Since The 1968 Assassination of Dr. King Are Black Leaders Bolder or More Timid?

As much as protesters today proclaim their freedom of speech, there is still an underlying apprehension, given the reality of death by gunshot as was inflicted on some of history's most prominent spokesmen for justice - Mark Clark, Fred Hampton, Malcolm X, Medgar Evers, and 48 years ago today, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  Today's guest, Evangel Mama Dee Love, talks about April 4th as one of the Days of Respect that she states need to be officially recognized on school calendars, to remind all students of the racial history of America and the battles in which the people were eventually triumphant. Additional days to commenmorate inclued January 15, Dr. King's birthday, and August 28, the anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington, which resulted in the signing of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Are mass rallies and protests still effective in urging elected officials to act? The massive teachers demonstration in Chicago last Friday, in which many unions joined to voice demands for fair wages, was aimed at moving the Illinois Governor to action. Are today's elected leaders unintimidated by demonstrations? Are today's community and religious leaders as bold, or bolder even than Dr. King? Or has fear of loss of money, prestige, or even life, made some of them timid and too afraid to challenge the system? Will commemorating the Days of Respect remind youth of a legacy of triumph after resistance?