Echoes of slavery linger in USA, 50 years after Martin Luther King Jr

People wait in line to vote at a polling station in Arlington, Virginia during the US presidential elections in November 2016. Segregation along racial lines is still evident despite civil rights amendments decades ago. [File, Standard]

?For Kenyans who went through the old education system before 8-4-4, America featured predominantly in the ordinary (O) level school curriculum, particularly geography.

There was a topic on how the Tennessee Valley Authority project tamed floods. There was a topic on the wine industry in California’s Napa Valley and filmmaking in Hollywood. There was still another on New York City and its bridges and tunnels.