However, her remarks can be

classified as retarded, because during her life's existence, her intellect

has defied nature's law of progressive maturity. It's the pathological

beliefs and demonic actions of people with her mindset which results in

the perpetual racial divide and has consequently become deeply interwoven

in the fabric of our society.

The believers of Dr. King's

philosophy of nonviolence do acknowledge that Dr. King did not invent,

create or formulate a dream of unity, dignity, love and respect for all

mankind; God did. Dr. King was the powerful, eloquent messenger and conduit

of God's words and mandates. Dr. King not only talked the dream of racial

and human unity, he walked the dream.

Dr. King brought peace and

civility to the black communities that were mentioned in the article.

The riots, which occurred, were a foolish, convenient and inappropriate

expression of the frustrations the Afro-Americans felt against an overt

suppression of their God-given rights and civil rights. The human souls

in those neighborhoods had feelings of despair, so they unjustly destroyed

their own neighborhoods.

During Dr. King's life, he

often refused to be recognized or classified by his many intellectual

accolades or his earthly possessions, but he loved to be recognized as

a servant of God and a drum major for peace and justice. Unfortunately,

enough space is not allotted to provide an objective and unquestionable

account of Dr. King's unselfish works and contributions to our existence.

However, I will close by providing a few of Dr. King's quotations:

"An individual has not

started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic

concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity."

"Love is the only force

capable of transforming an enemy into a friend."

"Hatred and bitterness

can never cure the disease of fear; only love can do that. Hatred paralyzes

life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred

darkens life; love illuminates it." Martin Luther King, Jr.

William A. B. Solomon

Fayetteville

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