50 years/MLK--'I Have a Dream Speech'

[wavingrl]

Boortz/Maynard Jackson

<The history of Hartsfield is a history of corruption. Maynard Jackson was the mayor when the new terminal was built. When he died unexpectedly last year politicians saw fit to add his name to the airport ... this in spite of the widespread corruption that existed while he oversaw the creation of the new terminal. Members of his administration were actually prosecuted and sent to jail over that airport expansion. After he left office Jackson, a multi-millionaire bond lawyer, used a minority set-aside regulation he put in place for Hartsfield to obtain a location for a restaurant on the "B" concourse. His former wife also had a concession at Hartsfield.

Wait! There's more!

Moving on to the next Atlanta Mayor, a true walking cesspool of corruption named Bill Campbell. The manager of the airport under Campbell was a woman named Angela Gittens. Around 1996 Gittens was named the number one state or local government employee in the nation! Campbell fired her. Why? Because she didn't raise enough funds for his reelection effort. Some of Campbell's cronies were also prosecuted for corruption during his reign as mayor. While Campbell was mayor he wanted to make sure that he exercised full day-to-day control over the Atlanta police department. In one memorable incident the Atlanta police that were stationed outside his home ran a license number on a suspicious car in Campbell's driveway. They discovered that the car was stolen, and stopped the driver as he was leaving. Campbell's reaction? He issued an order to the Atlanta police to stop running tag numbers of cars found in his driveway. Campbell's police chief --- or puppet, if you will --- during this time a former chauffeur named Beverly Harvard. Ms. Harvard is now number two in charge of Hartsfield security. Her boss's name is Willie Williams. >

Maynard Jackson
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/24/u...ical-force-dies-65.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm

http://www.grouchyoldcripple.com/archives/000547.html

So much has gone on--- at present they are still addressing issues related to Atlanta Public Schools' cheating scandal. Serious---but not as earth shattering as some previous scandals. Years and years of scandals.

 

[wavingrl]

not certain about this--some sort of summary of what has gone on>>

The Phoenix Falling ?

