The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Today marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day. While many of us think of it as a vacation day from work, a day out of school or a day of free parking in downtown Minneapolis, Mitch Berg of Shot in the Dark reminds us what this great man was really about. King’s ministry of equality and freedom left him subject to personal danger. Despite that, he was always on the front lines – unafraid and unbowed.
On April 3rd, 1968, Dr King was in Memphis to help rally black sanitation workers who were striking for equal standing with their white counterparts. That afternoon he gave his final speech. The next day he was gone.
So sit down here and take 20 minutes to hear one of history’s greatest Americans speak for the final time. Better yet, grab your kids and have them listen with you.