If physical death is the price that I must pay to free my white brothers and sisters from the permanent death of the spirit, then nothing can be more redemptive! Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) Comment: I was 18 years old when Martin Luther King was assassinated. Even though I had never taken part in any active racial prejudice I still was stopped in my tracks by his murder! I thought in my heart this racism has to stop! It has already cost our nation too much! The civil war with over six hundred thousand casualties! Jim Crow laws and the KKK! Public hangings! If it does not end with the sacrifice of Martin Luther King then it will never end! This has to be the moment in time to turn the tide of racism! Fifty two years later yes there is still evil around us but like many in my generation we decided on April 4, 1968, that we would never participate in any acts of racism because the cost has been too great for our nation! The murder of King was the spark that pricked the conscious down through the soul of the citizens of America that change has to come to us all! James and Hamsa Sasse. GodWhoisGod.com