Dr. King Was Killed 45 Years Ago Today

Here is an excerpt from Martin Luther King's last speech in Memphis, the night before his death on April 4, 1968.  I recall it like it was yesterday.  I was in the hospital recovering from injuries resulting from an auto accident returning from playing college baseball.

NC A&T erupted, riots and curfews ensued around the country, shock, grief, sadness, outrage prevailed.  Two months later, nearly to the day, Bobby Kennedy was killed.  I was living, and playing baseball, 15 miles from the Kennedy Compound in Hyannisport at that time.

1968......what a time.  What a leader of men, what an example of a human being, what an orator, what a preacher Dr. King was.  Oh, he could 'bring it'..........and what a difference he made in America.  RIP Martin Luther King.....45 years later.