To MLK, "Today is That Day"..................

[louis c]

I am a 56 year old White, Italian-American. My father was a close Friend and adviser to US Senator Edward W. Brooke, the first African-American US Senator elected since Reconstruction. Barack is the third. I was brought up always following the Creed of MLK, not just because he said it, but because I learned it by my father's example.

Alas, that hasn't always been the case for the entire nation..........until today. I sense being a small part of history, just as my father was 42 years ago today. To be perfectly honest, I have never seen Barack as black. I have just seen him as a man who shares my beliefs against the war in Iraq and my beliefs in restoring the middle class as a cure to an ailing economy. The fact that his skin color is darker than mine is irrelevant, just as Ed Brooke's skin color was irrelevant to my father.

With that background, Martin Luther King's words in 1963 ring loud and clear in my ears today.

"...I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character"

Today is that day. We should all be proud.



link:
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm

[malaise]

1. Bobby Kennedy's as well

40 years to the date!! Oh happy Day!!!

[Mira]

2. All of a sudden I sit here, and cry K&R

[Mira]

3. High traffic today ! Don't let this one get away, needs one more recommendation

[louis c]

4. Hey, Thanks for the Lobbying Effort

I'm usually against lobbyists, but I'll make an exception this time.

[Mira]

5. I don't often spontaneously bubble over. Last time was when I

turned the corner and saw the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, 3 years ago. The time before that was when I was suddenly in the presence of the great diva Jessye Norman. And now it was reading you letter and the reference to the dream speech and this is the "some day".
It's a culmination of so much expectation and pre-occupation and hope.
Thanks.

[louis c]

14. K&R

[teamster633]

6. K & R

[louis c]

7. A Teamster, God Bless You

Labor has worked in New Hampshire real hard. I'm sure they're doing the same thing in many other swing states.

This is a return to the FDR coalition of the 1930's and 40's. Newly minted Americans. It used to be Irish and Italian, now it's Hispanics and Asians. Labor Unions. Highly educated progressives. Minorities. Women. Welcome to the New America. Back to the Future

[angstlessk]

8. This might sound strange to you, but when I saw the title of your OP

my knee jerk reaction was .."what does MLK have to do with today?" it took me another second to remind myself that Barack Obama was black. At times I forget.

[Mira]

9. That's what happens when you really deeply get to know a person

of another race. The color disappears and becomes a part of their entirety.
I have had that happen with friends.

[louis c]

11. That was my point

"The content of his character, not the color of his skin". Today, Martin Luther King becomes an American Prophet.

[xiamiam]

10. tears...its an emotional day...thank God it has finally arrived...nt

[louis c]

16. What a day

[MazeRat7]

12. What a long strange road its been....

I was in elementary school when desegregation was mandated.
I was in rock-n-roll when this nation woke up in the 60's/70's.
I remember when MLK and both Kennedy's were assassinated.
I have prayed for a time when this nation could "live the dream".

That day is here.

Peace,
MZr7

[louis c]

13. I had to kick this post from this AM

[Theres-a]

15. K & R

Proud.And grateful that people are finally waking up.