There are moments in history.
Moments where the whole world changes, where a clear line of demarcation exists from the past to the now. A moment where we as a people can look back and see where something fundamental is different. Be that change the way we view the world, the way we look at each other, the way we think about life, it is crystal clear to all but the most obstinate. Those moments in history are created by men who dissatisfied with the way the world works in the then drag that reality, sometimes kicking and screaming, into the future.
One such moment in history was the 1960s. And one of those men was Martin Luther King Jr.
He didn't drag it though. He persuaded it to move with him. He hollowed out a path of non-violence that we still grasp with both hands in the present. History moved us.
Today we very maybe having another of those moments. I say maybe because this moment is tumultous and ripe with possibility, and the lines that are mostly drawn in our heads and history are trending towards becoming far too stark to be ignored.
Will be lucky enough to birth another MLK?
Or will we all have to overcome this time?
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