Nearly a year ago, Gregg Popovich was asked to reflect on the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.And while the Spurs head coach lauded Dr. King’s greatness and accomplishments as a Civil Rights icon, he also gave a stark foreshadowing about a growing racial divide and fears of voter suppression that throughout the past year has mostly proven to be true.
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As we approach the third Monday of January in the year 2020 + overtime, there is a simple question that all Americans are asking themselves, whether we want to admit it or not:
Do we still believe in his “Dream”?
Many conservatives use MLK Day to discuss the American Dream – and Dr. King’s Dream – of being “…judged (not) by the color of (one’s) skin but by the content of (one’s) character…” They discuss Dr. King’s deep Christian faith and commitment to non-violence as examples of the best ways to protest, to live, and to affect social change in America. After the elections of 2020, the scourge of the pandemic, the economic pain we are enduring, and the shadows of violent eruptions in the streets of Seattle and the grounds of the US Capitol, I ask: do we still believe in his “Dream”, particularly in January 2021 and enough to eschew justifications of bad behavior for the moral high-ground and the visionary’s obligation to be better during
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Elgin community leaders hosted the 2021 Martin Luther King Jr. celebration event virtually amid COVID-19 with music, speeches and prayers.
It includes film screenings, conversations and presentations about movements close to home in Chicago, drawing parallels between the Civil Rights Movement and Black Lives Matter. You can join using a zoom link. You do not need to pre-register.
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