this was written in 2004--really not true then and not true now.

~~~

Kasim Reed seems to have done a pretty good job--current mayor.


The Beltline project is an innovative effort to revitalize inner city neighborhoods such as the Old Fourth Ward/MLK historic center, etc.

http://www.tpl.org/what-we-do/where-we-work/georgia/Atlanta-Beltline.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Fourth_Ward

<The Old Fourth Ward is defined as the area that stretches from Piedmont Avenue and Downtown Atlanta on the west to the BeltLine and the Poncey-Highland and Inman Park neighborhoods on the east. Through it runs a main thoroughfare named simply, Boulevard. West of Boulevard the Ward reaches from Ponce de Leon Avenue on the north to Freedom Parkway on the south, below which is Sweet Auburn. East of Boulevard, it reaches from Ponce de Leon Avenue on the north to the east-west MARTA rail line and Oakland Cemetery, and the Grant Park and Cabbagetown neighborhoods on the south. The neighborhood can be divided into three areas, with Freedom Pakway and Boulevard serving as dividing lines.

The area north of Freedom Parkway and east of Boulevard is one of the city's most up-and-coming areas. It is home to The Masquerade, a music venue hosting national acts, and Historic Fourth Ward Park, a product of the BeltLine. In the very northeast corner of this area is the 2.1 million sq. ft. former City Hall East, which a developer, Jamestown, plans to spend $180 million to convert into Ponce City Market, a complex of retail, restaurants, boutiques, offices and residential space, featuring a food hall of national importance along the lines of Jamestown's own Chelsea Market in New York.[3] This area has also seen an influx of young professionals. As a result, there have been several new mulifamily developments bordering the park, including AMLI Old Fourth Ward, AMLI Parkside and BOHO4W.[4] The area furthest east along the BeltLine was once an industrial area where former factory and warehouse space now contains restaurants and galleries, located in complexes like Studioplex and Southern Dairies
>

 

[wavingrl]

Something I like.

https://sidewalkradio.wordpress.com/tag/sharon-foster-jones/

From its humble beginnings &#8220;as a damp spot on a rock&#8221; in the North Georgia mountains, the Chattahoochee River flows south through the Chattahoochee National Forest and west through Atlanta. After a few more twists and turns, plus a merger with the Flint River, &#8220;the Hooch&#8221; hits Apalachicola Bay and then goes into the Gulf. In addition to some fine fishing up north, the river is also the major source of water for our city. Sally Bethea is the Executive Director of the Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, an organization she founded in 1994 with the mission to protect and restore the Chattahoochee River, its tributaries and watershed. Sally joins Gene in the studio to talk about our greatest source of water, along with one of our greatest concerns

 

[FA_Q2]

Martin Luther King plagairized his most famous speech. He was a womanizer preferring white prostitutes and a was a legendary alcoholic. Had he not died when he did he would have been indicted for embezzling funds from the Ebenezer Church he pastored.

It will take a number of generations before history is revised out of existence.

What is your point? What do you gain by attacking King’s character?

I don’t celebrate the man MLK, that would be asinine. No person is perfect. I don’t celebrate the man Jefferson or any of the other founders either. In many respects, they were TERRIBLE men. What U celebrate is their accomplishments and in the arena of civil rights, MLK’s accomplishments are titanic. Your comments here are no better than the asinine liberals who want to call the founding father slaving owning, womanizing racist pigs. IOW, pointless character assassinations in order to belittle their amazing accomplishments.

I don’t give a shit what he was like, the simple fact that black American have moved from a time of segregation to general equality in this nation is monolithic and King had a lot to do with that movement.

 

[Lonestar_logic]

Martin Luther King plagairized his most famous speech. He was a womanizer preferring white prostitutes and a was a legendary alcoholic. Had he not died when he did he would have been indicted for embezzling funds from the Ebenezer Church he pastored.

It will take a number of generations before history is revised out of existence.

What is your point? What do you gain by attacking King’s character?

I don’t celebrate the man MLK, that would be asinine. No person is perfect. I don’t celebrate the man Jefferson or any of the other founders either. In many respects, they were TERRIBLE men. What U celebrate is their accomplishments and in the arena of civil rights, MLK’s accomplishments are titanic. Your comments here are no better than the asinine liberals who want to call the founding father slaving owning, womanizing racist pigs. IOW, pointless character assassinations in order to belittle their amazing accomplishments.

I don’t give a shit what he was like, the simple fact that black American have moved from a time of segregation to general equality in this nation is monolithic and King had a lot to do with that movement.

Exactly what did he accomplish?


Seems to me blacks are more dysfunctional now than ever before and use their skin color as a means to separate themselves from other Americans. Relying on bureaucratic plantation owners to support them. I'll concede that some blacks were intelligent enough to leave the Democratic plantation.

But none of what most blacks do today is anything like what MLK preached about.

 

[wavingrl]

