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Chaos or Community?

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It’s not quite the right day- but, in America, we seem to opt for Monday holidays.  So, today, not the 15th, we are honoring Dr. Martin Luther King.  It is interesting to note that his last book turns out to be a most timely concept for discussion today.

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Never Forget

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It’s Black History Month.  And, I wrote about Freedom House (1315 Duke Street, Alexandria) a year ago.  During its 33 years of operation, some 1 million slaves were sold or traded from this building.  Interestingly, these actions occurred even when Alexandria was part of the District of Columbia- Alexandria rejoined the Commonwealth in 1847, after 58 years of Federal Control.  (The slave house actually operated from 1828 to 1861; that operation ceased when the US government forcibly took control over the city of Alexandria at the start of the Civil War.)

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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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