On learning that a young Mexican girl who had never walked was in the same ward undergoing operations to straighten her spine and legs, Elvis sent her gifts and brought her family from Mexico, paid for their hotel accommodation and probably also paid the childs hospital bills. He set up Dr Harry Rosenberg up in medical practice, providing office equipment and a nurse, particularly because Rosenberg was providing medical care to people in a poor area, not practising medicine to line his pockets. When any of his telephone friends had a death in the family, Elvis would ring them to provide consolation. Elvis was kind to young and old alike. He obtained a pass and tickets to Disneyland for a small girl dying of leukemia; he did the same for an 87 year old man coming to the US from New Zealand to fulfil his biggest wish of visiting Disneyland. He did all these acts of kindness without wanting any publicity. There is even a letter from an Afro-American lady who lived near Elvis when she was five and Elvis and her sister were four years old. The children played together. Their mother was kind to Elvis. When he met the family again later, having returned to Tupelo to do a show, he was delighted to see them and hugged and kissed them all. The mother said it was the first time shed been kissed by a white boy. So he kissed her again. More proof that Elvis was not a racist.
Posted on: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 08:40:59 +0000
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