MB Civic

By Martin Luther King III | Monday, January 19, 2009 | The Washington Post

“…As bright a day as Nov. 4 was in our nation’s history, it is important to remember that Barack Obama’s election is not a panacea for race relations in this country. The 13th Amendment abolished slavery, yet segregation ran rampant for a hundred years. Blacks were given the right to vote in 1965, but it took 43 years for an African American to rise to the nation’s highest office. Though it carries us further down the path toward equality, Barack Obama’s election does not render my father’s dream realized….”…BS

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/18/AR2009011801437_pf.html