Martin Luther King plagairized his most famous speech. He was a womanizer preferring white prostitutes and a was a legendary alcoholic. Had he not died when he did he would have been indicted for embezzling funds from the Ebenezer Church he pastored.

It will take a number of generations before history is revised out of existence.

What is your point? What do you gain by attacking King&#8217;s character?

I don&#8217;t celebrate the man MLK, that would be asinine. No person is perfect. I don&#8217;t celebrate the man Jefferson or any of the other founders either. In many respects, they were TERRIBLE men. What U celebrate is their accomplishments and in the arena of civil rights, MLK&#8217;s accomplishments are titanic. Your comments here are no better than the asinine liberals who want to call the founding father slaving owning, womanizing racist pigs. IOW, pointless character assassinations in order to belittle their amazing accomplishments.

I don&#8217;t give a shit what he was like, the simple fact that black American have moved from a time of segregation to general equality in this nation is monolithic and King had a lot to do with that movement.

Things had to change--he stepped up.

Some sort of historical perspective needs to be applied.
From my first hand experience--starting around 196?--if you openly said something like, 'I agree with MLK'--(I am Caucasian, fwiw)--it was very likely that someone would say--'What is wrong with you'---actually much worse was said--which I choose to forget.

Race was not discussed. About all I had to work with was what was said at church and what I gleaned from books. Then I went to college--and found soul/beach music. Met a guy from Macon, GA who liked James Brown. Not exactly the sort of experiences that would be worthy of a movie or a book. My little piece of the pie. Living minutes away from major change.

Not easy--this sort of change was not easy.

That is what I celebrate.

When work on MARTA--rapid transit system began --somewhere in the late 60's--the surrounding counties could choose to be included or not. Gwinnett county--at the time primarily rural opted out--to prevent the criminal element from having access, etc. Now one of the most diverse counties--fwiw. This accounts for many of the transportation problems in Atlanta.

 

[wavingrl]

Martin Luther King plagairized his most famous speech. He was a womanizer preferring white prostitutes and a was a legendary alcoholic. Had he not died when he did he would have been indicted for embezzling funds from the Ebenezer Church he pastored.

It will take a number of generations before history is revised out of existence.

What is your point? What do you gain by attacking King&#8217;s character?

I don&#8217;t celebrate the man MLK, that would be asinine. No person is perfect. I don&#8217;t celebrate the man Jefferson or any of the other founders either. In many respects, they were TERRIBLE men. What U celebrate is their accomplishments and in the arena of civil rights, MLK&#8217;s accomplishments are titanic. Your comments here are no better than the asinine liberals who want to call the founding father slaving owning, womanizing racist pigs. IOW, pointless character assassinations in order to belittle their amazing accomplishments.

I don&#8217;t give a shit what he was like, the simple fact that black American have moved from a time of segregation to general equality in this nation is monolithic and King had a lot to do with that movement.

Exactly what did he accomplish?


Seems to me blacks are more dysfunctional now than ever before and use their skin color as a means to separate themselves from other Americans. Relying on bureaucratic plantation owners to support them. I'll concede that some blacks were intelligent enough to leave the Democratic plantation.

But none of what most blacks do today is anything like what MLK preached about.

I can only assume that we are now in the 'individualization' stage. 'This is what I think'/I am my own person.

CNN had a segment with Russell Simmons/rapper--I just wasn't up for that and changed the station. I suppose someone like Spike Lee/film could provide insight.
the hatred of injustice--I just go with that.
Don't go by me --I am old enough to be someone's grandmother--and I enjoy Beyonce--from time to time. I cannot help myself. lol.

50 years-- lol--off the top of my head--I suppose I should thank Bob Dylan for his contributions to my life. Actually never really knew much about Bob Dylan until a decade or so ago. Not likely that we will see a monument to him in DC --and 'the things he did'--but somehow the ideas got around.

'The rhythm is gonna get you'--

 

[wavingrl]

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/29/arts/music/bob-dylan-and-wilco-americanarama-festival.html?_r=0

<Mr. Dylan&#8217;s band members wore baggy suits and a variety of hats, playing under white lights, as if they were at a roadhouse. They riffled through roots styles: Chicago blues, Western swing, rockabilly, doo-wop ballad, rumba-blues, Appalachian banjo and Mr. Dylan&#8217;s own 1970s folk-rock (in a recognizable &#8220;Tangled Up in Blue,&#8221; though Mr. Dylan has changed the lyrics from first person to third). In a show of tour camaraderie, Mr. Dylan was joined by Jeff Tweedy and Jim James, the leaders of Wilco and My Morning Jacket, along with Peter Wolf (formerly of the J. Geils Band), to sing &#8220;The Weight,&#8221; the Band song that&#8217;s an Americana staple.

But Mr. Dylan is still fighting nostalgia and complacency in his chosen ways: revamping old songs and delivering newer ones filled with bitterness, loss and rage. His set started with an upbeat, thoroughly biting version of &#8220;Things Have Changed,&#8221; his litany of wounded cynicism. >

