Editor, Gazette-Journal:

In Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech at the National Mall, he outlined a powerful vision: “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”

The March 8 issue of the Gazette-Journal quotes two distinguished state leaders who spoke at the Moton Center’s Emerging Leaders Program.

The first, Judge Jerrauld Jones, judge for the Norfolk District Court and an African-American, observed that it was a pleasure “to come back and see that this beautiful place is owned and operated by people who look like you and like me.”

The second, Judge Jones’s son and state Delegate from Norfolk, Jay Jones, said that when he was working on his campaign, “It was really important for me when I put my team together to be surrounded by people who look like me.”

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