In Memoriam of MLK

Forty years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, TN. In reflecting on his death and the progress of healing in our country David Brooks wrote today in the NY Times: "Progress has been slow. Nearly a third of American high school students don’t graduate (half in the cities). Seventy percent of African-American kids are born out of wedlock. Poverty rates in Memphis have scarcely dropped."

I offer a glimpse of his most famous speech for our reflection...