Blogger: I Believe in the Dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

"I believe that unarmed truth and unconditinal love will have the final word in reality," Dr. King stated in his acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.  "I believe that even amid today's mortar bursts and whining bullets, there is still hope for a brighter tomorrow."

Dr. King was more then a man who fought for racial equality. He was a man who believed that through all the turmoil of the world, if we believed and showed an unwavering love for our neighbor we could overcome all obstacles.

The civil rights movement wasn't just about blacks gaining rights — but about a human race coming together. When he stood on the nations Capitol he said, "One day for all races to come together as one." We as a nation still have not fulfilled that dream. The race in which he fought for and died for has forgotten the message.

Dr. King values and struggles were not based on his riches or how his family looked but based on the word of God. He believed in the words of the Lord that through love all things are possible. With today's generation, our God is frowned upon and questioned. We no longer listen to the words and path that has been laid out already for us but we try to recreate what the message and struggle was all about.

I took the time to really study the speeches and listen to the audio of Dr. King. Before he was Dr. Martin Luther King, he was the Rev. Martin Luther King. Throughout all his speeches, sermons, and addresses the message never changed: Love thy neighbor and trust in God. Today that message is lost and falls upon a generation that is consumed by the materialistic things and only caring for themselves.

Today, the African American race is the most poverished and has the highest crime rate. And the most shocking thing about it is that we are the biggest killers of one another. Everyday, you hear about a young black man that has shot and killed another young black man either over drugs or something the other person was wearing.

We have the highest drop out rate in this country when it comes to high school and we have more youth in jails then in college. It is sad to report these facts because we celebrate a man and a movement that fought so hard for us to be all that we can be. Yet, the celebration and remeberance stops after Jan. 16, and we just go on and continue to do things just like we were doing all along.

We live in a time where we have a president that represents all cultures and we have a first lady for the first time that looks like us — our mothers, and grandmothers — but instead of supporting them as our First Family that represents everything that Dr. King fought and talk about, we dishonor the credibility of our president and we portray our first lady as the "Angry Black Woman."

Today, society is more oppressed then in the 1930s through the 70's. Back then they didn't mind fighting for what was right or sacrificing their lives for the goodness of love. Dr. King was just one hero of that time, but there were hundreds of heroes that came together for a movement of equality and love.

As an African American woman, mother, daughter, and soon to be wife, I commit myself to better days for my family. I believe that with love, trust, and faith, we will one day fulifll the dream of our ancestors. That we will prevail,but we must all work together for the better of ourselves and the generations to come.

A path was paved for us to be who we are today. To live freely with whomever we love regardless of the color of their skin, for us to become business owners and have employees of all colors, and to live and fuction in the same space as one another. We must believe in the dream so that we can achieve it. People aren't born good or bad. Maybe they're born with tendencies either way,but its the way you live life that matters. We must believe in God like we believe in the sun. Not because we can see it, but you can see everything because of it.

Long live the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. — let's believe in the dream and path that he has set before us, let us walk the path of unity and no longer remain divided. The time is now, and let not another moment pass us by without gettting it right. Let's dream and believe together.