Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Remembering Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. today.

On one of my last trips to Atlanta, I visited the King Center, and the experience has stayed with me. Walking through that space—seeing the history, the courage, and the cost of the movement up close—was a sobering reminder of where we’ve been as a nation. It’s one thing to learn about the Civil Rights era; it’s another to stand in the place where so much of that struggle was lived.

I’m old enough to remember the day Dr. King was assassinated. I’m also old enough to remember the painful things some adults in my sphere said in the aftermath—words that I was not intended to hear as a child—meant to diminish a man whose life was devoted to justice, compassion, and the belief that love could transform even the hardest hearts. Those memories don’t fade. They shape how I understand progress, and how fragile it can be.

And yet, visiting the King Center also stirred something hopeful in me. His voice still echoes. His dream still challenges us. His call to build a more just and compassionate world is not a relic of the past—it’s a living invitation to keep moving forward.

Today, I honor his legacy with gratitude, humility, and a renewed commitment to the work he began. May we continue to walk toward the world he imagined, not just in remembrance, but in the way we live, speak, and act.