In Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior

An inspirational man is honored today.  More than a day off of school, today is a day for reflection.  A Metablog post on a grand scale, to put it simply, occurs every year on the third Monday of January.  Here we see the dream he dreamt in 1963 in front of 250,000 people in Washington, D.C.

For more information on this inspirational human being, please refer to his biography from the Nobel Peace Prize, of which he won in 1964.  Here is the article.  One passage that struck me:

In the eleven-year period between 1957 and 1968, King traveled over six million miles and spoke over twenty-five hundred times, appearing wherever there was injustice, protest, and action; and meanwhile he wrote five books as well as numerous articles

Even if you are busy, please make time today, or any day you have the chance, to pay homage to the man with a dream.  If you would like to learn more, I found these links very informational:

-While in jail in 1963 for violating an Alabama law, he wrote this letter: Letter From a Birmingham Jail
-PBS' page on MLK, includes a feature film, interviews, maps, and more: Citizen King
-Founded by his wife, Correta Scott King, a "living memorial": The King Center