Having grown up in the Birmingham, Alabama public education system I can tell you segregation never really ended. Sure there aren't signs designating black and

Having grown up in the Birmingham, Alabama public education system I can tell you segregation never really ended. Sure there aren't signs designating black and white water fountains but just because something is not written on a sign or on the law books doesn't mean its not written in the consciousness of the people. The biggest reason for this in my opinion is the historical obfuscation. Sure, we kind of studied the Civil Rights movement but we never really learned about Dr. King's deeper message, only that he "had a dream", and then segregation ended and everything was "normal" after that. It wasn't until years after graduating that I began reading Dr. King's speeches that and the underlying causes of the racial divisions finally made sense, allowing me to let go of the anger I had held from bad experiences related to the racial animosity. http://kingencyclopedia.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/documentsentry/doc_address_at_the_conclusion_of_selma_march.1.html http://kingencyclopedia.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/documentse...