“I Have A Dream” Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

I Have A Dream1

To Transform National Discord

Into Brotherhood

On this day we commemorate Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.   Take a moment to read about who Dr. King was and what he really stood for in his time that profoundly altered history.  Many today would like to link the current black radical resistance movements to Dr. Kings’ work.  He was for racial equality across economic and social lines, yes, but his platform was Christian and non-violent.  “We must ever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline.  We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence.”… Read the rest

#Pray for America-“I Have A Dream”

I Have A Dream1

To Transform National Discord

Into Brotherhood

This week we commemorate Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  Perhaps Dr. King is most remembered for his famous “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington, D. C.  His words continue to resonate throughout the land.  His dream for unity in this country echoes today when there is catastrophic division being played out on moral, ideological, religious and racial stages throughout our Nation.  These are treacherous times indeed in our land.  Never before has division been so promulgated even from our very White House.  A leader unites.  A leader does not divide.  Dr. King

Read the rest

“I Have A Dream” Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. August 28, 1963

I Have A Dream

Picture from The Everything Martin Luther King Jr. Book by Jessica Mc Elrath

What Dream Do You Hold

In Your Heart?

This week marks the fiftieth anniversary of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington, D. C.  His words continue to resonate throughout the land.  I spent a part of my childhood in the segregated South and saw first-hand the heart wrenching result of the daily denigration of human beings based solely on the color of their skin.  One incident that I remember vividly included my mom and me taking a new baby … Read the rest