Like many people alive today, I wasn’t even born when Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated 40 years ago today in Memphis, Tennessee so today’s anniversary is mostly history to me.
That said, there’s always been something eerily prophetic about this last paragraph of his last speech:
Well, I don’t know what will happen now. We’ve got some difficult days ahead. But it doesn’t matter with me now. Because I’ve been to the mountaintop. And I don’t mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I’m not concerned about that now. I just want to do God’s will. And He’s allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I’ve looked over. And I’ve seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people will get to the promised land. And I’m happy, tonight. I’m not worried about anything. I’m not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.
April 4th, 2008 at 9:08 am
I was around when Marchin’ Lootin’ King gave his speeches and watched as he incited the Negroes into acts of violence, mostly directed at Jewish business owners who had long served the Negro neighborhoods.
I encourage anyone who has the time, to view unedited videos of King. I recommend the unedited videos, so that one may recognize King’s careful selection of phrases designed to incite, and his darkly artful use of the double entendre.
An honest review of correspondence and meetings between political leaders (Johnson, Kennedy, etc.) and King, along with a review of the unedited speeches given by him, expose how King was masterful at cloaking his racial extortion in rhetoric of the civil rights movement.
It is not sufficient to see edited versions of films, or read text of the speeches. When one sees the unedited videos, the sidewards glances, the inflection of his voice and other non-verbal gestures to his audience, expose the real King; just another corrupt Negro preacher, who preyed upon the emotions of the moment to enrich himself.
Once someone has passed away, I believe it is best to not speak ill of them. However, one should not allow a myth to supplant the truth as has been the case with King’s story.
April 4th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
Tyler,
The content of your remarks discredits them.
April 7th, 2008 at 6:45 pm
i believe that Martin Luther King Junior would be thrilled to see that we hang out with coloreds but would be disappointed to see that there is today some segregation between colored and whites.