Reflections on the Greatest Individual Who Ever Lived in America

Reflections on the Greatest Individual Who Ever Lived In America

It’s only a matter of time before politicians and sculptors figure out a way to squeeze in Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s visage somewhere between Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Teddy Roosevelt on Mount Rushmore or to chisel away one of those presidents and substitute Dr. King’s face in his stead. And, why not?

Dr. King is the greatest individual who has ever graced America’s history, right? No other person has a national holiday solely dedicated in his name and he has more streets, avenues, highways, by-ways, cul-de-sacs, lanes, alleyways, and dead-ends named after him than any other personage who has ever lived in America. We were blessed by his presence among us.

No one else has ever accomplished so much in so little time in America except, perhaps, Barack Hussein Obama, next in the PC line to have a day if not a month named in his honor.

King exemplified Winston Churchill’s claim that, “Never was so much owed by so many to so few,” in the sense that Britain’s Royal Air Force was incomparable, but King’s accomplishments were even more profound. Never was so much attention paid and so little owed, except to blacks, in America. Nevertheless, Dr. King is honored annually with a national holiday denied to every president in our history who are rewarded for their contributions to the nation by a generic “Presidents’ Day.”

MLK 2011 is a time for great celebration and remembrance, although certain facets of King’s life won’t be remembered or made public until 2027. In 1977, his wife, Coretta Scott King, persuaded a federal court to seal 845 pages of his FBI record for 50 years “because its release would destroy his reputation.” For now, and for the next 16 years, one can only imagine the content of that file and what it contained that could have destroyed his legacy.

However, America and the world have been able to learn some interesting tidbits about her hubby, . . .
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