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THE MLK HOLIDAY: A DIFFICULT DAY FOR CIVIL RIGHTS?

By "Persian Cowboy"

By James C. HarringtonDirector, Texas Civil Rights ProjectAs a civil rights advocate and lawyer, I always find the annual celebration of the Dr. Martin Luther King holiday both a good event and a disconcerting one. It is good that the nation has given official recognition to a person of color who lived and gave his life for the cause of justice and equality, seeking to undue centuries of racial oppression.It?s also a discouraging day because ironically our society actually uses this holiday of festivities to smother Dr. King?s moral challenge to us. We have the uncanny ability to bury the contradictions and inequities that prophetic leaders like Dr. King?s raise up. It?s easier for us to play recordings of his great speeches years ago and to parade through town than to take to heart the actual message he would bring were he still alive...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on January 20, 2008 (boomark / email).