Funeral...
Posted By: Lurker on 2006-02-09
In Reply to: Clinton and C, King's memoral service today.... - MTRE
I did not watch the whole thing either but I was thinking how unbelievable it was that Mrs. King was lying in state and then had her funeral attended by 4 presidents. Events like Katrina bring the inequalities in this country to the forefront, yet Ms. King's funeral would not have happened 40 years ago, a woman, a black woman, lying in state in the State of Georgia.For a state who still sports the Confederate Flag as a portion of its state flag. I would say we have come a long way.
As far as the remarks made, I doubt that they were off the cuff, in other words my guess is that the content of the speeches would have to have been run by the King family first. Politics has been an integral part of their lives since the 1950s, so politics would not be an offensive subject to broach in this particular setting. I don't believe one could discuss Mrs. King's life without the mention of politics. Mrs. King took the torch from her husband and became the figurehead for civil rights, ergo, politics was appropriate in this case, albeit uncomfortable. From the position of the King family and the congregation present there is still much work to be done and that sentiment was conveyed by the speakers.
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