I appreciate and respect your opinions and thank you for sharing but cannot under any circumstances agree with you and still claim to be an intelligent person. Have a happy Martin Luther King Jr. day!"

    And to everyone else, use the hatemongers' comments as an opportunity to practice the peacefulness and patience that MLK Jr. so aptly demonstrated. Don't be the kindling to their fire.

  • Posted By: Cam95 @ 01/21/2008 2:10:05 PM

    Comment: Who did Dr. King has the affair(s) with? Because I have never any of these stories that was actually have any proven facts to support these allegations. Lets be for real. I dont know of any one who is perfect but GOD. Its so convenient for individuals to point out fictional information but dont try diminish what he meant to millions of people in this nation. We dont put down Lincolon or Washington so why put down MLK? Wait hold up.. Dont forget that Jefferson slept with a slave and a child was conceived. Surely, you didnt mention him? If you have proven facts, please provide links. Thanks!!!

    • Posted By: Seronac @ 01/21/2008 22:02:42

      Comment: Just do a Google search on "Martin Luther King" adultery, and you'll find plenty.

      Yes, it's true that Jefferson conceived a child with one of his slaves, but he didn't call himself "Reverend", either.

    • Posted By: Seronac @ 01/21/2008 21:27:58

      Comment: Just do a Google search on "Martin Luther King" adultery, and you'll find plenty.

      Yes, it's true that Jefferson conceived a child with one of his slaves, but he didn't call himself "Reverend", either.

  • Posted By: panky_2002 @ 01/21/2008 2:01:01 PM

    Comment: Comment: I am Filipino Citizen residing at San Pedro Laguna Philippines and a law graduate of Lyceum of the Philippines. I know the contribution of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to America's society. He made a truly heroic efforts to save black Americans during the "seggregation era" from all forms of cruelty whether it be racial or otherwise. So please commemorate and remember his deeds not just today and until his idealogies and aspirations are ingested by mankind. FSL

    • Posted By: 1122minus911 @ 01/21/2008 14:12:27

      Comment: you show the promise of principal an which this land like all lands belong to all and as Hemingway said "travel is the fatality of all prejudice" that anyone can be american fleeing class religious and economic oppression was the idea and that they may very well be better than those born on this bit of earths dirt as evidenced bysome idiot s here today on this small planet we all breath t he same air

  • Posted By: Seronac @ 01/21/2008 1:59:48 PM

    Comment: While MLK was a great man who did a lot of good, he was also an adulterer and had other faults. I believe the emphasis on MLK is unfair and unwarranted. There are many other people who have done just as much for civil rights and for the improvement of the world: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and all the rest of the founding fathers, as well as Susan B. Anthony, W.E.B DuBois, Mark Twain, Ghandi, and many others. I don't view this as Martin Luther King, Jr. day, but as Civil Rights Day--THAT's what's important, not just MLK.

    So, catch a clue, people. Get an unbiased view of history and world. Also, those who call for the death of racists are just as bad as the racists themselves, and probably are also racist. Anyone who says they are against racism and yet promotes one race of people over another is a hypocrite, and a foul human being.

    And, third point: Whenever you post a comment online that is riddled with misspellings, poor grammar, weak and juvenile arguments, name-calling and other demonstrations of ignorance, you just undermine your cause and make yourself look stupid. Pay attention to what you're doing and give some thought to your actions, you may find yourself speaking, acting and thinking differently, and, at the very least, you and your arguments will garner more respect and thought everywhere you go.

    • Posted By: betaandsigma @ 01/22/2008 02:37:45

      Comment: Then y do u even waste your time dealing with this topic? Go out and do something great...U must not have anything better to do...Silly little man...

  • Posted By: 1122minus911 @ 01/21/2008 1:56:31 PM

    Comment: and whats the better option making love as mlk and jfk or war ???????????but infidelity of womens over charged sex drives will cause releasing their inner monster and its huge as we a see their even being gay for a day per say just to get more even though they are not also to arose mens x-factor being haf weemen them to cheat on the haters making them want to go to war and kill the better lovers just like they wanted to fight as kids and girls tried to make them playing on and to theor weaknesses

  • Posted By: jglord @ 01/21/2008 1:53:36 PM

    Comment: What has and what does the dream mean to me.
    His dream was for equality of all ; each standing together; race colr creed were to mean nothing. I never heard him refer to himself as an African nor as a black man but as a man with a dream. He sought for and led a fight for sameness not for separation but for integration. that dream can be realized if even one person is marginalized or looked on as different. He fought against the differences and celebrated the sameness of all men.

  • Posted By: aelt15aelt @ 01/21/2008 1:49:21 PM

    Comment: I read your comment. You lack the sense that we celebrate Washington B-day in February. What planet are you from, we ( African Americans, not blacks ) talk about Abraham Lincoln. We study about him. I study about him in my African American History class. We hold a day for Abraham Lincoln. We even hold a day for Columbus and he is consider a thief.

