Today Is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

At least in the States, anyway. We don’t have this particular holiday in Canada.

Now, American history is not my strong suit. I’m much more of ancient and medieval history kind of guy. So I’m not going to insult the good doctor by engaging in an analysis I’m not qualified to give.

So I’ll let the man speak for himself:

True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.-1955, in response to a claim that he was ‘disturbing the peace’ with the Montgomery Bus Boycott

 

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