It's King Week across the country and Atlanta is the central spot.  Our calendar is packed with events, from those at the King Center, to Hands on Atlanta to the various universities in town (including the always wonderful Atlanta Symphony Orchestra King concert). 
The array of events allow folks with lots of different interests to participate and I'm heartened by the wide diversity of people who attend one event to the next.  Last night the King Center screened a new documentary of Sargent Shriver's life called AMERICAN IDEALIST.

But this year it won't just be a King week, it's likely to be a King year as we remember the 40th anniversary of King's assassination.  Just in the past two weeks, I've heard about efforts to commemorate King across France in a series of programs, in Barbados, and in Memphis and Atlanta throughout the year.  With the presidential candidates also talking about King- I hope that we can all take time to explore the entirety of his thought and work, especially King in his last few years as he spoke extensively regarding the three scourges he saw-- racism, war and poverty.  King was a prodigious writer (as evidenced by the King Papers).  I hope we all use this year to explore his writings and life fully.