Martin Luther King, Jr.

the Novel

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Amidst the Fazing Hour
by
Forest Hairston

His life wait here still. Even here amidst the fazing hour, Martin could not leave us here alone. Martin Luther King, Jr. will remain here with his dream, standing yet sternly protesting for our civil rights. "I have a dream," he said, near end of the long road he had traveled upon. Montgomery, Alabama, seemed at the beginning. And it seemed that we had all walked and marched right along with Martin, all the peoples of earthly colors, black, white, yellow, brown and red. Racial injustice is served not to touch but only a few, but to harm all the people. Martin with his great oratorical voice gave the American people hope, and so touched the world with what greater insight to see and feel the suffering, which we all endure in a segregated society.

Martin was not God walking here on earth, but simply a human man stepping across the reeking path of slavery to defend his honor against unjust racism. His early education at public segregated schools, where he excelled, and his 1948 bachelor's degree from Morehouse College, which he entered at the age of 15, shaped his intellectual courage that he would need to face the world.

His wife, Coretta King whom he married in 1953 was a great lady who was there walking with him throughout his troubled journey to the mountain top. While, his four children were the crowning jewels of his life. Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. was a man of deeper theology. He was a Black man yet weeping the solemn tears that this nation had birthed from the sin of slavery.

"I Have A Dream"

Martin And Rosa

Black History

Black Legacy

Martin was there preaching in Montgomery, Alabama, when Rosa Parks drew him further into the fight against segregation. And the effort they made together will always be counted throughout Black History and American History, as well. Yet life is a cycle of people, places and things, which time gathers in that space and does the best it possibly can. But somewhere along this elusive march to absolute equality, perhaps Martin Luther King has taught us to search within and find what else there is to give.

"I have a dream," Martin said, on August 28, 1963. "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out it's true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.' . . . I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. I have a dream today. . . ."
Absolutely, I have a dream . . . words by Martin Luther King, Jr.
A legendary face . . . amidst the fazing hour.