He Had A Dream

 

Bob Parks wrote this article on January 21, 2008 on his site, Black & Right, which can be found at He Had A Dream. This one here I found on Canada Free Press.

He Had A Dream by Bob Parks

A few years ago while heading in to work on L.A.’s 405 freeway, I heard a radio interview with writer Shelby Steele. He made a comment that Dr. Martin Luther King’s parents were staunch Republicans. I know not of where he got that information but unlike others, when conservatives lie and get caught, they lose all credibility. I took comfort taking him at his word.

 

It prompted me to make a call to someone I know in D.C. to find out what Dr. King’s party affiliation was. One would think someone who is “owned” by the Democrats would be one. Conversely the argument can be made that children tend to share the same values as their parents.

 

However, my research came up dry, which puzzles me. If Dr. King were a Democrat, it would be in our face. But no such pronouncement has ever been made. I suspect Dr. King was an Independent purely for the appearance of neutrality.

 

On its 40-year anniversary, I will attempt to interpret Dr. King’s legendary speech. I am not an Ivy League scholar. I am not an African Studies laureate. I am not a famous historian. I am just a black conservative who just may see things a bit differently than liberals would allow if they could stop me.

There are certain phrases in the “I Have A Dream” speech that could make the argument that Dr. King was conservative. So I won’t be accused of taking something out of context, I examined the entire speech….

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The Prophetic Voice Article Is Good

 

This article talks about Martin Luther King Jr.

 

“The prophetic voice” by Scott Johnson

When Martin Luther King, Jr., brought his nonviolent campaign against segregation to Bull Connor’s Birmingham, he laid siege to the bastion of Jim Crow. In Birmingham between 1957 and 1962, black homes and churches had been subjected to a series of horrific bombings intended to terrorize the community. In April 1963 King answered the call to bring his campaign to Birmingham. When King landed in jail on Good Friday for violating an injunction prohibiting demonstrations, he took the opportunity to meditate on the counsel of prudence with which Birmingham’s white ministers had greeted his campaign.

 

King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” was the result. Reading the “Letter” nearly fifty years later is a humbling experience. Perhaps most striking is King’s seething anger over the indignities of segregation:

 

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I found this article on Powerline.

Questions I Asked Myself Lately.

 

Questions I Asked Myself Lately

By Kathleen S. Blake

Where are the heroes in these modern times?

When are they going to rise during these chaotic times?

Where are the George Washington's?

Where are the Thomas Jefferson's?

Where are the Martin Luther King's, the Gandhi's?

Why are the Winston Churchill's to encourage their country during its darkest hour?

Will they arise during the troubling times?

Where are the Paul Revere's that will take a warning under a midnight sky?

Where are the Ronald Reagan's?

Where are the Samuel Adams?

Where are the Abraham Lincoln's?

Lord, help us, we can't afford a divided nation?

Where are the prayer warriors that will pray for the nation?

Don't they understand we are under siege, we have Benedict Arnolds among us.

Where are the Audie Murphy's?

Where are the General George Patton's?

Don't people understand we need great strategiststo make a stand?

Where are that Thomas Paine's of common sense?

Don't these people understand we have liars and manipulators in our government?

Will men and women of these qualities arise?

Lord, please, send them to us.