Travelling Home...History That Must NOT be Forgotten
To preface this long blog...my trip was not all morbid ;) A couple of weeks ago I went back to my hometown in Alabama to a friend's baby shower and to visit family. When I worked at the movie theater in 2011, we allowed a group of producers to publicize and show a documentary about a "fiery speechwriter." His name was Asa Carter . He is the man that actually wrote the racist and now infamous speech credited to Alabama's former governor George Wallace that Wallace spoke to at his inaugural address, “segregation now, segregation forever" among many others. Others usually best remember that Wallace attempted to keep President Kennedy from promoting desegregation at the University of Alabama. Just a few days ago was the 50th anniversary!! On June 11, 1963 three perfectly qualified African Americans (Vivian Jones, Dave McGlathery, and James Hood) defied segregated Alabama, the University of Alabama, and Alabama's Governor, Wallace by attempting to ...