[Rummyfan]

Fredrick Douglas deserves the day.

Douglas should have a day.

[Verginius Rufus]

Frederick Douglass complained in his autobiography about not knowing his own birthday. That it was later celebrated on Feb. 17 was, I think, a tribute to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, picking the day halfway between their birthdays.

MLK's actual birthday was yesterday, Jan. 15.

His inspiring word from the March on Washington speech in 1963 are often quoted, but I don't think we can say how he would have adapted to later developments. Would he have embraced racial preferences on the grounds that they benefited his people? I wonder if he is on record expressing an opinion one way or the other.