WTVD News Channel 11 did a special on M.L.K. Jr called The Price of Freedom. Although we didn't get to watch the video in its entirety. I learned we used the Montgomery Boycott strategy was used all over here in Durham down the street in Greensboro. It was a time when people felt they were be treated unfairly and actually did something about it. FYI(Really cool website that as some articles from the Montgomery Newspaper from when the boycott was going on http://www.montgomeryboycott.com/index_article.htm). Think about this Dr. King was assainated in 1968 that was only 41 years ago. Can you imagin he was trying to reach the goals of equal education, economical, and political opportunites, and 41 years later we are still fighting for the same thing. But when I think about it, compared to what they were doing in 50's and 60's is nothing to what we do now. It's almost as if we are sitting around waiting for change it happen on its own. Its funny, at one time we were so unified we were so together and bonded and now we have black on black crime. WTVD provided viewers with statistics by the Census Bureau for Unemployed blacks 1963 10.8% 1993 13.8% Only thing that has changed is the number of blacks still unemployed. Mind blowing huh. The program was a round table discussion with four panelist Ben Ruffin, Maceo k. Sloan, Melaine Wilson, and Warren Harrington J.r.
They said we lost pride and determination, why? some people feel we made it--we are not longer pulling together anymore. Panelist Ben Ruffin said "We dont know where we want to go." Our culture doesn't teach us where we want to go. I am sure that many people agreed with him. Petitioning is apart of our First Admendment right and some over the years we stopped making our voices heard. We have individuals that speak up, but as history has shown your get results when you mess with peoples money and you speak in volume.
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