Mermaid Oshun
01-19-2014, 12:55 PM
Well, in honor of MLK birthday tomorrow, I thought I start a thread commemorating him and his humanitarian works.
I never really thought about MLK much although he gave his life to help many to enjoy life without segregation and discrimination. I do recall the great controversy over many states refusing to recognize his birthday as a national holiday. It literally took 35 years of legal fights post humously for the holiday to be approved as many states protested.
Well what MLK's Bd means for me is I will not have to ride on the back of a bus, be denied entry into restaurants, have separate drinking fountains and I can buy a home in whatever neighborhood my money can afford! When my mother was a little girl she did have to sit on the back of buses and was often spit on in the street. So I will take a few moments tomorrow and meditate on the struggles of this great man that cost him his life to an assassin's bullet, and the impact his life struggles have had on our modern society.
What if anything can you appreciate about MLK's bday?
I never really thought about MLK much although he gave his life to help many to enjoy life without segregation and discrimination. I do recall the great controversy over many states refusing to recognize his birthday as a national holiday. It literally took 35 years of legal fights post humously for the holiday to be approved as many states protested.
Well what MLK's Bd means for me is I will not have to ride on the back of a bus, be denied entry into restaurants, have separate drinking fountains and I can buy a home in whatever neighborhood my money can afford! When my mother was a little girl she did have to sit on the back of buses and was often spit on in the street. So I will take a few moments tomorrow and meditate on the struggles of this great man that cost him his life to an assassin's bullet, and the impact his life struggles have had on our modern society.
What if anything can you appreciate about MLK's bday?