Dear Editor,
Forty years ago America watched the assassination of Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. I find it amazing that there are so many who proclaim to be ‘black leaders’ in the country, and yet, there was not one word of acknowledgement of Dr Martin Luther King’s life, his accomplishments, or his assassination. It seems that these ‘black leaders’ are one-sided in their approach to addressing African issues.
The life and death of this great man, a universal hero and household name in both black and non-black homes, shaped, in a significant way, the course of history, and paved the way for a better, brighter and more productive future for Africans of all nationalities, not only African-Americans.
It cannot be overstated that after so much has been accomplished for race relations laws around the world, and for African rights in particular, the neglect to acknowledge Dr King’s death anniversary, is an insult to everything that he stood for, and everything that Africans were able to accomplish because of his cause and struggle.
Yours faithfully,
Raymond Edwards
