"Dr. Martin Luther King"

Actually I knew Dr. King - spent several hours with him in Harlem in 1964! Dr. King is not the person that Big Al - or JJ make him out to be. He understood how to get things done - and he was not about separate but equal. He was about each of us being color-blind - i.e. a person earns respect - is not entitled to it - that each must do their part to make themselves better - their family better - their home better and therefore their community and nation better. This isn't done by rhetoric but by truth and doing. Yes he did use the media - and everything needful to get people moving. Think about it - that people would see each other as persons - and not just the cultural differences - while those who took over his gains to make this a nation of racism and a renewed version of slavery by ignorance - would not have been his way. c/ork

“Dr. Martin Luther King”

cji

1/20/14

A perspective lost in time

having his identity stolen

much as many greats past

used for political advantage

more to be used for power

not seeking universal love

certainly not to be understood

instead used to destroy

interring the youth of today

generations now enslaved

this was not Dr. King’s way

but those who stole him away

selling their souls for power

pretending to be ministers

parading in racist colors

denying access to any

who disagree with them

leading the children astray

forgetting most his teachings

now taken out of context

as he knew they would be

the Dr. King I knew cries

having his identity stolen

thus lost in time and truth!

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