Today

MLK Jr has become the man for all people. If you want him to be an agitator for social change, he is that. If you want him to be a man who applied his Christian faith to the world, he is that. If you want him to be a man who led his people to the promise land, he is that. If you want him to be a man who is a sinner, he is that. He is a man, so he is full of contradictions and change, and thus he can be all things to all people.

But more than that, he was a man (along with millions of others) who helped America become a better America. He showed us that America can change, and should change, and still be America. Our past does not chain our future. Today is a celebration of change.