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A Broader Perspective

We kill our prophets, sanitize their message, then memorialize them

by Kelvin De'Marcus Allen on 10/17/11

"Dad, why did they kill Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr?" It's been a number of years since my son caught me off guard with his probing questions about the assasination of Dr. King. Looking back, I can only imagine how difficult it must have been for a 7 year old to understand how a man who preached peace could be murdered  for dreaming of a day when all people, regardless of race, creed, or color, would live in harmony as brothers and sisters.

At the time, I took solace in the fact that he was learning about Dr. King and that he was beginning to understand that he descended from a people who fought, bled and died so that he could one day enjoy all that they could not.

Half a decade later, there is no consolation. I am deeply saddened that Dr. King's legacy has been reduced to a holiday and a statue.  

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