Martin Luther King III remembers Jim Crow and amusement parks
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Martin Luther King III chuckles, remembering how he and his older sister Yolanda used to clamor to go to Funtown. They frequently drove by the segregated amusement park with their mother, Coretta Scott King, as they dropped off their father at the airport for one of his many out-of-town speaking engagements or rallies.
Read more from NPR.
We could learn a great deal just by looking at our fairly recent past.
Jeff - Editor - CoasterBuzz.com - My Blog
Agreed. I have never witnessed segregated parks, etc. in my lifetime so in that regard it does seem like ancient history. But truthfully it wasn't that long ago. And here's to continuing progress.
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Are you kidding? Segregation and racism hardly ended that day. I went to school in a district that started its desegregation, by court order, in 1980.
Jeff - Editor - CoasterBuzz.com - My Blog
The Supreme Court says we live in a post-racial society now. I think they've been eating too many brownies...
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As sad as Jim Crow laws were, thank goodness by the age of 7 he was able to go to amusement parks with his father. From the sounds of the article, they had great times.
There are countries in this world where minorities cannot even show their faces TODAY...let alone go to an amusement park as an equal. Thank goodness for the United States and other countries who have progressed.
As an immigrate, I read this article with pride and envy for my fortunes to live in such an inviting and accepting culture. While improvements can and should be made to the American system, I try my best to never lose perspective.
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