Martin Luther King - A legacy that was never as relevant

Fifty years ago today Martin Luther King was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis.

His empowering charisma and his exclusively peaceful campaign for justice that unified African-Americans in an unprecedented way made him a potent threat to the age-old racism still afflicting America. King knew by being a threat to the had made himself a target, a reality he acknowledged in his last speech: “I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place, but I’m not concerned about that now... I’ve seen the Promised Land.”