..and I”m taking a long weekend, myself.
With that in mind, I’ll urge you to listen, as I do this time every year, to Reverend King’s final, and in some ways most iconic, speech, “I’ve Been To The Mountaintop”.
“I Have A Dream”, full of vigor and hope, gets all the headlines; “Mountaintop” is both more sober and more expansive; it focuses on the stump-pulling work of the battle for civil rights. It has lessons for those who fight for all civil rights.
As always, the whole thing is worth a listen.
I’m always struck by the historical memories evidenced by speakers such as Dr. King. Amen.
King no more deserves celebration that Washington, Lincoln, etc.
Yesterday was a King lovefest on lilly-white NPR.
King wanted the US to live up to its creed and its promise. Lefties want to throw all that in the trash and start again at Year Zero.