A metaphor, if you will. The first day of art class in 4th grade, I was shown how to draw a straight line without a ruler. You don't look at the point where your pencil was. You don't look at where your pencil is. You don't wonder if you are drawing a straight line.

You look where you want to go. If you don't, the pencil dictates where the line goes, and an ugly, crooked line it will be.

Dr. King didn't inspire millions of Americans and push the civil rights movement into the 20th century by complaining about the "legacy of slavery." He inspired them by showing them a place they wanted to be, and the people followed.