legislation that is the great testament at the end of king s life is the national fair housing act. it is an act that was meant to move the civil rights movement out of the question of southern injustice, although that existed into this question of housing because housing is where economics, wealth, environmental injustice, everything has to do with us living in your access to education, to all of these things, has to do with where you live, so the great crowning achievement, the last one comes after his death and it s lbj and that housing act, so i think, you know, that is the legacy of king is that it s economics. if you think about black history, think about the voting acts right of 1965, fair housing in 1968 and then what, in terms of drama and what you might write a play about it s really hard to come up with the drama of black uplift after that. it s been harder to know where to go, and in the same way i think king s drama had ended. if he had lived, i think he would have bec
movement out of the question of southern injustice, although that existed, but into the question of housing, because housing is where economics, wealth and environmental justice, everything has to do with your access to education to all of these things has to do with where you live, and the last achievement comes officer after his death and i think that s the legacy of king. you know what is interesting about king in particular, if you think about black history, and you think about the voting act of 65, and then housing in 68, and then what? in terms of drama and what you might write a play about, it s hard to come up with the drama of the black uplift after that. it has been harder to know where to go. in the same way, i think king s drama had ended. if he lived, i think he would have come a very respected stateman, but i don t think there were any more concrete walls for him to break down, which would have been very frustrating for him. he was symbolic of the whole black liberati
justice, everything has to do with your access to education to all of these things has to do with where you live, and the last achievement comes officer his death, and so i think that is the legacy of king. you know what is interesting about king in particular, if you think about black history, and you think about the voting act of 65, and then housing in 68, and then in terms of drama, it s really hard to come up with the drama of black up lift after that. it has been harder to know where to go. in the same way, i think king s drama had ended. if he lived, i think he would have come a very respected stateman, but i don t think there were any more concrete walls for him to break down, which would have been very frustrating for him. he was symbolic of the whole black liberation movement in general in that way in his life arc. the play the mountain top is something to check out.