Life-Changing Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Heritage  "The greatest tribute to the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., is not to name a street in his honor or celebrate a national holiday. It is to recognize and support those who are working to carry out his vision, those who empower those facing the greatest obstacles through personal relationships that restore the fabric of civil society—without the need for federal government intervention.
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"Among those ranks of individuals who are carrying out Dr. King’s vision are three young men—Curtis Monroe, Michael Toland, and Roger Marshall—who give their time, talents, and earnings from their day jobs serving as coaches and mentors of at-risk youths in the Benning Terrace public housing development in Washington, D.C.....
"Their investment is truly a powerful, living, and longlasting tribute to the vision and sacrifice of Dr. King."

Personal opinion posted at http://olbroad.com/:   "If Dr King saw the poverty pimps (examples: Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Charles Rangel, and yes, even Barack Obama), making their living off of keeping others from success, I honestly believe he would be appalled!"  One of the Tunnel Wall's all-time favorite posts is this Martin Luther King, Jr. post from Jan 17, 2011. That post also sends you to this reflection of Dr. King and his political descendants. 

 MARTIN LUTHER KING, ECONOMIC EQUALITY AND THE 2012 ELECTION  "The Obama administration could help ameliorate some of the pain minorities are feeling in the jobs sector, but its focus on white-collar information jobs, academia and the green economy has done little to help this already underserved community.

"But will these failures have political consequences in 2012? It’s hard to say."  Trust me, this is no pro-Republican article.

Open Thread: Martin Luther King Jr.  "Black conservatives of national stature, such as Clarence Thomas, Ward Connerly, Michael Steele, Jesse Lee Peterson, Alan Keyes, Don Scoggins, Alvin Williams, Ken Blackwell, Thomas Sowell, Star Parker and Walter Williams are routinely castigated by the Black Supremacists, as "Uncle Toms" and "puppets." Yet these are the men and women who really understand King's central message about character."