Sometimes the Martin Luther King holiday reminds me of the Tom Lehrer song National Brotherhood Week (1965), which included the lyric “Just be glad it doesn’t last all year.” I made sure all of the thousand or so 8th graders I taught knew why they had the day off–something many (most?) Americans don’t know. As indicated by excerpts from his final essay, A Testament Of Hope, he would not be giving up if he were here today. Note that he used the word tyranny. If only his ideas lasted all year.
Another Martin Luther King Day Post
January 19, 2026
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