~~~
http://www.redpepper.org.uk/The-Politics-of-Bob-Dylan/

<The song is founded on a conviction that the movement for social change is unstoppable, that history will conform to morality. In its second verse, Dylan issues a brash, enduring challenge to the punditocracy: "Come writers and critics/ Who prophesize with your pen/ And keep your eyes wide/ The chance won't come again/ And don't speak too soon/ For the wheel's still in spin."

It was the unexpected achievements of the civil rights movement, a grass-roots upsurge which transformed the American political landscape, that made this challenge and the song as a whole possible and even plausible. But it was Dylan's genius to articulate the universal spirit animating the specific historical moment.>

~~~
That's about as much perspective as I can find. Something at least.

sigh--
<&#8220;DESTINY is a feeling you have that you know something about yourself nobody else does. The picture you have in your own mind of what you're about WILL COME TRUE. It's a kind of a thing you kind of have to keep to your own self, because it's a fragile feeling, and you put it out there, then someone will kill it. It's best to keep that all inside.&#8221;
&#8213; Bob Dylan, The Bob Dylan Scrapbook: 1956-1966 [With Lyrics, Newspaper Clippings, Etc.With CD]>
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/b/bob_dylan.html

 

[wavingrl]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaI5IRuS2aE]Woody Guthrie-This Land Is Your Land - YouTube[/ame]

 

[FA_Q2]

Martin Luther King plagairized his most famous speech. He was a womanizer preferring white prostitutes and a was a legendary alcoholic. Had he not died when he did he would have been indicted for embezzling funds from the Ebenezer Church he pastored.

It will take a number of generations before history is revised out of existence.

What is your point? What do you gain by attacking King’s character?

I don’t celebrate the man MLK, that would be asinine. No person is perfect. I don’t celebrate the man Jefferson or any of the other founders either. In many respects, they were TERRIBLE men. What U celebrate is their accomplishments and in the arena of civil rights, MLK’s accomplishments are titanic. Your comments here are no better than the asinine liberals who want to call the founding father slaving owning, womanizing racist pigs. IOW, pointless character assassinations in order to belittle their amazing accomplishments.

I don’t give a shit what he was like, the simple fact that black American have moved from a time of segregation to general equality in this nation is monolithic and King had a lot to do with that movement.

Exactly what did he accomplish?


Seems to me blacks are more dysfunctional now than ever before and use their skin color as a means to separate themselves from other Americans. Relying on bureaucratic plantation owners to support them. I'll concede that some blacks were intelligent enough to leave the Democratic plantation.

But none of what most blacks do today is anything like what MLK preached about.

Then you are simply ignoring reality and there is little I can do. The black community has a lot of issues that it has to deal with just like all communities but they no longer must deal with being lesser than white people. THAT is a HUGE difference. If you can’t understand that there is a difference in the way that blacks are in relation to whites today versus when there were white schools, drinking fountains and other basic amenities then you have a backwards view of how far we have come.

This is not much different than the claim that blacks would somehow be better off in slavery. IOW, asinine.

 

[Lonestar_logic]

What is your point? What do you gain by attacking King’s character?

I don’t celebrate the man MLK, that would be asinine. No person is perfect. I don’t celebrate the man Jefferson or any of the other founders either. In many respects, they were TERRIBLE men. What U celebrate is their accomplishments and in the arena of civil rights, MLK’s accomplishments are titanic. Your comments here are no better than the asinine liberals who want to call the founding father slaving owning, womanizing racist pigs. IOW, pointless character assassinations in order to belittle their amazing accomplishments.

I don’t give a shit what he was like, the simple fact that black American have moved from a time of segregation to general equality in this nation is monolithic and King had a lot to do with that movement.

Exactly what did he accomplish?


Seems to me blacks are more dysfunctional now than ever before and use their skin color as a means to separate themselves from other Americans. Relying on bureaucratic plantation owners to support them. I'll concede that some blacks were intelligent enough to leave the Democratic plantation.

But none of what most blacks do today is anything like what MLK preached about.

Then you are simply ignoring reality and there is little I can do. The black community has a lot of issues that it has to deal with just like all communities but they no longer must deal with being lesser than white people. THAT is a HUGE difference. If you can’t understand that there is a difference in the way that blacks are in relation to whites today versus when there were white schools, drinking fountains and other basic amenities then you have a backwards view of how far we have come.

