By Beth Ward
There are some parts of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s story that we know by heart. We know about the dream he had for the country, about the bridges he fought to cross, about the words he shared from his pulpits.
And we know how he left us — from the balcony of the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, and far too soon.
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