Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'spiritual confrontation of injustice' still inspires, ABA president says
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Millions of people worldwide remain inspired by Martin Luther King Jr.’s “spiritual confrontation of injustice,” says ABA President Hilarie Bass.
Wednesday marks the 50th anniversary of the iconic civil right leader’s death. “During his 39 years, cut tragically short, Dr. King led a movement that accomplished more genuine progress toward racial equality than in the prior three centuries,” Bass says in a statement released on Tuesday.
“His dream that people will ‘not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character’ and his belief that ‘the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice,’ still inspire millions in the U.S. and worldwide,” Bass says.
King “used the power of words and nonviolent resistance,” Bass said. His methods were not “a meek surrender but a spiritual confrontation of injustice” that creates a society based on “equal opportunity, decency, justice, and love of one’s fellow man,” she adds.
“The American Bar Association is fully committed to advancing the mission that Dr. King spent his life pursuing,” Bass said. “We should all remember his message of reconciliation and his steely resolve to peacefully confront society’s wrongs.”
