Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Today politicians and preachers will give grand speeches extolling Dr. King's virtues and philosophies. They will quote lines from his I Have a Dream speech. They will speak of his success as the leader of a movement for black equality.
I hope they remember that Dr. King's dreams and visions extended beyond the boundaries of color and race, that he wasn't a leader only of black Americans, but of all citizens.
He dreamed of a greater America, a nation where differences were celebrated, not condemned. A nation that would "rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.' "
Amen, Dr. King. Amen.
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