tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039707457010939097.post5811204179168024285..comments2024-01-18T04:42:47.809-06:00Comments on BitterGrace Notes: A teaser and a recommendationBitterGracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18262639525430954930noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039707457010939097.post-88111992156752591272009-01-30T21:05:00.000-06:002009-01-30T21:05:00.000-06:00Wow, Mary, what a sad moment for two little girls....Wow, Mary, what a sad moment for two little girls. One of these days I want to write about what it was like to be a white kid in the South during the civil rights era.BitterGracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18262639525430954930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039707457010939097.post-18903040725051249222009-01-30T06:16:00.000-06:002009-01-30T06:16:00.000-06:00We lived in Seat Pleasant, Maryland which is almos...We lived in Seat Pleasant, Maryland which is almost literally a stone's throw from DC (we could see the fireworks over the Washington Monument on July 4th). I was 8 years old and I'll never forget how scary that time was. The next day, one of my black friends who lived across the street pointed at me and said, "you killed our king".<BR/><BR/>I'll have to look for this book....Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12577766593643216036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039707457010939097.post-48324873412291285452009-01-30T05:37:00.000-06:002009-01-30T05:37:00.000-06:00I think you would really enjoy the Risen book, Flo...I think you would really enjoy the Risen book, Flora. My husband was a child in DC during the riots and he has always talked about how tense the time was. The book gave me a real sense of that.BitterGracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18262639525430954930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039707457010939097.post-33313741373589603772009-01-29T23:11:00.000-06:002009-01-29T23:11:00.000-06:00How well I remember those times! I am well over 40...How well I remember those times! I am well over 40, and I grew up in a small New England town where the riots never reached, but I happened to be in Washington, D.C. on a school trip in June 1968 - Resurrection City was still up, the tent camp that bloomed in the wake of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, and while I was there, Robert Kennedy was also killed. I have never felt such heavy tension in my life and I hope I never do again. We went to the Capitol and saw some Senators in the hallways - they were moving in zombie-like shock and looked about as bad as anything I had ever seen. <BR/><BR/>To think that we have come to having Barack Obama for our President since that time makes me think we have come a long way - I feel that we must do everything we can to ensure that those awful days never come back.<BR/><BR/>I am looking forward very much to your Temple Grandin interview; she is an amazing person.Florahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00510346346502906435noreply@blogger.com