This is not much different than the claim that blacks would somehow be better off in slavery. IOW, asinine.

I live in the real world fool.

Blacks go out of their way to separate themselves from the rest of us. Open your eyes!!

MLK was hoping for a color blind society, is that what you see happening?

Most blacks are still in slavery, they just haven't realized it yet. If it wasn't for daddy government they'd starve to fucking death!

 

[FA_Q2]

Exactly what did he accomplish?


Seems to me blacks are more dysfunctional now than ever before and use their skin color as a means to separate themselves from other Americans. Relying on bureaucratic plantation owners to support them. I'll concede that some blacks were intelligent enough to leave the Democratic plantation.

But none of what most blacks do today is anything like what MLK preached about.

Then you are simply ignoring reality and there is little I can do. The black community has a lot of issues that it has to deal with just like all communities but they no longer must deal with being lesser than white people. THAT is a HUGE difference. If you can&#8217;t understand that there is a difference in the way that blacks are in relation to whites today versus when there were white schools, drinking fountains and other basic amenities then you have a backwards view of how far we have come.

This is not much different than the claim that blacks would somehow be better off in slavery. IOW, asinine.

I live in the real world fool.

Blacks go out of their way to separate themselves from the rest of us. Open your eyes!!

Did I ever say they didn&#8217;t? Try looking at my statements &#8211; this is a straw man.

MLK was hoping for a color blind society, is that what you see happening?

Nope. Again, complete straw man. Look at my statements again.

Most blacks are still in slavery, they just haven't realized it yet. If it wasn't for daddy government they'd starve to fucking death!

No they don&#8217;t. The government dependency is still not slavery. Those that want to can improve still and those that don&#8217;t sink to the bottom. That is not slavery &#8211; where you have no decition or power in the matter but rather a case of the government making it to easy to suck off the teet.

What you are missing is that you seem to think that we start with slaves and POOF we become a nation undivided singing kumbyah. That is not true. MLK&#8217;s &#8216;dream&#8217; might not be the reality BUT we are FAR close to it now than where we were 60 years ago. When segregation was the name of the game, equality was simply out of reach. Today, that is NOT the case.

 

[R.C. Christian]

I believe Obama should have his own personal "I have a drone speech".

 

[wavingrl]

I believe Obama should have his own personal "I have a drone speech".

a bit of levity--always appreciated.

too intense life seems to have become too intense.

I popped over to my high school's facebook page-- others seem to be coping well.

During the 70's--when loling was still permitted--we had a drive time radio show. So funny--he posts now and then. Still funny--if it matters--a conservative of some kind--he should be cloned--that is all I know.

I muted the TV--it was on Fox--scrolling at the bottom of the screen--'Already running for 2016--Hillary'---I am definitely not going to start thinking about that. snarl.

 

[wavingrl]

snarl--the school system is currently on probation/being monitored by the state-- accreditation issues--corruption of school board, etc.

So the community around Emory University chose to exercise the option of forming a charter school--last night there was a vote and this comment is a response to that>>>

'I am really shocked at the biased voting methods used in DeKalb country, which went unmentioned in the AJC articles on the vote to date. The poll workers all wore tee-shirts with the symbol of the campaign favoring the Druid Hills Cluster, upon which was voted in today referendum on their fronts. The woman taking the ballots wore the same symbol on her tee shirt and gave out information on how to get on email lists to support the pro-Cluster campaign. The vote was held for only four hours, 4-8PM at the high school located in the neighborhood of the rich whites only, far from where the majority live, who just happen to be people of color. Minorities were no where to be seen at the voting because it was made completely inconvenient for them. The vote count was conducted by those wearing the pro-referendum tee shirts. No electronic voting machines were used. I am sure all of these non-neutral practices were illegal and should be investigated by legal authorities. In all the elections that I have observed around the world, in Nicaragua, El Salvador, Haiti, Pakistan, Romania and the Philippines, I have never seen such a sham election within a polling area. In DeKalb County, this is more evidence that the Voting Rights Act needs to be enforced right here. That nobody saw fit to mention these injustices just shows how utterly unconcerned people are with the rights of everyone living in this community. '

Plenty of responses to this--lol. Plenty of attorneys living in this community.

So she expressed her opinion--I tell myself.
It has been a tedious existence--my entire life.

