His last speech was so eerily foretelling it is difficult to deny he may have realized someone was about to assassinate him. He was just 'so ready' to make that speech, it's prophetic. There was only one Martin Luther King and for all the great Black leaders that have come in his wake, none have been him. Not even close.
Assassination does indeed take them away. It might galvanize a society to memorialize them, but, it also removes their presence of thought and inspiration. During this time of upheaval in the USA we lost some of the greatest minds of our time through assassination. We tried to 'keep them alive,' but, there is no replacing them.
Guns were the vehicles to their loss and that is a reality all to easily overshadowed by interests otherwise. I could never understand how a nation could tolerate the loss of such great people at the end of a bullet, only to allow such free flow of weapons on their own streets decades later. It makes no sense. It's almost as though there is a lack of respect for the dignity brought to our social conscience by the greatest of men such as Dr. King. He was a man of peace. He never carried a gun.
Great people walk unafraid in our society, I would think we would do what we could to make sure their footsteps in time were safe to travel the path they were intended for their entire longevity rather than accepting their deaths in stride. I miss him and those we lost during that American Era. It is my belief their loss has sincerely damaged the morality and commitment of the USA to social justice and lasting international peace. What would all of them say today if they witnessed the travesty of their country now?
