In our rush to give Dr. King all the credit for everything that has happened throughout the Civil Rights Movement, we visionary fail to see that we are painting him as a pacifist who did not work hard to change real laws and stop real injustice. Some have even painted him as a conservative. Like Rosa Parks, the life of Dr. King is being distorted to fit a narrative that works for those of us too lazy to study history. We need to paint an accurate picture of what transpired during one of the greatest moments in the history of humankind.
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