Episode 293: Time, Instant Gratification and Change

The disconnect we now have between instant gratification - instant response and the natural course of development and how long change creates.

For years I have done a task with students to compare Rosa Parks and Dr Martin Luther King Jr.

Both in terms of difference of personality to both create an impact as the best of themselves but also the length of time change takes. 

References:

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/montgomery-bus-boycott

https://www.npr.org/2010/01/18/122701268/i-have-a-dream-speech-in-its-entirety?t=1642587267965

Because I didn't have notes I forgot to talk about this article on how long it took for MLK Day to be acknowledged in all States and under the name of what it represents. See the full timeline!

https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/mlk-day-timeline-how-the-martin-luther-king-jr-birthday-became-a-holiday