A "vicious and tragic" crime was "perpetrated against humanity," as Dr. Martin Luther King described it.
The 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing.
I don't work downtown anymore, and no appointments today in that direction, but if I get a chance, I'll drive over just to pass by.
Truly tragic indeed...
One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter.
Pure evil.
“Before I leave I’d like to see our politics begin to return to the purposes and practices that distinguish our history from the history of other nations,
“I would like to see us recover our sense that we are more alike than different. We are citizens of a republic made of shared ideals forged in a new world to replace the tribal enmities that tormented the old one. Even in times of political turmoil such as these, we share that awesome heritage and the responsibility to embrace it.”
-Patriot and Senator. John McCain
As tragic as that was, and it was surely evil, losing Dr. King was worse. I think given time and years he may have been the man to close the racial divide in a constructive way that put it behind us as a nation. So many of his words are now lost and it seems to never heal.
People keep asking if I'm back and I haven't really had an answer. But now, yeah, I'm thinkin' I'm back.
Wholeheartedly agree. One of the greatest Americans to have ever lived. Not a perfect man, as no one is, but having been endowed by God with the perfect message.Originally Posted by CitizenBBN
Last edited by kingcat; 09-15-2017 at 05:03 PM.
“Before I leave I’d like to see our politics begin to return to the purposes and practices that distinguish our history from the history of other nations,
“I would like to see us recover our sense that we are more alike than different. We are citizens of a republic made of shared ideals forged in a new world to replace the tribal enmities that tormented the old one. Even in times of political turmoil such as these, we share that awesome heritage and the responsibility to embrace it.”
-Patriot and Senator. John McCain
I overlook Dr. King's shortcomings the same way people need to overlook them with Jefferson and Washington and Lincoln. If we wait on perfect men to lead us we're never going to get anywhere.
People have forgotten his message entirely IMO. If he were here maybe he could steer us back on course. I'd like to think he wouldn't go off the track, at least I indulge in that belief.
People keep asking if I'm back and I haven't really had an answer. But now, yeah, I'm thinkin' I'm back.
I worked for several years with a woman who was friends with the girls who were killed and who was in the church that day. It was a horrible crime. The bombing was designed to create fear. It certainly did that. In the process it moved the cause of equality into the national discussion.
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