Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his life for a dream that I have been raised in for the past 52 years of my life.
His dream is but an echo today.
We only keep that echo alive by living that dream to it's fullest intent.
We only keep that echo alive by repeating his dream.
"Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.
We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protests to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force. The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to distrust all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidence by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny.
They have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone. And as we walk we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead, We cannot turn back.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 28 August 1963"
We are not born with hatred.
Our children are not born with hatred.
Hatred is learned behavior.
Let us be the generation that breaks the cycle once and for all. Let us teach tolerance and Love. Let us be a society that Dr. King would be proud of. Let us not turn back to the days of old. Shed the weight of discontent and truly turn to each other as literal brothers and sisters under God our Eternal Father.
Dr. King's dream resonates with me not just today, but every day of my life.
I would not have my life of freedom if it were not for Dr. King's dream.
"We MUST come to realize that our freedom is forever bound to each other. We MUST not walk alone and as we walk we MUST make the pledge that we will always march ahead and NEVER turn back.
Christopher J. Allen,
16 January 2021. "
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