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Stolen Dreams ?

Stolen Dreams? (Tariku Abas Etenesh) A well-intended praise of Martin Luther King Jr. by a friend who said there would never be someone of greater prominence as MLK, giving him the once in a thousand years sort of phenomenon in the history of the black people’s struggle for freedom and justice in America, caused this reflection. It seems that in regards to the-still-ensuing struggle for equality and justice, there is a danger of not valuing the everyday struggle, little but deserved steps in the direction of justice and the need for more to be done as part of the echoes of MLK’s dreams. Part of this is what seems to be the act of stealing the dream from the person by recreating King of the people into king of the embellishers.   The Peoples’ King  Martin Luther King Jr. was an uncontested great man of the civil right movements and of USA. This was attributed to not only his unique gifts of oratory, great academic background ,his service as a pastor an...