King Still King?

    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was obviously one of the most influential men in African-American history, and he was a key player in abolishing segregation and other unjust laws. Now, almost 50 years later, how do Dr. King's actions still make an impact on society? Ending segregation and discrimination was the biggest advancement in racial equality in the U.S. for 100 years, since the Civil War. And in my opinion, nothing has surpassed that yet. The impact that he had on racial equality is so great that the only thing that could ever really pass it is complete equality. Whether that will ever really happen is another story, even though there have been big improvements. Some people might think, "What about Barack Obama becoming president? Isn't that really big too?" And it definitely is, but I don't know that that in itself has had such a great effect on the African-American people. I think what it really shows is that Americans as a whole have become much more racially tolerant in the last half century. For those who are still racist, it'll take more than an African-American president to change their old-fashioned, but deeply ingrained views. Maybe as the generations continue, progress will continue too, just like it already has been. Hopefully one day all Americans will be able to look back on discrimination and inequality and realize how wrong it really was.