Fifty years ago, on Thursday, April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King was assassinated. On Tuesday, April 9, 1968, his mortal remains were interred.
Dr. King loved to pose the Leibnizian concept, that the moral arc of the universe may be exceedingly long, but it bends toward justice. Fifty years later, it might be an appropriate time to provide Dr. King some justice; and it might well be that the corner that today’s “Russia-gaters” have painted themselves into, provides the universe with the circumstances to end J. Edgar Hoover’s legacy.
A correction: My brother reminds me that it was unlikely I swam that particular day, and I’m pretty sure now that it was the next year, 1958, when I swam in that lake. That was when Eleanor Roosevelt came to Highlander and commented as to how pleased she was that black and white children could swim together in the lake. (Of note, Hoover warned her not to attend Highlander. As he put it, violence may occur there.)
Your correction has been noted. I am honored to have been able to put your exciting live moment with Martin Luther King on the stage of history.