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Lest We Forget.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968
In grade school in Alaska I recall being educated about the civil rights movement and its modern leader, Martin Luther King, Jr. It was my first impression of the civil rights movement as a whole. Martin Luther King, Jr. was my first real impression of good people fighting for respect and dignity. I learned all of this from the perspective of gentility, compassion, and goodness. Only later I did I truly realize the graphic, violent, and cruel side of humanity and its role in civil rights. I feel I was blessed to learn the more compassionate and forgiving side of history through the portrayal of Martin Luther King, Jr., first; as opposed to the more harsh reality of it all. I beleive this induced compassion and truth in myself.
He was not perfect, he was human. More human than most. His ideas and fortitude pushed this country when it needed it the most and wanted it the least. Lest we forget…
