Martin Luther King Jr
As I look around I see all these tributes to Martin Luther King Jr. I see the photos hung around of him at the 'Million Man March" and of Dr. King giving his famous "I Have A Dream" speech. Although I am happy to se everyone so aware of this wonderful civil rights leader, I can't help but to wonder how much is everyone becoming aware of? as I said before I see him around in the photos and I see people reciting his famous "I Have A Dream" speech and that is all fine and dandy but what else? We call this week a tribute but what are we really paying tribute to? I'll tell you. We are glorifying the same story over and over again, the same information is just being recycled to a point that makes Dr. King seem like a fairy tale character while who he really was and what he really has done is getting lost in translation. So I vote that we start to educate ourselves and one another on more than just "I Have A Dream". Starting with this, Martin Luther King was Born Michael. He changed his name in his ate teens after a fried of his fathers' told him that he had a the voice and speaking talents of a Martin.
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