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| From 12/27/11 |
back home in brooklyn from a great xmas in connecticut with family i wanted to share a couple snapshots of my favorite gift this year: an original program from the 1963 march on washington which included mlk's "i have a dream speech." she and my grandfather, a methodist minister in bristol, connecticut, were in attendance that day...so much love for them for attending and for putting some of their good stock into my blood.
the best part of the gift, aside from the beautiful program (filled with artwork not words or propaganda), are the included treasures: clippings from the local papers covering their travels from hartford down to d.c. (see picture of the two of them sleeping on the train below). journalists along for the ride describe a train ride filled with rehearsals of song and non violent protest measures. almost unbelievable in a time of so much reported violence by police on blacks, the article reports that not one arrest was made on the 200,000 protestors in attendance. a lot of lessons to be learned from us today as we continue to protest injustice.
also a copy of a brochure of of king's letter from a birmingham jail. my grandfather also marched on selma - he didn't get arrested but he did a get a handshake from king.
wow, glad to still be able to share yet another meal with them this weekend, my grandfather's 95th christmas.
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| From 12/27/11 |