  • Posted By: Blueeyes @ 01/21/2008 1:48:39 PM

    Comment: I respect Dr. King so much for all he did for this nation. He had a vision, and while we are not quite to the point of fulfililng his vision in it's entirity, we have come many steps closer. I believe that everyone on this site needs to stop pointing fingers at each other. It seems like some people want to take steps backwards, and all we can do to help this nation be a better one is to take steps forwards. There are white people who are still racist, and there are black people who are under the assumption that every white person hates them and to think that way is very nieve. Do we ALL have prejudices? Yes, but we can't let that blurr the big picture that Dr. King saw...everyone living side by side in peace. We all are accountable for ourselves and our own actions. We can't be accountable for someone else's thoughts and actions. Times have changed and the negativity that people still put out...even on here...towards whites and blacks needs to end. It isn't right. So if you truly do want to remember the Dr. King and all he stood for, think about how he stood for it. He didn't preach hate or do harmful things to people. Look at yourself...how do you want to be remembered?

    • Posted By: 1122minus911 @ 01/21/2008 22:57:24

      Comment: he was as I one of the greatest humans to ever live but unlike he and JFK i turned down thousands of cheating attractive women for weemen

  • Posted By: sarascranton @ 01/21/2008 1:42:07 PM

    Comment: I MISS HIM.

  • Posted By: watchingbays @ 01/21/2008 1:33:44 PM

    Comment: I believe you are myopic,I recomend an optician(Love and you'll see better)

  • Posted By: jessenarvaez @ 01/21/2008 1:28:35 PM

    Comment: Definintion of a Hero: Martin Luther King and what he stood for.! If there were to be more men or women like him, I believe this country would be a better nation.

  • Posted By: 1122minus911 @ 01/21/2008 1:24:48 PM

    Comment: calling all racists please call Dr. Kevorkian immediately 1(900 doc-tor k for people to have 3.99 a minute go to charities while their put on hold and 1 800 doc-tor K to be executed immediately

  • Posted By: 1122minus911 @ 01/21/2008 1:20:47 PM

    Comment: chynarose and all my brothers and sisters that are my neighbors no matter how far we apologize for these disgraceful non persons that don't belong to humanity with heads of pins having more intelligence than their pinheads and they were obviously molested by their Ivy leagueless backwater upcountry rolled in dough dead cake creators that their are more educated fools than fools educated to drive over their breathless lifeless worthlessness with my superduty would dirty my tires and they would disintegrate from the corrosive essence

  • Posted By: cddear @ 01/21/2008 1:15:16 PM

    Comment: You all make me sick...You have no idea what the blacks went through in the civil rights fight...Even I was only a baby then, but I am smart enough to know that Dr. King was a great man...The struggles of the blacks during that time were horrific at worst and humiliating at the least, all because of people who were too ignorant and insecure and evil to know any better...People who called themselves Christians...
    I think society has made huge strides towards racial equality since then, due in no small part to Dr. King's efforts...My family is from Mississippi, and I chose to attend college there, even though I grew up in Washington D.C...Granted, racism can still be found there today, as it can in many areas of the U.S., although it is not as overtly expressed, and not as accepted...And much of what does still exist is simply ignorance passed down from generation to generation...I am now living in Washington, DC again, attending graduate school at Georgetown University, and here too, there is still a definite social class division unfavorable to blacks...For the most part, however, I think today's society values education and perseverence and integrity, no matter what color you are...On the flip side, if you act like an idiot, you will be treated like an idiot, no matter what color you are...
    Dr. King's efforts gave a voice and a face to the black struggle...His message was about hope, strength, and a belief in the overall goodness of people...The holiday isn't about celebrating a man, as much as it is about celebrating what he stood for...

    • Posted By: 1122minus911 @ 01/21/2008 13:38:51

      Comment: thanks I have and will always fight the fight people say they admire my freedumb as I rejected the society swinger most will sell their "soullessness" to be a part of, believing as they do and perhaps correctly is no GOd but "g.o.d." geniuses of decency as jfk said gods work must truly be our own

  • Posted By: cddear @ 01/21/2008 1:13:03 PM

    Comment: You all make me sick...You have no idea what the blacks went through in the civil rights fight...Even I was only a baby then, but I am smart enough to know that Dr. King was a great man...The struggles of the blacks during that time were horrific at worst and humiliating at the least, all because of people who were too ignorant and insecure and evil to know any better...People who called themselves Christians...
    I think society has made huge strides towards racial equality since then, due in no small part to Dr. King's efforts...My family is from Mississippi, and I chose to attend college there, even though I grew up in Washington D.C...Granted, racism can still be found there today, as it can in many areas of the U.S., although it is not as overtly expressed, and not as accepted...And much of what does still exist is simply ignorance passed down from generation to generation...I am now living in Washington, DC again, attending graduate school at Georgetown University, and here too, there is still a definite social class division unfavorable to blacks...For the most part, however, I think today's society values education and perseverence and integrity, no matter what color you are...On the flip side, if you act like an idiot, you will be treated like an idiot, no matter what color you are...
    Dr. King's efforts gave a voice and a face to the black struggle...His message was about hope, strength, and a belief in the overall goodness of people...The holiday isn't about celebrating a man, as much as it is about celebrating what he stood for...

