“I refuse to accept the cynical notion that nation after nation must spiral down a militaristic stairway into the hell of thermonuclear destruction. I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality.” – Martin Luther King, in an acceptance speech he delivered after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964
The late civil rights icon Martin Luther King
A Brief Commentary by Doug Draper on Martin Luther King Day in America
Posted January 15th, 2024 on Niagara At Large
This Monday, January 15th, 2024 is Martin Luther King Day in the United States, a day set aside to remember and celebrate the efforts of this heroic civil rights leader to crusade for human equality and peace around the world.
Had he not been assassinated in the spring of 1968 at age 39, Martin Luther King could conceivably still be alive today. And one can only image what he would think of the rise of white supremacy, racial and religious hatred, anti-democratic rule, and continued threat of war and murderous wars now occurring in regions of the world like the Middle East and Ukraine.
All of these threats to equality, democracy and peace in the world are ones that good people everywhere must, in the spirit of Martin Luther King, continue the fight against today.
In the times we live in now, it is important for all of us to that we all of us to be mindful of the following words Martin Luther King once said – “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
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Doug Draper, Niagara At Large
To Read Martin Luther King’s entire Nobel Prize acceptance speech, click on – https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1964/king/acceptance-speech/
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