Showing posts with label Dr. Martin Luther King. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dr. Martin Luther King. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. GEORGIA STATE COLLEGE 1968












Not too long before his untimely death, I met and photographed Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr at Georgia State College. He was a gifted and talented speaker, naturally charismatic .

I wonder what he would add to his "dream " today ? A world with clean air, pure food,....less environmental contaminants and pollution ? Would he say a world where people of all faiths get along in harmony, where Sunnis love Shiites, where Jews, Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, and Hindus get along in harmony ? A world free of disease and hunger, rather than free of universal health care ? Where people live their lives by the 10 Commandments ?

What would he have put on his website ? Who would he support as the 2008 Presidential candidate ? What would he say to President Bush were he alive today to visit the White House?

When I shook his hand after his speech, all I could say was , "It was a pleasure to meet you."

These moments can be taken for granted at the time they transpire, and in retrospect they had historical impact.