https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/08/27/martin-luther-kings-dream-and-the-declaration-of-independence/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Wed, 30 May 2018 18:14:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/08/27/martin-luther-kings-dream-and-the-declaration-of-independence/#comment-80383 Wed, 30 May 2018 18:14:42 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=15140#comment-80383 … when the architects of our Great Republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir … live out the true meaning of its creed …
… contrast this with someone like Howard Zinn …
Sounds like Zinn undermines the foundations of the civil rights movement (despite claims to the contrary).

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/08/27/martin-luther-kings-dream-and-the-declaration-of-independence/#comment-80388 Wed, 30 May 2018 18:14:42 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=15140#comment-80388 Lincoln didn’t promote racial integration. He promoted mass remigration of blacks to Africa. So is MLK really a successor to Lincoln?
If Barton would paint history with such a broad brush, wouldn’t we decry it as “inaccuracy” here?

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/08/27/martin-luther-kings-dream-and-the-declaration-of-independence/#comment-57229 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 11:57:29 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=15140#comment-57229 Lincoln didn’t promote racial integration. He promoted mass remigration of blacks to Africa. So is MLK really a successor to Lincoln?
If Barton would paint history with such a broad brush, wouldn’t we decry it as “inaccuracy” here?

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/08/27/martin-luther-kings-dream-and-the-declaration-of-independence/#comment-57228 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 20:03:51 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=15140#comment-57228 … when the architects of our Great Republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir … live out the true meaning of its creed …
… contrast this with someone like Howard Zinn …
Sounds like Zinn undermines the foundations of the civil rights movement (despite claims to the contrary).

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