Not just another dead president
This weekend is a long one in remembrance of Martin Luther King. Why stop the madness and take some time to honor this man? Well that question is almost akin to asking why New Orleans should be rebuilt, but I’ll answer it and not just because I’m the proud mama of a little black boy, but because Martin Luther King did not fight just for black people, he fought for every people – for you and me to stand up because united we stand, divided we fall:
And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God’s children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, “Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!”
Around New Orleans there will be many celebrations to honor both Martin Luther King as well as many of the other Civil Rights leaders from his era. The Ashé Cultural Arts Center is having a sing-along, the Children’s Museum has created an I Have a Dream wall to add your dreams to, and the Times Picayune lists all of the marches, memorials, services and other events happening around town this weekend.