Martin Luther King Day

If you need to be reminded of why this holiday is
so important, check out the sections on the fight for civil rights in America
in  the Audio version of “The People’s
History of The United States: Highlights from The 20^th Century
(Abridged) by Howard Zinn and read by Matt Damon (Why Damon? Remember the
speech Damon gives in “Good Will Hunting” in the bar where he references Howard
Zinn? Plus — he does a great job.) Even of you are old enough to remember the
civil rights struggle and Dr. King and those who marched with him —  that does not mean you fully realize what went on.

We are only talking about 50 years ago that racism was not only rampant, but
was the law in many States. African-Americans were discriminated
against socially, economically, professionally, and legally — African-Americans had to use separate entrances, washrooms, schools, restaurants, clubs (the list goes on and on) — and were murdered
by lynchings, bombings, and by gun fire, and had dogs set upon them –in our country, in the United States of America!!! just for standing up for the right to
vote, wanting to sit at a lunch counter and ride  on the public bus and other fundamental rights most of us take for granted. Listening to this Audio book will rock your world!

So let us remember what occurred, and by the same token for this holiday, let me also
give a shout-out to Stevie Wonder, who was one of the main movers in making Dr.
King’s birthday a national holiday.

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