On the eve of a historic presidential inauguration, two esteemed and iconoclastic thinkers discuss the continued legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. Louis Chude-Sokei, a writer and scholar whose work is focused in and around the African Diaspora. His book The Last Darky was a non- fiction finalist for the 2007 Hurston/Wright Legacy award. He is currently a professor of Literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is joined by historian Dr. Robin Kelley. They discuss the meaning of the King holiday, the rise of President-elect Barack Obama, and the ongoing significance of race in America.