In 1983 President Ronald Reagan signed into law the third Monday in January as a national holiday to celebrate the great civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. He is known for great oratory opposing racism in the 1960s and his quotes are often seen in America, an example in a downtown park in San Francisco is below.
Civil rights and civil liberties, particularly freedom of speech, and fights against injustice have become big issues in NZ and the principles Martin Luther King promoted are just as applicable here.
King was an adulterer with a particular liking for white prostitutes, and with a brutal misogynistic streak. His speeches were written by Stanley Levison, fundraiser for the Communist Party USA. He was funded by Nelson Rockefeller, whose agenda for integration in the name of urban development was very lucrative for the Rockefellers are their oligarchic friends. His famous “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” lamented that the treatment his activities got in the South from police was far too lenient for the purposes of martyr status.
Like Nelson Mandela he has become a holy icon because he served the right people. He was a tool to obliterate the Black consciousness movement that had been pioneered by genuine leaders such as Marcus Garvey, and channel discontent into the direction desired by the financial Establishment.