If I were still in the classroom, this post would provide considerable teaching material for a unit on Dr. King. I found students are inspired by the work fo great people, including Dr. King, Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, etc. Hans-Georg Gadamer suggested we need images for our imaginations. These people and many others provide such images in times when we do not readily see them.
Why do the good men and women die young? Martin Luther King Jr. knew his death was near. He stood his ground till his last day. The world knew. A man of peace was gone.
About Dr. King
Overview
During the less than 13 years of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s leadership of the modern American Civil Rights Movement, from December, 1955 until April 4, 1968, African Americans achieved more genuine progress toward racial equality in America than the previous 350 years had produced. Dr. King is widely regarded as America’s pre-eminent advocate of nonviolence and one of the greatest nonviolent leaders in world history.
Drawing inspiration from both his Christian faith and the peaceful teachings…
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Great leaders die young because they are murdered so that the status quo can remain in place. The people in charge do not want things to change, so they get rid of those who can bring about that change. Pretty simple really.
That is a sad reality.
He was truly a inspirational person ❣ ❤
He is.
Yes, living in the US, I’ve never lost touch with MLK’s meaning. Those days, once tattooed into memory, are never forgotten by me, at least.
There are people who transcend time and place. MLK is one of them.
Agreed.
Amazing that humans can decide to follow those whose sole purpose is their self serving nature, and the intense gullibility of the average person is astounding.
I cringe when I think of the many that have been assassinated when all they wanted to do was make a better place.
At least the USA and by extension the world has a day to remember a great man.
Good to hear from you George. I agree that remembering aperson and their legacy is essential to the rest of us moving forward. We often confuse self-interest with everyone’s interest. It is the flaw of capitalism, which is grounded in moral philosophy. Our self-interest should be to leave the world “indefinably better” in the words of Wendell Berry and Aristotle.
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A prominent figure in American history. However, the less people know about his personal life the better as per his legacy.
That is probably the case for many famous people.
thanks for sharing this, ivan 🙂
It was a pleasure.
a great man who knowingly stood on the shoulders of giants including Gandhi, Christ, Buddha. A flash of light and inspiration, to be sure.
He was and remains so. He provides the shoulders upon which we can stand.
He was shot on my birthday and so I often think of him.The tragedies of the sixties
That is a difficult way to remember tragedy, but it is always front of mind.
Yes,and John Kennedy was my mum’s birthday..It was a bad time when people we had high hopes for were killed
We need people to follow.