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#MLKMonday


Today's hashtag is obvious. We honor the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr along with the rest of America. Perhaps most known for his I Have A Dream speech he was an activist for equality in a charged South in the 1960's. To try and give MLK the credit and honor he deserves in this little blog is useless. Please go and find info about this man if you haven't before. My friend John was changed by reading his Letter from the Birmingham Jail so I highly recommend reading that. Here's the speech he made in August of 1963 - beautiful and inspiring.





And finally one of my favorite kids gives a great tribute to MLK...



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