What made him so extraordinary to me, is that he was speaking not to just Blacks and not to just their oppression, but to all of us, to all of humanity, speaking against all inequality.
@Ontheroad Yes. He supported workers’ rights, women’s rights; Coretta once said that he would’ve supported the civil rights of the LGBT community, too.
@bijouxbroussard For a long time I couldn't grasp why anyone who ever heard him or read about him wasn't... I don't know, let's call it "swept up" in what he was saying, didn't see how what he was saying was the way for all of us to go forward together.
I still feel that way, but I learned why so many couldn't or refused to be swept up in the goodness of what he was saying.
