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When I was growing up in Western Kentucky all I ever heard about Martin Luther King was that he was a communist. My family moved to Birmingham, Alabama after Dr. King's assassination and from what I heard from classmates and several adults who should have known better was that every problem under the sun was Dr. King's fault. One day I decided to read a book and find out for myself exactly who this man was. Up until then I knew nothing of Rosa Parks, the Montgomery Bus Boycott or Dr. King's "I Have A Dream Speech." The one thing that impressed me was his commitment to non-violence. As I read more I became fascinated with the influence of Mahatma Gandhi. I later read of book of Gandhi's called "My Experiments with Truth" and that's when I discovered an essential quality of all great men: the ability to recognize truth, have the courage to embrace it, and the commitment to follow it...
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Phil Corriveau
Posted on January 01, 2007 at 09:11 AM | Permalink
Review of Can Assassins Really Kill You?
I like Paul McDonald's easy, laid back style of writing and narrating. In this first-person essay, he talks about how little many of us who grew up in a white neighborhood knew about Dr. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, and about his quest to learn more about these great men. This would be a nice commentary to drop in during Black History Month, or around Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It's a straight read, with no music or introduction, and I think it holds up well as a self-contained piece.