~~~~~
lol--'If You Like It You Should Have Put a Ring On It'--catchy tune--now playing on the radio.

while I read that a man fell to his death at Turner Field/Braves Game.

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/family-man-who-fell-at-turner-field-not-a-drinker/nZNcK/

His family plans to sue. Of course. Waiting on toxicology reports. Not the sort to overindulge at Braves' game or pay the high prices at the concession stand.

He was tall--6'6--sounds like he lost his balance--leaned too far. I don't think Turner Field will be redesigned myself--and not certain if Turner Field has accountability in this area.

 

[Lonestar_logic]

Then you are simply ignoring reality and there is little I can do. The black community has a lot of issues that it has to deal with just like all communities but they no longer must deal with being lesser than white people. THAT is a HUGE difference. If you can’t understand that there is a difference in the way that blacks are in relation to whites today versus when there were white schools, drinking fountains and other basic amenities then you have a backwards view of how far we have come.

This is not much different than the claim that blacks would somehow be better off in slavery. IOW, asinine.

I live in the real world fool.

Blacks go out of their way to separate themselves from the rest of us. Open your eyes!!

Did I ever say they didn’t? Try looking at my statements – this is a straw man.

MLK was hoping for a color blind society, is that what you see happening?

Nope. Again, complete straw man. Look at my statements again.

Most blacks are still in slavery, they just haven't realized it yet. If it wasn't for daddy government they'd starve to fucking death!

No they don’t. The government dependency is still not slavery. Those that want to can improve still and those that don’t sink to the bottom. That is not slavery – where you have no decition or power in the matter but rather a case of the government making it to easy to suck off the teet.

What you are missing is that you seem to think that we start with slaves and POOF we become a nation undivided singing kumbyah. That is not true. MLK’s ‘dream’ might not be the reality BUT we are FAR close to it now than where we were 60 years ago. When segregation was the name of the game, equality was simply out of reach. Today, that is NOT the case.

We are no more closer to unity now than we were when MLK was killed.


America more divided now than any time since the Civil Rights Era

 

[High_Gravity]

'I Have A Dream' 50 Year Anniversary Commemorated With Bells, MLK Remembered

As Oprah said to someone on CNN--'I think we will be talking about race for quite some time...'

Growing up in Atlanta in the 60's in some sort of 'Wonder Years' environment I remember the struggle and strife. 'Radical'--very radical thinking.

I saw the 'Colored' and 'White' water fountains in one of the better department stores --must have been 7 or 8--no one offered any explanation. Race was not discussed. TV was 'new' and one of my father's favorite shows was 'Amos and Andy'.

Skipping ahead to the early 60's---Lester Maddox ran for governor. He owned a restaurant where axe handles were sold--and truthfully the KKK was active in some parts of the city.

Lester Maddox Dies at 87 - Segregationist Was a Georgia Governor - NYTimes.com

a few memories. one of my best ---The Atlanta Tams---'My Girl', 'Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy'---good tunes.

