the one thing I dislike about MLK Day is that most media outlets seem to be committed to a politically sanitized version of Dr. King, who was a lot more of a fiery left-wing person than a lot of people like to admit (if they knew it in the first place).
he was the commencement speaker for the CCNY class of '66. since my father was the P…
the one thing I dislike about MLK Day is that most media outlets seem to be committed to a politically sanitized version of Dr. King, who was a lot more of a fiery left-wing person than a lot of people like to admit (if they knew it in the first place).
he was the commencement speaker for the CCNY class of '66. since my father was the PR guy for the school as well as a Special Assistant to the President, the custom was for him to have dinner with whomever the speaker was. my parents said that it was fantastically exciting just BEING there, his charisma was so powerful. they also said that in his conversation he kept returning to his absolute certainty that he was going to be assassinated.
the one thing I dislike about MLK Day is that most media outlets seem to be committed to a politically sanitized version of Dr. King, who was a lot more of a fiery left-wing person than a lot of people like to admit (if they knew it in the first place).
he was the commencement speaker for the CCNY class of '66. since my father was the PR guy for the school as well as a Special Assistant to the President, the custom was for him to have dinner with whomever the speaker was. my parents said that it was fantastically exciting just BEING there, his charisma was so powerful. they also said that in his conversation he kept returning to his absolute certainty that he was going to be assassinated.