Racism of Black Leaders is Hard to Fathom for this Old Civil Rights Warrior

May 2, 2014 by David L. Goetsch

I am finding it increasingly difficult to fathom the rise in black racism in America. The first cause I ever got involved in was the Civil Rights movement. I grew up in the Deep South during the most volatile years of that movement. Segregated schools, movie houses, restaurants, water fountains, and public facilities on one hand juxtaposed against sit-ins, freedom riders, and protest marches on the other were some of the everyday realities of my youth. I was in 9^th grade before the public schools in my community began the desegregation process; a process that Jim Crow politicians and school officials advanced at a snail’s pace. When my junior high school finally began the desegregation process, it was with the admission of one—just one—carefully selected black kid to the student body. This black youth, who turned out to be one of the brightest kids in our school, had to endure the same type of abuse as Jackie Robinson......Holmes is a salient example of how people of less character and moral strength than those who won the battle for Civil Rights have hijacked the movement and turned the dream into a nightmare. Dr. King must be rolling over in his grave....To Read More.....