Official site of The Tams Featuring Original member Charles Pope & Little Redd

And yet, we are so far from it.

 

[High_Gravity]

Martin Luther King plagairized his most famous speech. He was a womanizer preferring white prostitutes and a was a legendary alcoholic. Had he not died when he did he would have been indicted for embezzling funds from the Ebenezer Church he pastored.

It will take a number of generations before history is revised out of existence.

So?

 

[FA_Q2]

I live in the real world fool.

Blacks go out of their way to separate themselves from the rest of us. Open your eyes!!

Did I ever say they didn’t? Try looking at my statements – this is a straw man.

Nope. Again, complete straw man. Look at my statements again.

Most blacks are still in slavery, they just haven't realized it yet. If it wasn't for daddy government they'd starve to fucking death!

No they don’t. The government dependency is still not slavery. Those that want to can improve still and those that don’t sink to the bottom. That is not slavery – where you have no decition or power in the matter but rather a case of the government making it to easy to suck off the teet.

What you are missing is that you seem to think that we start with slaves and POOF we become a nation undivided singing kumbyah. That is not true. MLK’s ‘dream’ might not be the reality BUT we are FAR close to it now than where we were 60 years ago. When segregation was the name of the game, equality was simply out of reach. Today, that is NOT the case.

We are no more closer to unity now than we were when MLK was killed.


America more divided now than any time since the Civil Rights Era

Killer source. 1/3 of the way down, the ‘research’ proves the exact opposite of the title (39% more UNITED to 36 more divided) but then this is not research. It is questionnaire asking what people think. People also think that Obama should have been president by a rather sound margin, are you going to start singing Obama’s praise now? Of course not because the uniformed opinion of the masses is not what you are going to form your opinions on.

Obviously, you do NOT live in the real world and engaging with you on this is utterly pointless. During segregation, there was a ZERO chance that a black man would be president; it was unthinkable. Until you get blacks simply bared from using the same drinking fountain or bathroom or from living in entire communities as a regular accepted reality then you simply are ignorant of the MASSIVE differences we have today vs what we had 60 years ago.

 

[wavingrl]

'I Have A Dream' 50 Year Anniversary Commemorated With Bells, MLK Remembered

As Oprah said to someone on CNN--'I think we will be talking about race for quite some time...'

Growing up in Atlanta in the 60's in some sort of 'Wonder Years' environment I remember the struggle and strife. 'Radical'--very radical thinking.

I saw the 'Colored' and 'White' water fountains in one of the better department stores --must have been 7 or 8--no one offered any explanation. Race was not discussed. TV was 'new' and one of my father's favorite shows was 'Amos and Andy'.

Skipping ahead to the early 60's---Lester Maddox ran for governor. He owned a restaurant where axe handles were sold--and truthfully the KKK was active in some parts of the city.

Lester Maddox Dies at 87 - Segregationist Was a Georgia Governor - NYTimes.com

a few memories. one of my best ---The Atlanta Tams---'My Girl', 'Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy'---good tunes.

Official site of The Tams Featuring Original member Charles Pope & Little Redd

And yet, we are so far from it.

It's been a 'long haul'--even from the cheap seats in the peanut gallery.

If you 'look' closely enough change has occurred. for instance--A main street runs from Ponce de Leon--a major thoroughfare to downtown Atlanta. The story goes that on 'the other side' the name had to be different to 'segregate'. Not certain that is true--could be.

At any rate no one particularly cares anymore. 'The other side' has been/is being revitalized--one of the areas frequently featured on ?HGTV--lots of craftsman bungalows in the area.

Whatever --around here--people are just trying to live. Good as it gets.

~~~~~
Exciting news for my area--finally enough economic recovery has begun --a new restaurant is coming soon.
Tired of Chick Fil A and the fast food chains.

http://blogs.ajc.com/food-and-more/2013/08/14/30-restaurants-in-30-days-zoes-kitchen/