Martin Luther King, Jr.

Today is one of the most important days of the year to me: it is the observance of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. Martin Luther King Jr. was probably one of the most influential human beings to ever walk this Earth. He believed in passive resistance and civil disobedience to further his idea that all people were created and should be treated equal. This is a very special day for not only black Americans but should be a special day for all people that want to see an end to oppression around the world. There has been no one like Dr. King and unfortunately I don't think there ever will be. It is always my hope that some one would emerge to help unite people of all races and creeds to make the world a better safer place. If there is anything that we should have learned as a people is that hate gets you no where fast; neither does ignorance. I know there are a lot of people that see things that are going wrong and feel that there isn't anything that they can do about it so why worry. That's where the problem lies. If all people thought that way we would be in some serious trouble. I know a lot of people, myself included, that sometimes feel that the worlds problems are much bigger than they are and there is no way they can possibly make a difference. By uniting together peacefully people can make a difference. If we've learned anything from Dr. King's legacy it is that if we unite peacefully that we can enact change. My hope for the coming years is that change comes and we start heading in the right direction. Remember Dr. King's legacy and acknowledge that while we've come a long way since 1968 but we still have a long way to go.