August 28 ,1963 has entered into history as one of the defining moments in this country's short history. Dr . King gave a speech that will be remembered until time stops .
I was a ten year old kid . I probably spent the day playing baseball ,or building a fort ,or maybe playing army . I was oblivious as to what was happening in Washington ,that day . I was at least until I got home and my Dad was sitting in front of the TV watching Walter Cronkite and not saying a word . Some guy was on saying something about rights ,freedom ,and some kind of dream . It was at that moment my life changed ,although I didn't realize it at the time .
I never knew that this stuff wasn't there for everyone . What do you mean there are separate fountains ? What's this back of the bus thing? I just didn't understand ,but soon started to.
Because ,Dr King affected this ten year old, little white kid ,from Gloucester . I started looking at the way I spoke about others and how others spoke about others . I stopped hanging out with the "cool" kids who thought it was OK to use the N word ,who thought it was OK to push the new kid around ,who thought it was OK to make fun of someone different .
It wasn't a Black and White issue . It was a Human Rights issue . I had no idea when Dr. King spoke on that historic day, how it would change my life ,but it did .
I am now 57 and have tried to live my life based on what Dr. King asked for so long ago. I haven't always succeeded,but I am not ashamed of myself .
Yes ,today is a historic day ,and always will be !!!!!!!
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