Commissioners at the US Commission on Civil Rights celebrate Martin Luther King’s life
The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. has become one of America’s “founding brothers”.
We celebrate his life as a man who shaped the nation’s life as few others have.
Racial progress is a train that left the station decades ago, driven in great part by Dr. King during his too-brief life. His faith in the capacity of white Americans to embrace fundamental moral change was central to his success. It was upon that conviction that he built a movement that indeed changed hearts and minds, in North and South.
There is still much work to do on the road to racial equality.
Faith in America remains essential to that ongoing struggle.
On the day we honor Dr. King, we celebrate as well the country that celebrates him.
Abigail Thernstrom, Commissioner
Jennifer C. Braceras, Commissioner
Peter N. Kirsanow, Commissioner
Russell G. Redenbaugh, Commissioner
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights