A powerful speech. That he gave it the night before he was murdered is chilling. It is good to take a moment today to reflect on what he accomplished and what he fought for.
Dr. King was a man. While we should respect what he accomplished, we should deal honestly with his history. He had is failings and hardly perfect. I do not really care about his personal failings--that was an issue for him and his family. While I understood his advocacy for equity, he was wrong in opposing economic liberty. Still, what he accomplished was amazing and he is that rare transformational figure in history.
Update: Chickenlittle suggested this too. Good song.
Update II: Instapundit with link on economic equality.
I was only 8 the night he was killed. I remember my dad hearing it on a transistor radio tat he listened to while taking a bath after work. 1968 was an awful year. Bobby Kennedy was killed later the same summer.
ReplyDeleteHere's a sound track for your post: link. It's not the original Dion version but it's a nice cover.