Today is Martin Luther King Jr. day in the US. Although I am working, most schools, banks, hospitals and public sector employees have the day off. MLK was a leading figure in America’s civil rights movement and he was assassinated in the spring of 1968 because of his beliefs. MLK adopted Gandhi’s tactics of peaceful non cooperation which confounded his antagonists, and he made the civil rights movement a defining moment in 20th century US history.
When I think of America’s contributions and most salient exports, I think MLK and the Civil Rights movement is perhaps one of our most important. It is men like MLK, the values they cherished and would not compromise that make me proud. Looking to the future I wonder where America’s next great visionaries reside; who’s dream will ignite the imagination of a nation and export their hope for greater equality, peace and love through out the world as Dr. King did?
Below is the “Free At Last” sculpture in front of the Marsh chapel on Boston University’s campus. It is comprised of fifty doves flying in formation and is meant to represent peace in all fifty states. Dr. King attended BU in the 50s, graduating with his Doctor of Philosophy in 1955.
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