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Martin Luther King often spoke of the need for unconditional love. In 1955, , 鈥淲e want to love our enemies 鈥� be good to them. This is what we must live by; we must meet hate with love. We must love our white brothers no matter what they do to us.鈥� In his remarks on the King holiday, referred to love five times in three sentences.
鈥淸King] would later write, 鈥業t was quite easy for me to think of a god of love mainly because I grew up in a family where love was central.鈥� That is what Reverend King preached all his life. Love. Love for each other, for neighbors, and for our fellow Americans. Dr. King鈥檚 faith in his love for humanity led him and so many heroes to courageously stand up for civil rights of African-Americans,鈥�
That is a whole lot of love, especially if it is the kind that says we love you no matter what you do to or say about us. I am not discounting the power of love, but celebrations of King focus on his 鈥渄ream鈥� and what he saw 鈥渁t the mountaintop鈥� because those things focus on the hoped-for end result: racial justice, brought about by love.
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