There were school buses parked for as far as my childhood eyes could see. Dad and I were amongst a sea of mostly black faces. The stage seemed a mile away from us. Black movie star Lena Horn took to the microphone. Her speech consisted of heartily yelling one word, but one that drove the crowd wild with delight and applause. “FRREEEDDDOOOOMMMM!!!” While Dr Martin Luther King, Jr’s speech made history, I was extremely impressed that Ms. Horn could simply utter one word and exit the stage leaving the crowd electrified.We wore commemorative buttons that day. Dad said I told him, “I’m not taking off this button until we get our freedom.” Another thing that resonated in my young impressionable brain was MLK saying something about dreaming of a day when little black boys and girls and little white boys and girls would walk together in love. No, those were not MLK’s exact words, but that’s the message I took home. It felt good, honorable and right. Black civil rights movement pioneers such as Jesse Jackson were entrusted with building upon MLK’s well-intentioned legacy. Tragically, Jackson along with a majority have been seduced by a progressive movement that exploits the legacy of civil rights. reverbnation/c/fr5/artist_700364?eid=A700364_18260682_48530458&fsc=4af54d631e0
Posted on: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 21:35:04 +0000
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