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A New Recipe for Martin Luther King’s Holiday Celebration
Over two score years ago, A great American, in whose symbolic
shadow we stand today, delivered an eloquent and resounding
speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington
D.C. Dr. Martin Luther King’s I Have A Dream speech
captivated the hearts of the American public, indeed the whole
world, as it ushered in an shaky new era struggling to address
the urgent wounds of racial inequality. In time, we commemorated
this courageous leader’s efforts toward freedom by marking
our calendars with a National Holiday that bears his name.
One Monday a year, in mid January, our schools, banks, and
government offices close their doors for the day. Speeches
and parades are organized in many communities. Later in the
evening, as we gather for dinner, we realize that something
is wrong. Key ingredients that season other holiday celebrations
are missing. We forgot to consider what makes a holiday sparkle!
We have no culinary recipes to share on this noble occasion.
Instead, the kitchen is silent. The table is bare. Our Martin
Luther King Day celebration has no telltale aromas from the
hearth to anticipate. We have not been drawn together by the
golden threads of a culinary ritual. It’s business as
usual in America’s kitchens. Is this the way we want
it to be? Does it have to stay this way?
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