He’s more than a date. A MLK JR Tribute.

April 4^th, 1968.  A date that will live in infamy, a date that shocked and continues to shock all Americans, a day that moved America.

April 4^th, 1968 is not, however, the date that we should dwell on because as April 4^th, 1968 is the last day that Martin Luther King, Jr. lived on Earth, his legacy continues, day by day, and there are far many days of his life and after his life that we should pay a more special attention to.  Dates like January 15^th, 1929, December 1^st, 1955, October 14, 1964, or August 28^th, 1963, dates like these are the ones we should homage too, dates like these are the ones we should focus on because these are just a few of the dates, among hundreds and hundreds, that Martin Luther King, Jr had.

January 15^th, 1929 is the date where in Atlanta, Georgia; Martin Luther King, Jr was brought into the world.  The Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr and Alberta Williams King assuredly did not have a clue on that date that they had brought into the world what would become the foremost leader of the American Civil Rights movement. 

 December 1^st, 1955 is, of course, the date that Rosa Parks made famous by being arrested for her refusal to comply to the Jim Crow Laws that required her to give up seat to a white man.   But it also is the date that led Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr to lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

October 14, 1964 is the date in which Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr received the Nobel Peace Prize for his lifelong work for leading non-violent resistance to end racial prejudice in the United State of America.

And let us not forget August 28^th, 1963, the date when the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom took place.   This is the date that changed America for the better.  This is the date where Martin Luther King, Jr delivered to America his dream.

Martin Luther King, Jr.  A man who changed America in life and in death, a man who irrevocably stood for change, stood for a better America, a man who we should never, ever forget.

Martin Luther King Jr (January 15^th, 1929- April 4^th 1968)

I am Coach.