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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (15 January 1929 - 4 April 1968) [1]

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Date: 2024-04-03  

Fifty-six years ago today in Memphis, Tennessee, civil rights pioneer Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was martyred by a malicious white bigot. The assassin, a misanthropic Caliban, fled, unable to stand up for his misguided convictions, unlike his courageous and defenseless victim. On the 1968 campaign trail, Robert Kennedy would calm the inflamed black community, reminding the angry bereaved that he “too had lost a brother.” Had Dr. King lived, we could only imagine what he might have accomplished for women’s rights, economic justice, or hastening the end of America’s wasteful involvement in Vietnam. Moreover...

...what would Martin Luther King Jr. say about today’s America’s political, racial, military, economic, and social landscape?

“It is always the right time to do the right thing.” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

“Pride” was the 1984 U2 tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Written in the key of E Major, the crisp snare drum complements the superb vocals of Bono and the excellent guitar-work of Edge.

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