Remembering Dr. King
Remembering Dr. King
As the world pauses today to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., it occurs to me that many were not around when it happened. He was killed in my home state when I was nine years old, and I vividly recall the pervasive feeling of not just deep sorrow, but utter despair that fell on the all-black world that I lived in at the time.