https://pjmedia.com/ronrosenbaum/2009/01/19/king-and-obama-america-is-just-plain-lucky/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usThu, 11 Jun 2026 00:41:01 -0400<![CDATA[Think of an America in which Louis Farrakhan became the leader of the black liberation movement, or even Stokely Carmichael (remember him?). It could have happened. Think of what we leaned from the moral beauty of King&#8217;s non-violent resistance. And how the cowardly thugs who tried to use violence and abuse against it were spurned by the good people of white America (and later became cowardly anonymous blog commenters).]]>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 05:34:59 -0500<![CDATA[Ron Rosenbaum]]>https://pjmedia.com/ron-rosenbaum/2009/01/19/king-and-obama-america-is-just-plain-lucky-n115723