Last night I watched an anniversary documentary, involving commentary from many of the same people that were there during the civil rights struggle and on to the end of ML's life and beyond. Powerful stuff.

Looking back on those years gives me hope for today, strangely enough. Those were such dark days (seeing footage again of the police in Mississippi and in Chicago was more reminiscent of the Nazis than anything else) and yet we survived them and went on to chart some new ground while more and more people came to see the evils of apartheid and injustice.

Dare we hope for the same today?