Martin Luther King’s Legacy Celebrated On His Birthday
Posted January 15, 2007 12:00 pm.
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He never sang a single pop song.
He never played on a sports team.
And he was never a big time actor with a hit movie to his credit.
But Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t need any of those trappings to achieve his greatness.
His own personal conviction of fairness and justice were his weapons. And he wielded them with the kind of skill only a man of history could muster.
January 15th would have been the U.S. civil rights leader’s 78th birthday, celebrated as an official holiday in the U.S.
But while we didn’t get the day off here, it didn’t pass without notice.
Toronto Police continued a tradition of taking the story of the righteous reverend to a local school, hoping this is one lesson of history that will always be repeated.
Kids gathered wide eyed as the “I Have A Dream” speech echoed off the walls of the Annette St. Public School gym on Monday.
For those who had never heard it and for those that had, it remained as powerful a message as ever.
“He was born in Louisiana at a time when there were signs still up there saying ‘whites only,'” Insp. Heinz Kuck told his astonished multi-racial young audience.
Kuck has made it his business to ensure that the lessons King tired to teach will never be forgotten.
And he starts each new generation out with his own personal remembrance of the man who lost his life – but never his dream.
It’s never too late for a slightly older generation to review the legacy of this modern day hero, especially if you’ve never seen his most famous oration in its entiretly.
To see the complete “Dream” speech, click here.
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