Martin Luther King Day

I usually don't cover political items but I will make an exception for Martin Luther King Day. Martin Luther King Day is in tribute to the Civil Rights leader who pushed for racial equality in the 60's using nonviolent methods. He has become a symbol of equal rights and was certainly someone who accomplished a lot of good in his life. Racism still exists and definitely has a negative impact on our society, but at the same time there has been undeniable progress made in advancing equality in our Country. Just the fact that Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama have become serious contenders for the Presidential Election is groundbreaking in itself regardless if they win or lose.

With that in mind, here's Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" speech and U2's "Pride (in the Name of Love)". Someone did a real nice job with transcribing the "Dream" speech. As many music critics have noted, Bono does get the time of day King was assasinated wrong (he says morning but it happened in the evening) but it still stands as a great song to a great man.