It must have been a Tuesday or Thursday because we were at Bible Class.
The preacher was called aside, then went to his office.
He re-emerged and told those assembled that Dr. Martin Luther King had been killed in Memphis.
I'm not the only one who noted the smirk on his face.
The idiot had done everything he possibly could across that pulpit to discourage and stigmatize black people's political aspirations.
That city erupted in grief.
I heard wailing in the streets on the way home.
I won't soon forget the two-facedness of preachers and leaders who didn't even pretend honor King and his mission until he was dead and their white people declared it ok.
This is the day Dr. King died.
ReplyDeleteIt must have been a Tuesday or Thursday because we were at Bible Class.
The preacher was called aside, then went to his office.
He re-emerged and told those assembled that Dr. Martin Luther King had been killed in Memphis.
I'm not the only one who noted the smirk on his face.
The idiot had done everything he possibly could across that pulpit to discourage and stigmatize black people's political aspirations.
That city erupted in grief.
I heard wailing in the streets on the way home.
I won't soon forget the two-facedness of preachers and leaders who didn't even pretend honor King and his mission until he was dead and their white people declared it ok.