Day for a King

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.

I MISS HIM.

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

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.

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

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

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...

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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

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~

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

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

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

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.