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Today is Martin Luther King’s birthday. It’s an important day for America… for many reasons.
It got me thinking about MLK and our country’s fragile state.
MLK obviously was a hero to the anti-racism movement, but he taught us much more.
One important thing he taught us was that non-violence was a strategy that worked. It worked because it resonated with the better part of all of us. He taught us it was OK to be angry but that anger didn’t have to turn into violence.
Back in the late 60’s , protesting for African Americans’ civil rights was widespread and dangerous. If you were in the US South, it was truly deadly dangerous, especially if you were a troublemaker from the North.
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Here’s a song I wrote that talks about how fragile our democracy is…
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