Today marks the 40th year since Dr. Martin Luther King was cowardly gunned down in Memphis. He was truly an ambassador for love and peace for ALL. His dream was to see his people live in a place full of peace and harmony untied as one. To experience a society not divided by race, color, or creed, but rather united as one whole body. Dr. King lived his live by this philosophy and died trying to make it a reality for EVERYONE. His legacy lives on, and we recognize his continued struggle that is still ongoing throughout our country. With that being said, I have asked myself, “Would Dr. King be proud of what his dream has become today?”
Would Dr. King be proud to see more violence committed amongst his own people? Would Dr. King be proud of many “Civil Rights Leaders” using his name as a stepping stone for their own political careers? Would Dr. King be proud of over 118 all black university and colleges in the USA? Would Dr. King be proud to see that the most segregated hour in America occurs on Sunday mornings? Would Dr. King be proud that the demographics of this country still has not one….NOT ONE 50/50 split of blacks and whites living amongst themselves? Would Dr. King be proud to see the blacks and whites only march united as one to oppose a war? Would Dr. King shake his head in disappoint as to what his “Dream” as become today? Is this really what Dr. King spoke of when he said,
“I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will they be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood”
“This is the faith that I go back to the South with. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day."
"Let freedom ring. And when this happens, and when we allow freedom ring—when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children—black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics—will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual: "Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!”
I believe that yes, Dr. King fought for the equal rights of Blacks, but his “Dream” was to see HIS people be untied as one. HIS people were all of us…..Whites and Blacks. At no time did Dr. King want his people to be divided and segregated, but that is what we have done. All of us has still chosen to look at one and judge that person first, based on their race, rather by their character. We as a nation should be ashamed as to letting Dr. King’s “Dream” be diminished to political jargon rather than a pedal stool for peace and love for humanity. Let us remember and celebrate Dr. King legacy not by quoting old sermon lines and speeches, but rather putting his “Dream” into action. He died fighting for this “Dream” so the least we could do would be to let his “Dream” become our reality, for us and our childrens children.
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