Byline: CHRISE MERCOGLIANO Albany The writer is co-director of the Free School in downtown Albany -
Bless Alice Green, and Charlie Touhey, for reminding us what the true purpose of setting aside time to honor Dr. King's memory should be. Last Monday, they -- with the generous assistance of the governor's bouncers -- exposed in living color the Emperor's New Clothes-like quality of New York state's King Day celebrations.
I sincerely doubt that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wanted to be turned into an icon any more than Jesus did. Both put their lives on the line for their beliefs, and both, I'm sure, hoped and …
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