Of others who dreamed

Tomorrow, Martin Luther King, Jr. would turn 76 if he were still alive. I took the time this morning to read a couple of his speeches and some of the other info from the web site I linked above - the MLK Papers Project at Stanford University. I may just be some white girl from the suburbs of Chicago, but I can still say that some of those speeches resonate with me. From the little I read it seems as if he wasn't just talking about the black community - he was talking about all of mankind. He was definitely a man ahead of his time.

I wonder what he'd think of the world today? If he'd lived, I'd bet good money that America would be a far different place because of it.

Added note: for those in the Chicago area, I came across this article about a museum exhibit on Martin Luther King, Jr. that just opened sounds interesting. I have to wonder why they didn't keep it to 76 photographs though, instead of 78. One for each year since his birth would have seemed more symbolic you'd think.