Today, I read Martin Luther King's...

Letter from Birmingham Jail. Powerful stuff. You can read it here: http://patriotpost.us/historic/documents/81/ History always painted MLK out to be a radical liberal. Let me look a bit deeper at these labels. "Radical" according to my dictionary is "thoroughgoing or extreme, esp. as regards change from accepted or traditional forms: a radical change in the policy of a company. Favoring drastic political, economic, or social reforms: radical ideas; radical and anarchistic ideologues." Liberal, from the same source: "favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs." On the surface, and as history has taught us, Mr. King would indeed fit the label "radical liberal". However, read his words. Look at the thoughts he shared, and you find a striking similarity to Paul, who wrote the Book of Romans. Again, falling back to my dictionary as is my wont, I see "conservative" defined as "disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change. Cautiously moderate or purposefully low: a conservative estimate. Traditional in style or manner; avoiding novelty or showiness: conservative suit." Mr. King was conservative in his style, his non-violent approach, and his drive for racial equality. He only wanted for Black America the same traditional opportunities whites enjoyed, nothing more, nothing less. His writings struck me today.