Editorial March 19, 1990 Issue

Confronting the unthinkable, finding the undestroyable

Michael D. Rissler

Many people and nations are having to confront past events—some distant and some quite near—that call established systems into question.

The second series of the television program about the civil-rights movement in the United States, entitled Eyes on the Prize II, began on January 15, the national holiday designated for the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. King represents for people in the United States a profound sense of accountability.

I remember the day he was assassinated. It made me wonder at the time what was happening to the United States. It wasn't, of course, an isolated event of violence.

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