Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was not just a black man who longed for true freedom and rights. He was not just a reverend who preached justice and equality. His name and its power rose from the bastion of racism that layered a land originally created in the name of liberty. A power produced from both his love and his ability to write. This power, not his flesh makes Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. a huge deal.
When anyone in the south hears MLK they know to whom those initials belong. His image etched in the light flooding through the copper sheet on Freedom Boulevard could not be mistaken for any politician or war general. Experiencing the recognition caused by witness to such an image soaks down to the soul with love, justice, and peace. Dr. King no longer exists in flesh but in the emotion expressed in his words, which rings on as the freedom rings in what used to be an unthinkable motif, equality. Dr. King became what he believed in and that symbol now resonates through our schools and on the national day. He is a big deal because he gave up his identity to become his ideas. He gave up his humanity to became something that will live forever.
So, what makes Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. a big deal? He became immortal and in doing so made his dream a reality that will live on to the end of time.
Thursday, January 18, 2007
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