6/26/2023 0 Comments March graphic novel![]() I was a small child, without any full conception of the true significance of what was happening, but he lifted me up and showed me where it was that the history happened. ![]() “That was an historic day,” he told me in his distinct way of talking. He was obviously busy, but he took a little time to show us around and, finding ourselves before a large window, he lifted me up and showed me the national mall, where he had spoken some thirty years earlier, preceding Reverend Martin Luther King’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech. My uncle had worked with a number of notable people in Washington and, on a trip to the capital building, we had the good fortune to have one of them come out and say hello. ![]() I was there to visit my uncle, who took us around and showed us some of the sights. When I was young I took a trip to Washington DC. ![]() But, for the moment, I want to talk about one small good fortune from my childhood. I was born in a time and place where even with tan skin and unusual features I have rarely felt endangered or even outcast. ![]() I consider myself to be an exceedingly lucky person. ![]()
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