Remembering Dr. King

Today, once again, we honor the legacy of Dr. King. His dream of racial unity is far from complete (sadly, it seems that with a few exceptions, his movement has been running on fumes since his death without a unifying figure and with a repressive political climate), but it's important today to reflect on those who've campaigned and sacrificed toward that goal. I expect a lot of lip service praise from politicians about him today (including those whose current views indicate they would've voted against civil rights laws in the 1960s and/or engaged in the smear campaigns against King), but not much else. Still, we remember him and how far he and the movement came between the time from the Montgomery bus boycott to the tragic day his enemies finally caught up with him in the spring of 1968.

The Seattle Times has a good section/resources on King: Martin Luther King, Jr & The Civil Rights Movement

And this site has an mp3 and text of the 'I have a dream' speech:
Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream"



[AP report on today: Americans Honor Martin Luther King]