King Still King

            At first I took this the literal way, thinking of Medieval Times and whatnot. I then realized that Martin Luther King is this upcoming Monday and thought maybe that was the whole intention of this blog. Do I still think that King is King? In a way yes and in a way no. He still known for being one of most, if not the most important civil rights figure. There are very few people in this country who do not know who King is. The truth of the matter though, is King has turned more into a day where we have no school or work because after thirty years, the importance of his actions have not necessarily been forgotten but they just are not remembered in the same way. He is still a hero for his courage and guts to stand up for what he truly believed in, something many attempted. What exactly made him so different from all other activists? He not only had a humongous impact for the advancement of African American civil rights during his life but afterwards as well. He is really someone we could refer to when asking ourselves where our current society and culture would be if it weren’t for him. It’s odd to think that this great movement was around as little as forty years ago. Thanks to people like King though, humanity has been able to greatly advance in so little time.