MB Civic

By Kevin Merida | Friday. April 4, 2008 | The Washington Post

“…Today students learn of his powerful ‘dream’ that children be judged not ‘by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.’ Politicians and private citizens of all ideologies summon King’s soaring oratory as the inspiration that challenged the nation to better itself. But this beleaguered young man — he was only 39 when he died — was not just the icon celebrated at Martin Luther King Day programs and taught in U.S. schools.

His life, like those of other historical figures — Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt — has been simplified, scholars say, his anger blurred, his militancy rarely discussed, his disappointments and harsh critiques of government’s failures glossed over….”…BS

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/03/AR2008040304345_pf.html