Amen.
I think that there are many other African Americans that are far more deserving of a National Holiday. Carver and Douglass come immediately to mind
A hesitant double Amen...two fine fellows but I hate to think we should pick holidays oevr race...though we did on this one.
Whatever happened to colorblind? I don't even see many here espousing that.
In the end, it's all about the imposition of political power...always has been.
I agree with you on the hesitant double amen. I guess a better way to speak my point would have been..."If we need to select holidays by race, then Carver or Douglass...." etc etc etc.
It's hard to dispute the opinion that King accomplished a lot in the name of Civil Rights. But was he worthy of a national holiday? Not sure about that one.
I do think that it's safe to state that Dr. King (or anyone, for that matter, who was heavily involved in the Civil Rights movement of the 50s and 60s) would be disgusted by what the movement has de-evolved into today. Did you read about the small stink in Florida about how the minority population would stay away from the polls in 2004 because they were 'intimidated' by the voting machines? 40 years ago, people were facing beatings, dogs, and fire hoses just for the right to vote. Now, they're 'disenfranchised' just because of a fancy voting machine. I think that it's repugnant that the current crop of civil rights 'leaders' consistently sell their constituents short.