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Show Death Of A Dream? By STEVE MARTINDALE The solemn march in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King last Sunday Sun-day was an appropriate tribute to the martered Negro leader. Dr. King taught us the effectiveness of such a demonstration. It was his way of speaking to the immovable American populous. Dr. King's marches were also an important form of self expression. expres-sion. Those who stood forth with Dr. King felt a renewed sense of dignity and integrity. For many Negroes it was their first step toward to-ward an identity. The white com munity took notice of their actions and responded. Dr. King moved his followers to a significant kind of participation in American society. soci-ety. The Reverend Martin Luther King was motivated by a dream which was grounded in the basic tenants of our Judeo-Christian heritage heri-tage and which is the foundation of a democracy. He made that dream possible for many who could never have known it before. He was an imperfect, humble man, but his speeches were often prophetic pro-phetic and he was able to move mountains. He had that extraordinary extraor-dinary presence of a man who has discovered a truth and made it his own. He had a dream. As young and old, black and white marched through the streets of Salt Lake City in his honor, they must have hoped against hope that Dr. King's dream will never die. We are diminished by his death. |
