Today’s random word is billion.
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Today’s story is Historical Fiction.
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6:04.30 PM
April 4, 1968
Room 306, Lorraine Motel
Martin Luther King, Jr. has lived 1.2 billion seconds.
He has only 30 more.
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Mary Louise Hunt: “Dr. King, I’m 18, a Memphis State freshman, and I want to help. Sometimes, I feel hopeless.
Martin: “Mary, I do as well. Hope is hard.”
Mary: “Why do they hate us?”
“They’re scared, and they hate themselves. I’ve seen it in their faces.”
“How do you keep from hating yourself?”
“I can’t, Mary. I’m a child of God, just as you are. They are as well. We are their salvation.”
“Bless you, Martin.”
Reader Comments
“We are their salvation.” Profound. Will ponder this more.
Paul, you used your “billion” very wisely.
Thank you.
It’s from James Baldwin who often stated this idea. Thanks for the comment, Laurie.