  • Posted By: Do Right @ 01/21/2008 1:12:42 PM

    Comment: I am a black man living in Los Angeles Ca. And i think that we as a people should not have the Parade on Kings birthday, Because there's always Murder's and fight's and thing's of that nature, I feel we can find a some other way's to spend a day loving Martin luther King Jr, Because it should'nt be a day of death on King's Day, He left before telling us to not just love the other man but love are self TOO!!! because right now we Hate!! each other and that's SAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Posted By: Chante307 @ 01/21/2008 1:04:33 PM

    Comment: martin has change my life forever and if it was not for him i would not have this freedom so i thank him and have the up most respect for him happy b-day martin

  • Posted By: chynarose @ 01/21/2008 1:01:30 PM

    Comment: I am a 49 year old African American female with a 13 year old son. I just called him to come an read these comments. I am grateful for the humility of the Irish middle school student a for his/her having the heart to accept respsonsiblity for the horrible crimes of his ancestors against African Americans during the 1960's. My son and I ha've been listening to a musical tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the local Christian radio station and I have been enriched with such a concise account of all of the occurances during the Civil Rights movement. I was a young girl when these things were happening but I remember seeing the sadness on my mother's face and on the faces of other adults in my family at the news of the assassinations of the leaders and of President Kennedy. It is obvious by the comment of Angel4justice, that prejudice and ignorance still exsists in this country. Just ask the French as annick states. By the way, just what is "jig a boo!"? Peace~

  • Posted By: artdeaf @ 01/21/2008 12:57:05 PM

    Comment: I am thankful that Dr. King stood up to make that vision speech, if it wasn't for him the handicapped along with the blacks won't have the opportunity to have jobs or enjoy the freedom that he had mentioned in his speech at the National Capitol, It is not just the blacks but other races and the handicapped, deaf people and others. God gave him the vision and to preach it, and I have great respect for this man of God.
    Renaa

  • Posted By: chubacletus @ 01/21/2008 12:56:13 PM

    Comment: i like what i heard about him and what he did to fight for the course of the poor and opressed but i want to know more about him so can any body send suich information to me my email address is occhuba2004@yahoo.co.uk

  • Posted By: 1122minus911 @ 01/21/2008 12:50:44 PM

    Comment: one of the greatest brain surgeons is tan and at J Hopkins to bad he cannot give lobotomy, if at all possible???????to all self hating racists

  • Posted By: violetglisten @ 01/21/2008 12:49:16 PM

    Comment: I can't believe some people are still racist till this day. It's something that puts the whole human race to shame, honestly what do you think when you say stupid comments like that? I just wish MLK's message spread over the whole world and not just this nation. I hope that MLK remains as a figure of peace and that people still look up to him in the future, I know I will, and I know I'll teach my children about this amazing man too.

  • Posted By: violetglisten @ 01/21/2008 12:48:58 PM

    Comment: I can't believe some people are still racist till this day. It's something that puts the whole human race to shame, honestly what do you think when you say stupid comments like that? I just wish MLK's message spread over the whole world and not just this nation. I hope that MLK remains as a figure of peace and that people still look up to him in the future, I know I will, and I know I'll teach my children about this amazing man too.

  • Posted By: francestfn @ 01/21/2008 12:46:29 PM

    Comment: he was a great man and accomplished many things in his short life. We must make sure that we are not just celebrating one race for one day or month but celebrating the human race everyday

  • Posted By: Canis Lupus @ 01/21/2008 12:44:56 PM

    Comment: I just want to say, Robert E. Lee I just want you all to know that I recently learned that he opposed slavery and the secession of the South from the Union and the only reason why he fought for the south is because he couldn't raise a hand against the region where he was born and raised even if he disagreed with the principles that where common among the south.

  • Posted By: 1122minus911 @ 01/21/2008 12:44:44 PM

    Comment: whether a winter day or a summers eve devil for corruption needs a good douching to its sub hundred IQ

  • Posted By: tinyrabi @ 01/21/2008 12:44:33 PM

    Comment: M.L.K. practiced what he preached, he preached nonvilolence and led nonviolent protest, he preached about unity, and walked with people of every race, gender, and creed. Infact, he was assinated when he was protesting poor wages/treatment for the "AFSCME Local 1733."

