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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Donald Trump’s Re-Election, Politically Unchartered Waters and the Increasingly Perilous State of American Society!
This month, as they have for almost forty years, millions of Americans will celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He was indisputably one of the most iconic historical figures of the twentieth century. He literally dedicated his life to ensuring that the ideals of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness would become a reality for all those who were marginalized and had long been deprived of full citizenship and equal rights.
Dr. King endured scurrilous and acerbic attacks from his enemies during his all too brief life. Decades after his death, he remained the recipient of ruthless and untoward smears. Like many people, Dr. King was a complex man. He was prone to volatile anger. He could be bawdy and crude. He could be overtly sexist. At times, he suffered from envy. Other times, he could be ruthlessly competitive. He was, after all, human. Indeed, one of the most common attacks among his critics was that Dr. King engaged in adultery.
The truth is that Dr. King did, in fact, occasionally stray from his marital vows, but so did many White priests, politicians, Hollywood celebrities, other high-level, well-appointed men, and average Joes then and now. Franklin…
