Reworking of an earlier blog of mine, marking the 50th Anniversaries of the deaths of Martin Luther King (4/4/68) and Robert F Kennedy (6/6/68)
Let’s be kinder to each other
There is a striking memorial in a park in Indianapolis. It marks the spot where, in April 1968, Robert Kennedy told a waiting crowd that Martin Luther King had been shot and killed, before speaking from the heart and his own personal experience, that violence is never an answer to our grievances. His calming words quelled the rioting that other cities endured in the days after Dr King’s death and, arguably, saved some lives that night.
The memorial itself is an arresting work of art. (more…)