More than forty years after his death, Martin Luther King, Jr., is still remembered as one of the greatest leaders in the history of mankind. He had a vision for a better future for his people.

Despite some basic rights and the election of the first man of color as president of the United States, things are still far from the real justice and equality that he fought for. Is it possible to achieve a real equality in America? It seems like a utopia.  Progress has been made but the way still has quills, poking and causing pain.

The quills are not necessarily due to “White men,” but rather the lack of leadership among African Americans that has created chaos: Blacks killing Blacks, poverty and its consequences, and so on. One year after the election of Barack Obama, the euphoria is slowly twisting to disillusion. In severe economic depression, people of color are the first to feel the pain.

Martin Luther King was certainly a unique seed, irreplaceable. Far from being a fatalist, there is a reason to dream that more Martin Luther King Jrs will grow from the rubble of struggle. The future will be better. As the Kikuyu of Kenya say, “The song that has no leader, goes wrong.”