    Rosa Parks worked for the NAACP as a seceretary. It was planned that she would get on the bus and refuse to move to the back of the bus. Yes, she along with everyone else who has fought and continues to fight for civil rights should be honored and will be. M.L.K. was assignated when he tried to unite the working and poor class and fight for their civil rights.

    Rose Parks greatly respected M.L.K. and thought that he should be honored by everyone, every where for what he was trying to accomplish.

    " Published Act no.28 of 1997 designated the first Monday following February 4, as Mrs Rosa Parks??? Day in the state of Michigan, her home state. She is the first living person to be honored with a holiday. "
    (http://www.rosaparks.org/bio.html)

    This is what M.L.K. did the night before he was assasinated: "Gave a famous speech. King addressed a group at the Mason Temple in Memphis, giving a long speech in which he talked about the days ahead, and reflected on his life and the times it had been threatened. The speech concluded with the words: "I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over. 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. And I'm happy, tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord." The speech was memorable not just for being his last one, but also because of the eerie way in which it seemed to foretell his own death."
    (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr.)

  • Posted By: francestfn @ 01/21/2008 12:43:37 PM

    Comment: Martin Luther King Jr was a great man He accomplished more in his short live then most do in their whole lives.

  • Posted By: justmythought @ 01/21/2008 12:42:11 PM

    Comment: Angel4justice, I just happened upon this article celebrating a man who lived and died so that we all see each other as people, not as colors. You are a giant leap backward. You have disgraced yourself here. I only wish your picture was next to your name so that everyone knew how ignorant you really are.

  • Posted By: Cam95 @ 01/21/2008 12:40:38 PM

    Comment: You know what, no one here is calling anyone any names except Angel. This is not a forum for name calling it is a forum to express views about this topic.

  • Posted By: betaandsigma @ 01/21/2008 12:40:30 PM

    Comment: U are sad and lonely...are hope u are a girl with a name like angle...u must be ugly.,..

    • Posted By: allyedgar @ 01/21/2008 13:24:02

      Comment: What you fail to realize is that Abraham Linclon was also black if your knew your history there fore you have a lot of nerve and he didnt just free the blacks for the hell of it he did so to help fight a war that you white people love to create because the vast majority of you people are nothing but warmonger since the begining of time you all have raped and pillage every piece of land that you have stepped on because you have nothing of your very own. What great person do have none that I have know of . You take credit for things you had nothing to do with go check your history. allyedgar.

      • Posted By: Seronac @ 01/21/2008 13:41:21

        Comment: "Abraham Lincoln was also black"??? What are you talking about? I'd like to see proof of this statement.

  • Posted By: annick @ 01/21/2008 12:29:42 PM

    Comment: being from africa i know even though we all blacks we know there are bad and good among. me being in the usa i realised people think being black mean u grow up in the ghetto hve poor education level or for a woman u will aways be bitchy to people.u even walk into a store andtheythink uwont be able to afford the things u pickedup the worst is even black people are affraid of balck people we are all humans if blacks are bad that means whites are lso bad i read statistics saying white kids are smarter than blak kids it made me lugh because where i come from nver wil we say wite are smart we african are always been knownas the smarters one ask the french people they will tell u

  • Posted By: inlalaland @ 01/21/2008 12:27:00 PM

    Comment: first and formost this is a day to celebrate a great MAN dont really care what color or religion or what ever, he was a man who wanted to make a difference. I am 23 years old and never lived through the 60's or through black rights or what not, my mother said it wasn't as big a deal in Arizona and Cali where we are from so i guess i can't really understand the animosity between whites and blacks. I am fortunate enough to have lived in an area where there are many races, religions, belifs and coultures. I went to a school that was 65 % hispanic so as a white person i felt like the minority. There was much more hatred coming my way because of my skin color and i could neer really understand this. maybe it makes me ignorant not to be able to comprehend racisim because it never exsitsted in my white family. Id like to say though i am proof that you don't have to be black or hispanic or asian or indian or another race besides white to expereince hatred becouse of the color of your skin. I like King just want a world where we can all get along and love each other for the people we are not the skin we have. God did create us equal, and i just wish and pray that someday will see that. I belive we have come a long way, i mean look at our maybe future presidents, we have a woman and a black man and a morman a hispanic, and a thrice divorced man doesn't that say somthing for our country? Forty years ago that wouldn't have happend, I was sadded to see the pics of the 1st black/white prom in 2007 down south there what the heck in wrong with those people (sorry if your from the south i mean no disrespect) Dont they realize what day in age we live in, guess what there are even interacial couples ,GASP and oh no same sex couples GASP thank god for diversity it would be a totally boring world without it. So to every one lets all together celebrate a great man I would like to belive he'd belive he'd be somewhat pleased with how far we have come.

