The Meaning

Coretta King’s beautiful words about a beautiful man. Especially:”…timeless values he taught us through his example — the values of courage, truth, justice, compassion, dignity, humility and service that so radiantly defined Dr. King’s character and empowered his leadership.” Precisely what is missing in the U.S. “leadership” today!!

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Every year, I try to find the right way to recognize Martin Luther King Day. This year, I thought I’d let his wife, his partner, his widow, Coretta Scott King, explain the meaning of the holiday.

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Great gifts just a click away…

“Finally the bus comes. I get on first. I thread my way down the aisle and sit down beside another woman, feeling safer in company. I carefully focus my gaze out the window, away from the riders. I fear that any eye contact with him could be mistaken for an implicit ‘contract’ that something more is going to happen.”

So reads an excerpt from one of the 25 stories in my latest book, First Kiss and other True Fiction. … Continue reading