Recent coverage of MLK greatly appreciated
Thanks, AJC, for your coverage of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. I also noticed an unsettling parallel between 1968 and what is happening now. In 1968, Atlanta Constitution Editor Ralph McGill recognized that too many white men were enslaved by their hatred and fear and to their own “sense of inferiority.” Just to the right of his newspaper column was an article about Southern white supremacists rallying around George C. Wallace for president, saying that “there will be a man in the White House who recognizes the viewpoint of Southern white people.” These words help explain why Trump won the presidency. Globalization and changing demographics are altering the look and feel of our country. These changes scared people and sent them into the arms of a man who fed their anger, acknowledged their plight and validated their racism, I pray for a real leader, someone like Dr. King, who can lead this country out of darkness and into the light of equality, justice and truth for all people.
SUSAN BERRYMAN RODRIGUEZ, DOUGLASVILLE
MLK wasn’t worthy of recent recognition
I am aggravated and disappointed in the coverage of the death of Martin Luther King Jr. He is dead and buried – forget it. He was never elected as an official, never served as a public servant and only was recognized as a community organizer that could create a march somewhere. Several people in Atlanta that I know knew him as a womanizer and a political hack. I am tired of hearing about MLK and the self-serving coverage by the media to placate a few-hard nosed racists that are no longer viable. Anything the black community thinks is relevant gets coverage in the AJC. Terrible influence on the masses. JOHN WAGES, LAWRENCEVILLE
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