I usually stay out of the political forum, but I have to add my two cents here.

1. Martin Luther King Jr. started out with very little support. Folks didn't believe that true black freedom would EVER be attained. Further, they told him he'd never get equal treatment without the use of force. Well.....here we are. We celebrate the life of the man who is credited more than anyone else, with attaining civil rights for all minorities.

2. The Vietnam war ... Turbulent times for sure. But why did we pull out of Vietnam? Believe it or not it had to do mainly with activism. The shootings at Kent State. The riots at U.C. Berkeley. It all played a part. If we really wanna make a change we have to ORGANIZE ourselves into groups like this: