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Recalling our Selma March Experiences

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Selma Alabama, Edmund Pettus BridgeGiven that today is the 58th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, when white cops beat the crap out of the Blacks attempting to march on the Edmund Pettus Bridge on the way to Montgomery, it is appropriate to remember how our synagogue re-enacted that march..  To bring the attention of the world to the need for fair and equitable voting rights- as well as civil rights, in general.

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A Full Deck has passed. Now, 1000 fewer places for Blacks to Vote

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I don’t normally post on Sunday.  Period.

But, today is the 52nd anniversary of Bloody Sunday.  (OK. It’s the Sunday anniversary; the date was 7 March.)  And, our great nation is NOT becoming great again because some 30 states have found ways to preclude the poor, the Blacks, the Latinos from voting.  And, Jeff Sessions (Sen. Elizabeth Warren warns us of his continued ‘racism, sexism, bigotry‘ ) is already retreating further from fair and balanced voting regulations.

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Selma- from the mouths of babes

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So, last week, I described my reactions to our synagogue’s trip to Selma, Montgomery, Birmingham, and Atlanta.  I told you that we went with about 100 folks ranging in age from 5 to 90.  And, we were joined by students from George Washington University and from Birmingham.

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MLK Weekend, 2017. Selma to Atlanta to Home

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I am continuing my recollections of the jam-packed Martin Luther King weekend.  This is the third and final component that details the impressions from our trip to Selma, Montgomery, Birmingham, and Atlanta.  Monday, I provided background and our Montgomery meanderings.  Yesterday, we spoke about our first 15 hours or so in Selma.

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Martin Luther King Weekend 2017

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I just spent Martin Luther King weekend walking in the shoes of the Reverend Martin Luther King, the Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, Reverend James Reeb, Joanne Bland, and a slew of others.  I saw recreations of Rosa Parks’ abbreviated bus ride.  And, felt the pain of four young children murdered by an American terrorist at the 16th Street Baptist Church.

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