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I'll go to school and work. Well, I'll check to see if the library I work at is closed.

But the college doesn't get the day off.

looks like I'll be on gaia

I did something different yesterday that was kinda cool. First, there was this prayer breakfast. Then a few people that lived in the times of the civil rights movement and beyond got up and talked about Martin's dream, the state of the Black man and the world in general, and then some recollections of where they were when he gave his speech in Washington; and where they were when he was shot and killed. It was pretty great.
What made it so interesting was that the location I'm in (Paris, TN-Henry County) was all for the intergration and the inevitable changes. No one opposed. I really didn't believe it at first until I kept hearing a few older people talk about it. Here they were, smack dab in the South with racism and hate crimes galore...and the citizens of that small county--Black and White--were already cool with one another. Deepness.
Anyway, after the breakfast we marched to the court house (in the cold, pooouring rain... sweatdrop ) singing "We Shall Overcome" and "Can't Nobody Turn Me Around". (correct me if that isnt the title...i'm a bad person with the memory.) It felt really really good to be a part of that after having spent so many stuffy years in elementary and junior high school sitting in the sidelines doing a lot of nothing. It felt like that day I was destined to take part. The march to the courthouse was obviously to re-enact all the endless marches held for civil rights. The destination, however, was to bring the official document (it's a tradition for every year since the first MLK day) to the courthouse to commemorate the day. My uncle (who is the comissioner for the county) got to hand over the official document to the mayor. Very cool. biggrin Just being able to participate made me feel very proud to be Black, to be free, and to be in a world where things aren't segregated.