To me Martin Luther King day is more then just a holiday, it is a milestone of how far we as a people have come living in this nation. Here are some examples, tomorrow Barack Obama will be inaugurated into the White House. This is big because 40 years ago they would try to kill you if you tried to vote. Also they would make you take crazy exams to prove yourself literate. 60-70 years they could kill and beat us and walk away without fear of consequences. 150 years ago we were their slaves. And even more recent a few years ago they were proposing the question had Hip Hop or Black culture gotten too out of hand. But today I think if Martin was here, today he would say his dream, our dream has been realized. But we still have work to do. This is what Martin Luther King day means to me as a person and a African-American.
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