Something to think about today.
“Except for Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, Martin Luther King, Jr., in 12 years and 4 months from 1956 to 1968, did more to achieve political, economic, and social justice in America than any other event or person in the previous 400 years” – Clarence B. Jones, May 18, 2007
Clarence Jones was a close advisor of Dr. King. He not only contributed to the construction of the I Have a Dream speech, but he smuggled the first parts of Dr. King’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail out of King’s cell on scraps of toilet paper and then smuggled paper in so he could complete it. He has a new book out that is available at Powell’s called Behind the Dream: The Making of the Speech that Transformed a Nation.
He also wrote a good book named What Would Martin Say?
Today, we all need to ask ourselves…
…Do you think King’s dream has been realized in the world today? What needs to happen to either keep his dream alive or to make his dream a reality? What is your dream for the world today?
What are your answers?