I have to confess, unlike a lot of folks, I don't get teary eyed and sentimental when it comes to the Civil Rights Movement and the contributions of great men and women during that time like Martin Luther King. Why? Because I was born in 1969. By the time I was old enough to become aware of what the movement was all about, it was history.
I can however listen and learn from my mother, and grandmother, of what segregation was like and be grateful for how far God has brought us. I can be grateful that God blessed me to be born in a country where it's illegal to be judged by the color of my skin, discriminated against or somehow be thought of as less because of its dark color. Does this mean that discrimination and prejudice no longer happen in America? No.
Why? Because for some folks, it's human nature to put others down in order to make themselves feel higher, more elevated. But for the majority of us, we've learned to live and let live, judge a person by their actions, and their ability to succeed by their willingness to work for what they have.
So to everyone, be you famous or forgotten, I thank you for helping to make America and it's laws governing Civil Rights what it is today. May God Bless each and every one of you.
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