The voices of the past are sometimes encouraging and thought provoking.

"My own voice cheered me, and, far more, the mind's
Internal echo of the imperfect sound;
To both I listened, drawing from them both
A cheerful confidence in things to come."

__William Wordsworth

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Meditating on the words from Langston Hughes, I think about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream.

Was King's dream deferred?    Did it dry up like a raisin in the sun?    Did it fester like a sore and run or sagged from a heavy load and then exploded?

Looking at the conditions and quality of life for African-Americans today, King’s dream is deferred. The voices of some African-American leaders stutter, mumble, or simply muted and paralyzed.   Their voices are meshed with other voices that hav...

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