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We've lived in Montgomery, Alabama (home of the Southern Poverty Law Center) and Atlanta, Georgia . in both cities and for many years we were very much aware of the work of Dr. King (as in this 1956 comic book) and the work left to be done. I feel a big guilt in knowing that mine wasn't a day on, not a day of volunteering or giving or helping much, but a day of spending time with my husband driving around upstate new york shopping, getting lost, and picking up a painting. We did get home in time to make luminaries and put them in front of our house as a tribute to Dr. King and his legacy (non-violence, positive social change, equality, risk taking for the good of others...).
I really do want to do more but tonight there are glowing lights in my front yard and throughout my little successfully integrated neighborhood. We live now in a city whose legacy is Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Still strong and still relevant.
take care and make good trouble,
Rachael
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