The author of the article feels that whites owe King the greatest gratitude because he saved them from the ever prominent burden America carried on its back. How could America promote freedom and democracy throughout the world while the south was cloaked by racial discrimination? Through Kings marches and protests, thousands of whites and blacks joined hands to promote racial equality. Had it not been for him, America would not be the leader of the "Free World" that it is today.
King was "the right man at the right time." At a time when a six year old girl like Ruby Bridges could be spit upon and yelled at by a furious mob simply for going to the same school as white children, or a 14 year old boy like Emmit Till could be brutally murdered just for saying "Bye baby." to a white woman, along comes Martin Luther King, peacfully promoting love and equality between the whites and blacks of America. Because King did not use violence, he showed the world how peace could win out over an era of hate and predjudice. This made him "the right man at the right time".
King would be upset with the current use of his most often quoted line because it is being used to oppose views he would have most likely agreed with. Today King's line is being put to use to oppose affirmitive action, which is something King would have defended because it promotes the equality of races. If King were still alive today, he would definitely have opposed some of the views his line is being used to enforce.
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