  • Posted By: annick @ 01/21/2008 12:23:51 PM

    Comment: being from africa i know even though we all blacks we know there are bad and good among. me being in the usa i realised people think being black mean u grow up in the ghetto hve poor education level or for a woman u will aways be bitchy to people.u even walk into a store andtheythink uwont be able to afford the things u pickedup the worst is even black people are affraid of balck people we are all humans if blacks are bad that means whites are lso bad i read statistics saying white kids are smarter than blak kids it made me lugh because where i come from nver wil we say wite are smart we african are always been knownas the smarters one ask the french people they will tell u

  • Posted By: phayd @ 01/21/2008 12:23:17 PM

    Comment: to mike: King was a great man who believed in the equality and freedoms of all people, for you to say that you had nothing to do with opression of any peoples is a stark reminder of the lack of empathy and respect for the man and his ideals, if you do nothing to fight oppression and stand by as it takes place you are as much to blame as anyone. We can all still fight for the basic civil rights that King belived were due to all, we are not as of a yet a perfect color blind country.

  • Posted By: jeanr @ 01/21/2008 12:20:40 PM

    Comment: Yeah we have come so far that true(black). Everything take time. There a good percent of us who trying and there anothere percent of us making that other percent look like we have not accomplish anything. until that other percent could open there eye and see what going on.We trying to become something good and equal on this country. We still have a long way to go.

  • Posted By: betaandsigma @ 01/21/2008 12:17:18 PM

    Comment: how long did it take u to come up with this nonsense...y are u so mad?...are u lacking something in your life?...maybe u need to come here to iraq to help u get your mind right....u sound just like the suicide bomber we picked up last week...

    • Posted By: politicaljunky @ 01/21/2008 12:27:13

      Comment: I guess naming your kid Rumor,or Chasity Cody Carson and all the ridiculous names that are out there make you feel better about judging people Well guess what I think Romney is one of the craziest names I'veevery heard. I guess I'll just throw that one in the trash!!!

  • Posted By: Free at Last @ 01/21/2008 12:17:13 PM

    Comment: January 21, 2008 7:09 am EST

    ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA ??? Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul today issued the following statement reflecting on the struggle for civil rights and the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. :

    ???It is especially fitting that we take the time to reflect on one man???s struggles to defend our Constitutional freedoms during this primary election season. January 15 was the birthday of the great freedom fighter, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and on Monday, we honor him nationwide for his sacrifice and love of liberty for all people.

    ???To me, the timing is more than a coincidence. The American people, regardless of color or creed, have the opportunity to choose a candidate who will uplift the ideals for which Dr. King fought???and died.

    ???The fight for freedom???the preservation of our civil rights???is the fight of our lives. Sadly, after Dr. King???s passing we are faced with a violation of our civil rights in the same vein as Jim Crow: The Patriot Act. I have stood against this and all unconstitutional violations of American???s civil rights, and will continue Dr. King???s charge as President.

    ???Dr. King would be disappointed in our current administration for more than its continued disregard for civil rights, as he stated ???a nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.??? We need to change our interventionist foreign policy, and take care of our brothers and sisters at home. Our nation is in a crisis: we are spending billions on war overseas while those around us are suffering and losing jobs, homes, and hope. It is inexcusable; we must solve the economic crisis at home and bring hope to America.

    ???Dr. King???s heroic actions should resonate with us today, as we recognize that our votes strengthen the fight for our civil rights. Liberty is the true antidote to racism, and freedom-- limited, constitutional government devoted to the protection of individual rights???can uplift us all.???

    Dr. Ron Paul is a ten-term Texas congressman seeking the Republican nomination for President of the United States.

  • Posted By: watchingbays @ 01/21/2008 12:12:19 PM

    Comment: I strongly believe had Mr.King been white, irrespective of his merit , demerit or whatsoever,He would have been more appreciated and celebrated allover the world simply for his ideas.I have an example; it's a popular belief that Christopher Colombus discovered America ,and I wonder how many millions of people celebrates him till date

  • Posted By: mike1964 @ 01/21/2008 12:11:49 PM

    Comment: I think he was a good man-but not great enough to warrant a legal holiday. By the way, I am white and as far back as my family tree goes, nobody in my family ever owned slaves. So I have nothing to do with oppression.

    • Posted By: nyree3473 @ 01/21/2008 14:29:15

      Comment: WOW, if I had a dollar for everytime I've heard that "my family never owned slaves" comment. MLK had nothing to do with slavery, Einstein. If you learned some history you would know that he fought for the rights of ALL men. He warrants a holiday, because he was a brave individual who fought against many social injustices at a time when our country was becoming increasingly volatile. MLK spoke out against labor issues, poverty, and for the rights of women, yes, women. I am sure you are a good man yourself, mike1964, but understand the history. Not just your own.

