While it has become fashionable to criticize the most famous speech of Martin Luther King, Jr.s career, there is no denying the immense power of his message. Unfortunately, like the man himself, I Have A Dream has been neutered by a power structure that has largely succeeded in turning King into a safe and non-threatening facsimile, one that is stripped of any radical overtones. And yet, at least by the end of his life, Martin Luther King, Jr. was a genuine revolutionary. But you will be hard-pressed to find any evidence of that unless you take the time to search for it. And even here you will find hints of that radicalism. King was delivering a very clear challenge to white America, a fact that frequently gets overlooked. Something else that struck me was his vision of white man and black man, Jew and Gentile, Protestant and Catholic all sitting down at the table of brotherhood. No indication at all that King was aware that not everyone in America happens to be a Christian. Which I suppose isnt terribly surprising when you consider that he was himself a Christian clergyman. But that got me to wondering what Kings relationship was with the Black Muslim Movement in this country. And Im guessing it probably wasnt a very cordial one.
Posted on: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 01:59:54 +0000
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