“Well, I don’t know what will happen now. We’ve got some difficult days ahead. But it doesn’t matter with me now. Because I’ve been to the mountaintop. And I don’t mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I’m not concerned about that now. I just want to do God’s will. And He’s allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I’ve looked over. And I’ve seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land. And I’m happy tonight. I’m not worried about anything. I’m not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.”
~ Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., April 3, 1968
Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the United States. The New York Stock Exchange will be closed.
Related Reading:
Martin Luther King, Jr. (Wikipedia)
Related Viewing:
To honor the memory of Dr. King, I watched Soundtrack for a Revolution, a documentary about the music of the civil rights movement. It brought these days back to me—the extraordinary hope of my generation, the pain of the assassinations of the 1960s, and the long grief and cynicism that flowed from them.
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