Born in Atlanta on January 15th 1929 and assassinated in Memphis on April 4th 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a walking, talking paradox and a man who both united and divided much of America, and since January 20th 1986 and the creation of a Martin Luther King Day, millions of Americans are forced to watch him praised across all the major news networks, despite the fact that in far too many respects, he was an anti-American radical in his last years on earth and is unworthy of such a high praise.
I value the idea and sound principles behind Martin Luther King, Jr.’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech and the idea that all children of all colors should be able to live fruitful, productive lives in America, as they are judged on the content of their character and not the color of their skin. And while it should go without saying, most of America would surely agree today that Jim Crow laws and keeping the black people of our country held as second-class citizens had to be ended, at least as a start for America to become a better country and a better society.
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