\r\nMartin Luther King: A Different Drum Major<\/b>
\r\n by Paul H. Rosenberg
\r\nWritten to commemorate Martin Luther King's birthday in January of 1995.<\/b>\r\n<\/b>
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\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nWe even hear Reverend Martin Luther King quoted\r\nout of context, as if judging people by the \"content of their\r\ncharacter\" was meant to endorse the idea that some of us\r\nshould starve, some should go homelss, and some should\r\nshiver naked in the midst of winter.
\r\n\r\nWhen he spoke of personal responsibility he had a\r\nmuch more lofty view in mind: that we are each responsible\r\nnot just for ourselves, but for each other, and for our\r\ncollective redemption from the sins of our past that stain us\r\nstill.\r\n<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/td>\r\n\r\n | \r\nIt's fashionable today to pose the\r\ntheme of personal responsibility in\r\nopposition to the continued quest for\r\nsocial justice. We even hear Reverend\r\nMartin Luther King quoted out of\r\ncontext, as if judging people by the\r\n\"content of their character\" was meant\r\nto endorse the idea that some of us\r\nshould starve, some should go homelss,\r\nand some should shiver naked in the\r\nmidst of winter.
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