Originally Posted by thefr0g

Listen to the words of his speech, I never actually had before, I've heard snippets but never payed much attention. So while the images of the fights were flashing before my eyes I was hearing the words of the I Have a Dream Speech for virtually the first time. And it held my interest far more than the bass line and fist fights.

Yeah, the FBI illegally tapped MLK (just like the illegally tapped JFK, and a score of others during the time), and they discovered some skeletons in his closet. But the dude stood before a crowd, a crowd that could easily contain a gunman (and eventually did) and said things that desperately needed to be said.

I realize things are changing, white people are taking the word "nigger" back, racism has become less shocking and more humorous, I do it myself sometimes. But amazing things happened in the 60's, amazing changes that badly needed to be made, and this man has risen as the face of that era, whether that reputation is well deserved or not. Reading the posts on this page actually sickened me a little. In your attempt to avoid "white guilt", you're swinging the other way, you're becoming hateful and vengeful, and that isn't going to solve anything, its stepping backwards.