Bob Phibbs, the Retail Doctor® blog at Retaildoc.com

While the stories will deservedly honor Dr. King today, this post is in honor of the families of the cultural warriors who knew that the struggle for civil rights wasn’t black and white but a lot of grey.

I asked my dad Garnett Phibbs how he felt tonight watching the first black man successfully running for President of the USA. He said, “I couldn’t be happier – proud as a peacock.” He added, “Nobody even remembers that King wasn’t even allowed to vote in 1963 when he gave the “I Have A Dream” speech.”