Martin Luther King Day…More Than Another Day Off

Today is a National Holiday. It’s Martin Luther  King, Jr’s birthday. For many of us, today is a national holiday. What’s the big deal – it’s Martin Luther King, Jr’s birthday. For some it might be irritating, banks are closed and mail is not delivered, even our garbage men have the day off. Maybe there’s something we should notice about why this day is important to memorialize. Martin Luther King Jr is most noted for his I Had a Dream speech. What made Martin Luther King, Jr’s I Had A Dream speech historical and memorable? Here’s the transcript: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm

(for more on Martin Luther King’s influence on our culture and how you can be part of

praying further influence, read on…)

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