Hope
ecthompsonmd
April 24, 2008
I wrote this for the Urban News (April 2008): I just finished watching the History Channel’s two-hour documentary on Martin Luther King narrated by Tom Brokaw. It was extremely well done but… something was missing. There were interviews from civil rights activists like Representative John Lewis, Ambassador Andrew Young, and Martin Luther King, III, along with thoughtful commentary from contemporary activists including President Bill Clinton, Bono, Forest Whitaker, Jr., and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who grew up in Birmingham. The program was like a wonderful BBQ sauce that tastes great but is missing some key ingredient or ingredients that give