    • Posted By: nyree3473 @ 01/21/2008 14:17:30

      Comment: WOW! If I had a dollar for everytime I've heard that "my family never owned slaves" comment. Who gives a crap. MLK had nothing to do with slavery, Einstein. Do you even know why he was a good man? He was an individual who, at such a volatile time in our history, was brave enough to stand up for ALL men; not just Blacks. MLK didn't just speak out on racial injustices, he spoke out on other social issues plagueing America. He fought for fair labor laws, poverty issues, and rights for women as well; yes, women. So mike1964, I am sure you are a good man-but learn your history, MLK did more than just "Have A Dream"

    • Posted By: solitary_dragon @ 01/21/2008 13:55:00

      Comment: MLK Jr. had nothing to do with slavery either. He wasn't fighting for the freedom of slaves, given that they were already "freed", he was fighting for the equality of all people in America. As far as I can trace my family back none of my ancestors were even present in America at the time slavery was still legal and I may not have had anything to do with oppression, but as a woman I know how important MLK Jr. was as his efforts helped pave the way for the feminist movement as well. And he didn't even just speak about equal rights for all people or even just the demolition of oppression, he preached for peace and unity, a brotherhood of man, as well.

      Anyone who believes that Martin Luther King Jr. was a man who spoke out only for the rights of the black community is a fool. He spoke for the rights of all peoples. And for those of you who think that Martin Luther King Jr. day is a day set aside solely to recognize and remember the one man should realize that that is not how MLK Jr. would have wanted it. It's a day to remember all of those, black or white or whatever color you want to assign them, who stood and marched with that man, who stood and listened to his speeches, who believed in what he said, who cried when he died, and still struggle to uphold his beliefs today.

      If gathering up a community of people, a nation of people, and motivating them to rise up from beneath the boots that grind them into the ground and demand the respect and rights that all people deserved and do so in a non-violent manner in a time when violence ran rampant through the streets, if leading a movement that would forever change and alter the course of the USA and the American people, is not enough to warrant a legal holiday than I would like to know what the hell is.

    • Posted By: betaandsigma @ 01/21/2008 12:42:34

      Comment: Go to work and pretend like This is just like every other Monday...u must care since u are on here typing....

    • Posted By: phayd @ 01/21/2008 12:26:47

      Comment: to mike: King was a great man who believed in the equality and freedoms of all people, for you to say that you had nothing to do with opression of any peoples is a stark reminder of the lack of empathy and respect for the man and his ideals, if you do nothing to fight oppression and stand by as it takes place you are as much to blame as anyone. We can all still fight for the basic civil rights that King belived were due to all, we are not as of a yet a perfect color blind country.

  • Posted By: smoore35 @ 01/21/2008 12:07:51 PM

    Comment: i am so thankful for Dr. MLKing for fighting for our freedom. To those that need to be remined of all who fought for our freedom and to keep the legacy going on forever. Thank you...! Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Free at last, free at last . Thank GOD Almighty were Free atlast.....! I am at work but ,you will always be reminded in the work place.

  • Posted By: jeanr @ 01/21/2008 12:03:32 PM

    Comment: Not only he was trying to fight racism, he also was trying to say every one could become or could do great thing. A mind is a terrible thing to waist. Today you see people with so much potential and great will doing nothing. It hurt me seeing thing that ruin someone live. when you look at that person you see he to could accomplish great thing for himself and everybody around him.

  • Posted By: Boyio @ 01/21/2008 12:01:16 PM

    Comment: This is to Leyla_33: You can call me racist all you want but wouldn't that be discriminating?

  • Posted By: Cam95 @ 01/21/2008 12:00:07 PM

    Comment: I dont understand why cant white people acknowledge what they did all those years ago and accept that we have been oppressed but now we as a people(blacks) are able to raise above all of the hatred and live normal lives. Some people talk about Affirmative Action and it has taken away jobs from people who are actually more qualified than others. However, those of us who are educated with AS,BS, MS and other degrees still have a hard time getting jobs. Black people are not asking for handouts, but what we are asking for is the same opportunities as our peers. Even today, when you walk into a store, being a person of color, white people, move as aside like you are poison, like you are going to rob them, or whatever. Personally, I could care less about all of that, but don't disrespect me and you don't even know me. Not all people despite their color is all bad. There are bad people in every facet of people. When are we going to learn to live together and not judge others just because of the color of our skin? When are going to come together as a PEOPLE? We as blacks have a long we to go but we have acheived so much thus far. Also, some comments are talking about us coming together (Blacks) . We are coming together, look at Jena 6. We marched together as a people, that is what Dr. King would have wanted. I don't know about him cheating on his wife, I dont know about him not being smart in college; all I can say is that he gave his life for us:Freedom from being oppressed, to not being hosed down with water guns or beaten when we were not allowed to vote, being able to sit down and eat anywhere we chose, being able to use any bathroom that we chose, etc. Everyday should be an example of our lives, doing good and helping any person of any color. Let us stand for peace, freedom and harmony. Life is too short to be carrying around HATE in our hearts for people we don't even know. I say Let Freedom Ring, TODAY, TOMORROW AND EVERYDAY.

