While doing research for a doctorate at UCLA, most of the literary investigation was done at their world renowned Research Library, the Music Library, the African Studies Library, and the African American Studies Library. The focus was on Afrikan world music and Afrikan world history. My first priority was to find as many works by scholars of Afrikan descent as possible. 
 

Clearly, the festive, celebratory appearance each year of parades, official presidential accolades, hero-worshipping articles from both conservatives and liberals claiming Dr. King’s support for their various positions, and all the other pageantry currently associated with the Dr. Martin Luther King Holiday and week, are much more positive than negative for African Americans. Even though commercialization and time have dulled the remembrance of a lot of what Dr.