If Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Were Alive Today, What Would His Dream Be For the Future? “So today we have come to cash this new check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice.” - Dr. King, 1963 These powerful words echoed the ears and minds of thousands in Washington D.C. in 1963. Over forty years ago, a strong, resilient young Baptist minister, passionately delivered his desire for the future of American civilization. This man heroically fought against racial injustice and discrimination, which plagued the lives of African Americans during the Civil Rights Movement. This prominent leader diligently reinforced the key principles and values he felt would rescue the American society from the rapid floodwaters of racial injustice. He peacefully protested to remove the mask of fear that shadowed the faces of African American people of all ages. These marked faces belong to those hoping and praying for their life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Dr. Martin Luther King had a dream... BUT What If Dr. King were alive today ????What would his dream be for the future? I think initially he would be speechless and overwhelmed with the great change that is evident in our society. Dr. King would have been at ease of knowing that his children were able - so far- to live in a nation where they were not judged by the color of their skin ; their race but by the content of their character. I know too that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would be deeply humbled and proud of the nation’s first African American president Barack Obama. But the question is , would he be witnessing the new society that fulfills his dreams of unification?? Would he be proud of American policies , roles achiements as The GREAT nation he had dreamed of and let the whole world dream of??? Let this memorial be , a remembrance of where we have come from. Keep the fight for the FULL justice of culture, race ,religion and communities. Do what is needed to make sure that all men and women are created equal, and have a fair opportunity to accomplish everything they seek after in this world. Each new generation holds a responsibility to uphold their fight for freedom and peace in society. If we take these new changes for granted and stop pushing forward towards the PRIZE, then our society will slowly deviate into a backwards track, one without a closure and fulfillment of the original goal and reward of true justice for ALL !!! I leave with you a quote from his “Chaos or Community?” Speech delivered in 1967. “Many of the ugly pages of American history have been obscured and forgotten. America owes a debt of justice, which it has only begun to pay. If it loses the will to finish or slacken in its determination, history will recall its crimes and the country that would be great, will lack the most indispensable element of greatness : Justice.”
Posted on: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 09:27:13 +0000
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