Raleigh NC News & Observer Confederate statue is bulldozed as mayor livestreams it, video shows. ‘Not in my town’ BY MOIRA RITTER — UPDATED AUGUST 23, 2022 A North Carolina town watched live online as a bulldozer pushed down its Confederate monument. Mondale Robinson, the mayor of Enfield, North Carolina, took to Facebook to share … Continue reading Confederate Statue Bulldozed in North Carolina
AP News: Dorli Rainey, symbol of Occupy movement, dies at 95 SEATTLE (AP) — Dorli Rainey, a self–described “old lady in combat boots” who became a symbol of the Occupy protest movement when she was photographed after being pepper–sprayed by Seattle police, has died. She was 95. The longtime political activist died on Aug. 12, … Continue reading An Icon of Occupy Wall Street Remembered
The Secret Service has to secure similar events every week, sometimes every day. So maybe this was a piece of cake for them. Compared to their skill, our mornings walks near Dr. King now seem utterly, almost comically amateurish.
But even so, somehow we came through it. Dr. King wasn’t called on to preach at our funerals. Instead, we lasted long enough to hear others preaching at his.