We’ve Come Along Way (Or Have We?)

“We stood in the sunshine of her being. Through her inexhaustible giving, we learned to give. Through her faith, we learned the confidence of knowing that peace on Earth is inevitable.” Yolanda King

We’ve come along way

From the days of Segregation

From the days of a person’s

Worth being measured

By how white their skin was.

We’ve come along way from

The Selma marches

And children having

To fight to get the

Education they deserve.

We’ve come along way

From the tears of so many in this nation

From crosses in the yard

And hatred prevailing.

We’ve come along way

Where both Jew and Gentile

Black and white can live

In a society

But have we come far enough?

Copyright Michelle R Kidwell

Jan.20.2009

In Memory of Martin Luther King Jr

January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968

Coretta Scott King 27 April 1927–30 January 2006

And Yolanda King. November.17.1955-May.15.2007

And for the King Children Still living Martin Luther King Jr 3

Dexter Scott King

And Rev Bernice Albertine King