After watching the situation for weeks, I doubt the Ferguson protests are going to go anywhere. Although the community is helping one another to keep it strong, there is no leadership to launch it to the national stage. Take the Birmingham protests where blacks were attacked by dogs: You've got Martin Luther King, Jr., already famous for the success of the Montgomery bus boycotts, getting arrested for peaceful protests. Here it just feels like a bunch of angry people venting on Twitter or tumblr about their emotions, which although real are scattered and unfocused. At best I think it woke up the nation to the militarization of the police, which disturbed many prominent members of congress, but whether it will address the discrimination of blacks is questionable. To be honest I can't think of anyone who has replaced the old guard of the 1960s. There are of course many younger people out there speaking out for civil rights, but they haven't reached the same legendary levels as Rosa Parks or Al Sharpton. Perhaps this'll just fizzile out like the riots in LA in the 1992 and nothing will be done; there's enough in the world today like ISIS or the Ukraine that the newscycle can easily move on.