re: John Lewis has crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge one last time. RIP

We must keep fighting his fight RIP

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Video of Selma bridge protest. A truly horrifying display where men and women standing peacefully in their Sunday finest were attacked mercilessly.

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Who gave that order? A Democrat

And when you tell me this was a result of a switch understand that Democrats held the Statehouse of Alabama since before the Civil War up until 1987 with the exception of 1868 to 1870, only 2 years out of more than 125 had Republican leadership in that state.

After a Democrat assassinated MLK Civil Rights Leaders like John Lewis and Jessie Jackson made a deal with the Devil (LBJ) who promised to keep the NWords voting Democrat for 100 years.

Quite effective, evil incarnate but totally effective

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Congressman Lewis was one of those brave souls who walked across that bridge and he would pay the price for challenging the establishment of that separate but equal era because these civil rights pioneers knew they were yet to be considered equal. Mr Lewis‘ skull was fractured, his body was battered but he sacrificed himself to help move our society forward towards true equality.

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i was four when that happened most over rated act of virtue signally ever.

integrating SEC football had more to do with changing the south than martin luther king ever did.

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I particularly remember the integration of the public schools. When I think back to that period of my life it truly seems like a movie I may have watched but it was real.


I'm curious if we watched the same "movie". It was almost like a war zone, at my school. The teachers that were "teaching" just a few years prior were doing there best to keep the class room "CIVIL".

Civility at the time was lacking, if I recall correctly.

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We had quite a bit of contentiousness in our public schools where I attended during the first 2-3 years after integration. I believe in St Joe MO the year of integration was 67 or 68, I know I was in either the 2nd or third grade. Our family of 11 moved out of the city into Andrew county in the summer of 69....had one the black family in our school district....they were framers, could have been the farm given to the family after the Civil War.