    • Posted By: betaandsigma @ 01/21/2008 12:47:10

      Comment: U seem to be upset...if u are so much better then us...then y are u paying so much attention to us? Go burn a cross or something...make yourself useful....

    • Posted By: Canis Lupus @ 01/21/2008 12:34:37

      Comment: Cam95 I am white and even though I don't know if my ancestors have ever owned slaves probably not as we've been poor ever since we came to America, they almost definetly mistreated blacks and for that I apoligize. It makes me sad to hear about all the stereotypes about blacks and I should know what it is like to have a stereotype directed at you because just by looking at me you can tell I am Irish and even thought I'm just in middle school, I have been given extra tests to determine if I've been drinking alchohol just because of the stereotype that all Irish are drunkards and I am irish. anyway I'm getting of track here, I would like to again apoligize for any attacks my ancestors may have commited against blacks

  • Posted By: jewelry guy @ 01/21/2008 11:54:50 AM

    Comment: liberalism gone crazy. Are you serious? The liberals replaced washington day with king day. King wasnt 1/4 the man washington was. Read washingtons story. watch it on history channel. Everything you have you owe to Washington, yet the liberal media does articles like this to promote liberal ideals and promote blacks. Why do you think that so many whites dont like blacks? Its not skin color as the liberal media and blacks want you to believe. We dont like most blacks because of their culture, and the reverse racism we feel from them on a daily basis. It has nothing to do with skin color. Diversity is Perversity. We dont like our children being forced to go to school with them, coming home and "acting black" and wanting to listen to hip hop music. I have small children, they will go to private school just as i did. Affirmative action, giving jobs to less qualified blacks then you wonder why you call a government phone # the service you get is second rate. All the crime the commit on a dialy basis. It is all caused by an obviously overall lower IQ than whites. Black always wanting soemthing for nothing, always complaining about discrimination. Dont name your kids laquisha and teh like and teach them to act white and they can get a job. In a white controlled society you must conform to the society to fit in. When in rome do as the romans do. I know people that manage stores, when tehy see an application with lakisha or quantica or teh like application goes straight to garbage, no interview. It is assumed they must be ghetto. So all you dumb black parents that name your kids that crap all you are doing is hindering them in life.

    • Posted By: betaandsigma @ 01/21/2008 12:22:57

      Comment: are u sending your kids to private school to be terrorist? That is what al-Qaida does...

  • Posted By: 1122minus911 @ 01/21/2008 11:54:39 AM

    Comment: AND mlk WOULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT PRESICANT BUT THE ILLUMINATTI TOOK OVER IN '63LEAVING US ALL TO BE SKULL AND BONES

    • Posted By: Rambo @ 01/21/2008 13:52:19

      Comment: Good God, learn how to spell!

  • Posted By: leyla_33 @ 01/21/2008 11:53:41 AM

    Comment: This is for Boyio.. if Black History was taught in your school , you would understand why we do celebrate this day. And yes, you are so racist he believed in equal rights for all race and he didn't circle out even though we were the minority. My boss is white and he said that we wouldn't get that they off for what. I told him that its my holiday and I will spend it remembering MLK for all he has fought for and accomplish. It is freedom of speech but someone like you I would call a RACIST, RACIST....

  • Posted By: 1122minus911 @ 01/21/2008 11:52:30 AM

    Comment: Lincoln coined littlew boys and Geaorge was a wishy wachy drunik witha $600,00 dallar bar tab JFK was the smartest best intentioned brightest loving President who didnt take his presidental pay although far richer and corrupt mk ultra cia manchurian canidate creaTION burning bushes on the bushy knoll with free shooters at te grassy knoll bar does

  • Posted By: araz @ 01/21/2008 11:49:29 AM

    Comment: Hale all to this day in Memory of a truly great Legacy of Dr.King. I HAD TO WORK TODAY,but i am still reflecting upon the great things Dr.King did that set a trend for us to follow. We thank you and you will never be forgotten.

  • Posted By: Free at Last @ 01/21/2008 11:47:30 AM

    Comment: www.freeatlast2008.com

  • Posted By: araz @ 01/21/2008 11:47:15 AM

    Comment: I am so Thankful for having Dr.King because he is truly a monumental Black American and even though i am at work I am still reflecting upon the great things Dr.king did and am so grateful to be aware of his legacy.

