Honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by practicing his words, continuing his work - The Seattle Times
Before words like diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging crept into the American lexicon there was one word the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. often spoke with vigor and meaning.
Justice.
On Monday, as we commemorate King’s birthday, we celebrate the words and works he shared with the world before being felled by an assassin’s bullet at 39 years old.
His words are everlasting, and more applicable today than when he uttered them.
“All we say to America is, be true to what you said on paper,” King extolled the night before he was killed in 1968.
King left us with instructions for how to live together peacefully as one nation, a nation that at the time was torn apart by systemic racism, bigotry, discrimination, violence and hatred. He also championed the tenets of democracy: voting rights and the 1st Amendment.
Some will recite the familiar platitude that “we’ve come a long way, but still have a long way to go.” For those born after the1970s, it’s hard to imagine that we’ve come along way.
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