"Rosa Sat so Martin Could Walk"

[stuckinlodi]

"Martin walked so Obama could run. Obama is running so our children can fly."

- unidentified AA man on NPR this afternoon

[hisownpetard]

1. delete

[hamsterjill]

20. Me, too!!!

I heard it in the car on the way home. What a great message.

I want our children to fly!!!

[peacebird]

2. I heard that too! Fabulous - I have sent it off to everyone I know!

Made me tear up when I heard him - such a powerful statement!
:hug:

[Cassandra]

3. That's lovely.

[PhilosopherKing]

4. I like that

Now let's help Barack finish first in his run.

[geebee]

5. Beautiful!

Thanks!

[zbdent]

6. damn ...

[Prairiefire]

7. Ed Welch, St. Louis vocational instructor

The trainees' instructor, Ed Welch, was listening to the conversation; he mentions a text message he got from a friend urging him to vote. The message read: "Rosa sat so Martin could walk. Martin walked, so Obama could run. Obama is running so our children can fly."

Transcript here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96215190

Kudos to Melissa Block--great story!

[4_Legs_Good]

8. Geesh, that's wonderful

:)

Made my freaking day!

David

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[chieftain]

10. Many Blacks were Republicans until Nixon made a deal

with the devil and launched his Southern Strategy. It was then that the Party of Lincoln lost its soul. Keep your historically ignorant bullshit off this Board and resign yourself to years in the wilderness you Republicans truly deserve.

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[chieftain]

21. You reveal your ignorance when you call the Democratic

agenda socialistic. I live in the South. I have been involved in Southern politics for decades. I have watched the racists leave my party and join yours. I have watched your leaders give aid and comfort to bigots. More disturbing have been your party's blatant efforts of depriving Blacks their constitutional right to vote. As I said earlier keep your bullshit posts off this Board.

[Lex]

12. littlecity - grab a history book, look in the index for "southern strategy"

and "dixiecrats" - then READ.

You look like a damn fool with those quotes.

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[Lex]

14. So you know what Dixiecrats are and you still posted those stupid quotes?

Unbelievable.

[Terran]

19. There are no more Dixiecrats

They ALL became republicans.

[H2O Man]

22. pathetic clown

[grantcart]

11. they said it was a text message being passed around in Missouri

[truthisfreedom]

15. I don't think I've read anything more beautiful by Walt Whitman or Jack Kerouac,

or my favorite, Alan Ginsberg. What a tear-jerker.

[TxRider]

17. Here's someone who's seen it all...

http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/10/27/1027jones.html

[CADEMOCRAT7]

18. How inspiring. YES WE CAN !!! n/t