In a way, the story of Martin Luther King, Jr. is a simple one. He simply faced the challenges of his day with courageous trust in God. He dreamed of a world that reflected the light of God, and with simple eloquence shared that dream with others. His is a dream that is still to be fulfilled. The Jim Crow laws are gone.
Black people vote and have full access to public facilities.
But more subtle kinds of prejudice still haunt us. Maybe our divisions are more economic than racial. Dr. King once said he was one of those maladjusted people. He said, I never intend to adjust myself to the tragic inequalities of an economic system which takes necessities from the masses to give luxuries to the classes. He would be incensed that the gap between rich and poor is greater today than it was in 1963.