Issue 363 (click here) was titled "Reckless, Stubborn, and A way to achieve Goals." Today we commemorate the legacy of a man who paved the way for equality by being recklessly courageous and stubborn. In 1955, King accepted the leadership of the first black nonviolent demonstration in contemporary times in the United States. He organized and led a bus boycott that lasted 382 days, eventually leading to the Supreme Court declaring unconstitutional the laws that had allowed segregation on buses. During the boycott, King was arrested, his home bombed, and he was subjected to personal abuse. Yet he never resorted to violence and preached against it.
His goal and his dream was civil rights, equality, and unity. While his dream seemed unattainable and even crazy to some, his determination (healthy stubborness) prevailed. He didn't just follow his dream; he literally, with reckless courage, marched BOLDLY to proclaim his dream and the dreams of millions!
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