Martin Luther King Blog Response

Why does the author feel that whites owe King the greatest debt?-

The author believes that whites owe him the greatest debt, for liberating them from the burden of America's centuries-old hypocrisy about race. It is only because of King and the movement that he led that the U.S. can claim to be the leader of the "free world" without inviting smirks of disdain and disbelief.

Was King "the right man at the right time"?-

King was definetly the right man at the right time, who else had the voice and the power to lead the nation out of this deep hole other than MLK. His victory was so complete that it will go down in history. It is impossible to think of the movement unfolding as it did without him as its helm.

Would King be upset with the current use of his most often quoted line? Why or why not-

I do not think that King would be upset with his most often quoted line "I have a dream etc..." because it is simply the truth; it was his actual dream to free this great country of segregation. I think it truly shows his crusade against "racial preferences". But then again i guess it's not for us to say if he would like it or not.