Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and we want to take a moment to reflect on a man who left

an indelible impression on our country and the world, setting the stage for social change

that continues to this day. Here's our friend Carrie Casey and some other prominent focus on

the family guests to share about some of Dr. King's contributions.

Dr. King knew where he was. Now, what am I saying? Daddy went to Washington, D.C. on a hot,

sweltering August 28th day, 1963. And 250,000 other people were there when Dr. King shared,

I have a dream.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its

creed. We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created each other.

Dr. King, right there in his message that day, he said, I hope I live in a country one day

where my children, my four little children, would not be judged by the color of their skin, but the content of their character.

Dr. King talked about segregation. He also talked about what it would mean if those laws were

dismantled. On a very personal level and on a very elementary level, dismantling segregation might mean that I could go to the

library, that I could go to kiddie land or to the zoo, that if we went shopping, we could try

on the clothes. We could get on the bus and we could sit wherever we wanted to sit on the bus.

If you think about it, those are really small

things to ask for. This nation was founded by men of many nations and backgrounds. It was founded

on the principle that all men are created equal, and that the rights of every man are diminished

when the rights of one man are threatened.

For me, when I think about him, I think about somebody who answered a call

and somebody who was willing to be ostracized and eventually murdered for what he knew was right.

I think that what we need to do moving forward is to look at the foundation.

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