This past Monday we celebrated Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Some of us volunteered, some of us marched and protested, some of us went to work as usual, and some of us like me took the day off, it was a holiday. I did give thanks to God for sending King and asked for him to send someone else to finish King’s work.
We all have different ways we spend holidays, but the King Day is special for most Blacks, and especially for those of us with some knowledge of history and what the Civil Rights struggle was all about.
Even though he was the recognized leader, as quiet as it’s kept most Blacks did not follow King nor were they involved in the Civil Rights struggle for economic and social justice for Blacks.
There were a large number of Blacks who called Dr. King an Uncle Tom, butt kissing Black man. Then there were those who called him a radical troublemaker, but a large percentage just didn’t care.
They felt King and his followers were getting Black folks killed, maimed, causing them to lose their jobs, all for nothing. Everybody knew Blacks would never be able to be equal to Whites, especially throughout the South.
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