And he was staunchly anti-war at a time when that was a controversial position. He was also about attacking the American capitalist system. You know, the only King quote that most white people know or use. That’s the King of judging people solely by the content of their character. The King that we celebrate each year is a beacon of peace and post-racial thinking. It took years of careful political diplomacy and image-shaping by Coretta Scott King to position King in a way that would let him be a candidate for a national holiday. In 1966, King’s Gallup disapproval rating was 62%. The story of how the King holiday came into being is at the heart of episode five of “ Being Black: The ’80s,” Stevie Wonder x MLK. That campaign took a lot of work because when King was assassinated, he was not popular with white Americans. His widow, Coretta Scott King, asked Wonder to write it because she wanted help with her years-long campaign to create a national holiday honoring her late husband. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday a national holiday. But many people don’t realize the origin of Stevie Wonder’s “Happy Birthday.” Wonder wrote a song meant to promote the idea of making Dr. Read more opinions on theGrio.Īt every self-respecting Black birthday party, you sing “Happy Birthday” in the Black way. OPINION: The fifth episode of “Being Black: The ’80s” dives into Stevie Wonder’s Happy Birthday and the real Martin Luther King Jr.Įditor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own.
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