Each year on the third Monday in January this space is filled with prose extolling the life and achievements of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. While it is indeed the day the nation has set aside to honor King, such editorials somehow seem trite and even redundant. They are not; honoring greatness is never redundant.

In its relatively short existence this nation has had plenty of transformational heroes. The names Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt and Eisenhower are but a few that leap immediately to mind. Martin Luther King Jr. belongs among such names.

He employed his considerable charisma and exceptional oratory skills to prompt America to begin transforming its views on race. No, the job is not finished, but it was King who set us moving toward a dream that can someday be realized.

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