  • Posted By: Free at Last @ 01/21/2008 11:46:58 AM

    Comment: www.freeatlast2008.com

  • Posted By: 1122minus911 @ 01/21/2008 11:46:44 AM

    Comment: we have the same blood almost as cows and pigs though far too many not nearly the intellect

    • Posted By: Rambo @ 01/21/2008 13:51:36

      Comment: You speak from experience.

  • Posted By: drsnobby @ 01/21/2008 11:45:48 AM

    Comment: How do we defeat institutional racism,not racism on a personal note.racism in our schools,courts,housing,jobs,health care,government.how do we deal with this?

  • Posted By: oldbarber @ 01/21/2008 11:45:43 AM

    Comment: Some 40 plus years after MLk delivered his "I have a dream" speech and then gave his life for what he and millions of Americans believe in...it is sad to say that very little of that dream has come to pass. We as Americans honor Dr. Kings sacrifice but the very obsticals that blocked the dream then still today stand in the way of it's fulfillment. Until Christ's acknowledgement that we are all equal in His and each others eyes, that reality of each of us must be judged by the character of our hearts and not by the color of our skin must be our guide in the acceptance and love of all mankind.
    As this political season goes forward, I see and hear racial division defined by news pundants that continue to draw a destinction between the candidates color over what they try to define politacally. There is a great oppertunity now to bring togather a Nation of colorless United people to live and love in harmony the way Dr. King invisioned.
    I am not a man of color by my skin nor in my heart. In my heart I am a man of the belief that this Nation's security is ingrained in the sacrifices made in the battle by Dr. King just as much as the sacrifices made by our soldiers made in the battlefields around the world. Until we accept and love one another, as one people under God, without color of skin, Dr. King's dream for "all" of us will continue to be no more than a speach "I Have A Dream".
    in the battlefields around the world.

  • Posted By: Boyio @ 01/21/2008 11:45:27 AM

    Comment: What we need is more people to realize that he did what he did by starting riots and by getting men and women, black and white killed. Now yes I am white, and no I am not racist, I have had many black friends. But what I am saying is that it perturbs me that he gets a day where the mail doesn't run, and banks close, but it takes the two greatest Presidents of America ever, George Washington, And Abraham Lincoln, to make a holiday. Especially when Abraham Lincoln fought for freedom of the black men and women as well.

    • Posted By: S.A.H.M.3 @ 01/21/2008 12:25:15

      Comment: You are so incredibly ignorant. He was known for his peaceful methods of dealing with what is today looked back as a disgraceful status for our country. Whenever something turned into so-called "riots" it was directly attributed to the atrocities dealt by the predominantly white authority figures of that time. Blacks were left to defend themselves against violent oppositions for exercising not only their god given rights to be treated as equals but for those rights that are outlined in this countries constitution. And by the way, if you have to sit and calculate how many "black friends" you have then the mere fact that there is a calculation involved might indicate a bit of racism on your part. Friends shouldn't be accounted for like in a pie chart (90% white 5% blacks 5% other). Friends are friends in a whole without have to distinguish race, religion, etc. Think about it.

  • Posted By: 1122minus911 @ 01/21/2008 11:42:31 AM

    Comment: NPR missed when they stated dq hoover left prosecution of hate crimes up to southern jurisdictions ast not to expose his agents was exactly the point to asure all whire=te juries would acquit his dastardly dead doers

  • Posted By: wlittle @ 01/21/2008 11:41:59 AM

    Comment: This is a very good article it is good to see this in our nation. It is very SAD that Bill and Hillary Clinton are trying to take our nation back to these times of Segregation and Raceish. I know it won two primaries, but I pray that our nation does not go back to the way they are pushing. We have come a long ways!
    Willis C. Little

  • Posted By: James Dale @ 01/21/2008 11:30:11 AM

    Comment: The best way to honor Dr.King's accomplishments is by teaching our kids,grandkids,family members,friends,community members.............and son to respect every human soul and to avoid bigotry,racism and other forms of dicriminations.Because hatred is cultivated not somthing we are borne with.

  • Posted By: overly_analytical @ 01/21/2008 11:27:54 AM

    Comment: Wow. That's... unbelievable that your son didn't know. I'm very glad to hear that you're going to find a book about Rev. King and his amazing impact on the world that we live in today and teach your some. We need more people like you that are willing to make choices like that.

  • Posted By: 1122minus911 @ 01/21/2008 11:22:51 AM

    Comment: although tanless I cared for thousands of my permanently tanned kinfolk those locked and blocked by tribal group dynamic insecurity self loathing xenophobic schaeden freude will find themselves drowning when their gutless counterpart refuse to save them because they contain nothing more than what is less in them then their four "D" identity dress, drywall, driver