3. That took more courage than we can imagine today.
This was part of a fundamental change in the way this country treated all minorities. I have to give kudos to the preacher who started it all. A strong man. I am the same age as these ladies, and since there were racial mixes already in our school in our small town, I would not have understood what the big deal was.
4. Yes -- they manifest as the KKK, Birchers, white supremacists, militias,
or just your everyday garden variety red-necks. Since the sixties they've pretty much been at the fringe -- but it's really scary now that we have them as sitting congressmen and senators.
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