In 1951, when I was 8 years old, I lived in Brownwood, Texas. In Texas at that time, negroes had to ride in the back of public busses, could not use the same restrooms as white people, and could not eat in the same restaurants as white people.
In 1967 I served in Vietnam the same year one of my heroes, Lieutenant Commander John McCain, was shot down and imprisoned in a North Vietnamese prison, The Hanoi Hilton. Many of the men I lived with, served with, and risked my life with in Vietnam in 1967 were black and did not enjoy the same privileges white people like me enjoyed in civilian life.
In 1968, the year I returned from Vietnam, one of my great heroes, Doctor Martin Luther King was murdered by racists.
In 2008 America elected an African-American as president of the United States of America.
We're come a long way in my life time!
I say, "God Bless America!"
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Wow...that is a great perspective on what is happening, tonight. I'm seriously proud to be a part of it...
What an amazing time we live in. It's certainly not all good and there is so much that is wrong with the world right now, but there is also good change happening. What a thing to see history made. What will this mean for Jude and Jesse - will there be more healing in our nation between races? I pray that there will be.
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