Martin had a DREAM!

Today we visited the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site in Atlanta, Georgia, and while I was walking around the exhibit I saw a video. The video was about Dr. King's last days and the speech he gave right before the night he died. I payed close attention to him when he was giving the speech the day before he was assassinated and he could barely give the speech. You could tell he was crying even though it almost blended with the sweat, and during the speech he was all choked up. Then after he finished the speech he kind of fell off the stage into the arms of his companions and dear friends. Then there's the recording they played at his funeral, and they played a recording that Dr. King had already recorded before his death. In the recording Dr. King spoke about what he wanted to be remembered for, and how he hoped he would be remembered for the equality he fought for and that he tried to love all people; no matter their differences. I don't think Dr. King knew when exactly he was gonna die, but I think that he knew he was going to die sometime soon. I don't know what to think about this, that this man (and this is all my opinion) knew his time was running short and he tried everything he could so that he could blaze a trail for the rest of the activists to follow. Dr. King said "he feared no man" and I think in the latter of his life that this was true. He had spent so much of his time being intimidated by death threats and the violence of the whites, and it wasn't doing him any good. He stepped up and stopped caring about that and stopped fearing death, I think he began to embrace it a little. That's another thing that astonishes me about Dr. King, he faced the most impossible challenges/obstacles and always found a way to overcome them. He was truly a one-time person, meaning that I don't think there will ever be another person like him. He fought for civil rights, but he also was involved in human rights and everyone being equal. That's why we should continue his dream and try to get everyone to be accepted and equal, and get rid of discrimination against people just because they're different from us. This is something I've really found myself to care deeply about over the course of this trip, and something I want to advocate for in my life. My generation needs to set the example and pave the way for the generation after us like Dr. King and all other activists back then did. #continuethedream
-Justin