Today, or yesterday as of writing this, marks the day when Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated while standing outside the Lorraine hotel on April 4th, 1968. This might not be of significance to you compared to Martin Luther King Jr. day, or the day he did give his “I Have a Dream” speech, but it’s still the day when the world came into perspective.

That same day, a year before his assassination, he gave his “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break the Silence” speech that caused an uproar, due to the fact the speech was about American’s involvement in Southeast Asia’s conflict. This controversial speech isn’t exactly the thing he’d or really anyone wanted to be remembered by, but we still saw him for the amount of good he’s done and the new perspective he gave on racial equality, and even though it was still a highly controversial speech, there are still people that preach it to this day.

His last speech was on April 3rd, 1968, the day before he got assassinated, was the “I’ve been to the Mountaintop” speech he gave, where he used Franklin D. Roosevelt’s famous quote, “We have nothing to fear but fear itself.” that Memphis morning. Not even 24 hours after this speech, he was shot and killed.

I wonder what he would’ve thought about Generation Z, and the millennials if he was still alive, and kicking. What would he have done? Would he be into fidget spinners, dabbing, and Jake Paul too? Or would he have an “I Hate the Pauls” speech that would sweep the nation? These are the problems we’re facing in 2018.

Not only was this a day that a white man on his birthday got his 15 minutes of fame from killing a well-respected political rights activist, but it’s the day we stopped hearing and started doing. From well hated, to well-respected, he dies knowing that his words will stay in everyone’s heads, and his words will never go out of style.