[CondoleezzaProtege]

And if...the Almighty said to me, "Martin Luther King, which age would you like to live in?"

....I would go on, even to the great heyday of the Roman Empire. And I would see developments around there, through various emperors and leaders. But I wouldn't stop there.

I would even come up to the day of the Renaissance, and get a quick picture of all that the Renaissance did for the cultural and aesthetic life of man. But I wouldn't stop there.

I would even go by the way that the man for whom I am named had his habitat. And I would watch Martin Luther as he tacked his ninety-five theses on the door at the church of Wittenberg...

But I wouldn't stop there...

- Martin Luther King Jr. "I've Been to the Mountaintop" (April 3, 1968)

[combat_boots]

My favorite speech of his

[Jane Long]

I’m shocked that this is even in the WaPo.

[jocon307]

I never knew this until very recently, when my Pastor told us. I was so surprised, and surprised I had never known.

Good piece, largely avoids tendentiousness, which is refreshing to see in the WaPo. I never knew MLK Jr. said those words right before his death, either. RIP.

Thanks for posting this!

[grey_whiskers]

Now do Moochelle.

[MinuteGal]

Lest we forget, MLK was a communist who, along with his admirable civil rights leadership, wanted to destroy the tenets of our Constitutional Republic.

Leni

[cquiggy]

His true records need to be unsealed.
Lots of dirty secrets being protected.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Bkmrk.

[KC_Lion]

Thank You for posting CondoleezzaProtege :)

[GnuThere]

But Michael King Boulevard just doesn’t have the same “oomph!”