What's the big deal with MLK?

What is the big deal with Martin Luther King Jr.? The deal with him is the fact that he was one of the great leaders in the biggest movement in the history if this country. If you sit down and think of all his accomplishments and the success of many of the movements he lead you realize how influential this man was. You wonder why there are streets named after him in every city, it is because he affected everyone in the country. It is really remarkable to see what he has done for us and I was not alive to experience it. Think about every person you have ever known from a different race and how you met them. Now think about if MLK had not lead a civil rights movement and things were how they used to be. Would you know any of the interesting people you do today? No, you wouldn't acknowledge some of your peers let alone be friends with them. It is really amazing to think about the fact that you would not know anyone of a different race and you would probably have been raised to hate them. Just 50 0r even 40 years ago people went through a dramatic change led by MLK and we feel the effects of it today.

So what is the big deal? Dr. King changed an entire nation set in its ways for hundreds of years into a great country of equality and opportunity for all. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. played a large roll in making this nation into what we know it to be today.