Melissa reminds us that today is the 50th anniversary of Dr. King’s speech at Riverside Church in New York, also referred to as “a time to break the silence.”

America, the richest and most powerful nation in the world, can well lead the way in this revolution of values. There is nothing except a tragic death wish to prevent us from reordering our priorities so that the pursuit of peace will take precedence over the pursuit of war. There is nothing to keep us from molding a recalcitrant status quo with bruised hands until we have fashioned it into a brotherhood.