In the 1960s, Rabbi Robert J. Marx marched with Martin Luther
King Jr. in Chicago and Alabama and fought for civil rights in
Chicago and beyond. Rabbi Marx is the founder and a past
president of the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs, where he
continues to be an active board member, leader and mentor. He is
the Rabbi Emeritus of Congregation Hakafa in Glencoe, Ill.,
which he founded in 1983. By Rabbi Robert J. Marx Time affirms
what heroism discerns. The dedication of a statue in memory of
the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is a belated yet significant
tribute to a man who did so much to redefine the meaning of our
democracy. Make no mistake about it, there was a civil rights
movement in the middle years of the 20th century, but King was
the face of the movement, the pulse of it — one might even say
the heart of it. The memorial in Washington, D.C., about to be
dedicated to his memory is made of solid stone, of granite. It
will remain for the ages, solid and unmoving, a reminder of what
dedication and courage are a