Thursday, April 4th was the anniversary of the killing of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It was April 4, 1968 when Dr. King was assassinated on the balcony of a motel in Memphis, TN.
On my talk show on WWL, my plan was to recognize the tragic event of April 4th in 1968, but as I began to talk about the killing of Dr. King, I ended up going into a completely unscripted and spontaneous monologue about Martin Luther King, Jr. and why he was killed and the importance of his message.
Anticipating those Americans who are quick to denounce Dr. King and his message because of reported infidelity in this life, I mentioned that there are many Americans who say they support Donald Trump’s message and dismiss the infidelity in his life as inconsequential. It would be the height of hypocrisy to accept Trump’s message while putting aside faults in his personal life and completely dismiss Martin Luther King, Jr.’s message because of his personal faults.
A text into my show brought up that violence that followed Dr. King’s speeches in cities across the country and implied that there was no difference between that and Donald Trump’s DC rally on Jan. 6th when a violent attack on the Capitol followed.
The difference is that King never promoted any physical violence and while Trump did suggest the surge to the Capitol be peaceful, there was much more in his speech that seemed to promote violence. Many of the rioters who are sitting in prison said that they interpreted Trump’s rally speech that day to mean that he wanted the attack on the Capitol.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had a positive message about race relations - listen the spontaneous monologue from my talk show in the audio player above.
