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Why should we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday? I began to understand why when I contemplated what this nation might be like without his courageous leadership and stand for civil rights.

I had forgotten what it was like in the years before he walked the road to freedom. Over the years, I have taken for granted the freedom he helped to ensure for all of us.

Dr. King rose above vested interests and a nation’s complacency and ignorance to direct us all back to the inspired truths on which our country is founded. This is commendable.

Let us all acknowledge Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and those who walked with him for their willingness to pay the price of freedom.