PrintSeptember 1, 2013
Mythy Memories of the March that Was
This past week there was a commemoration on the 50th anniversary of what was then called the "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom" and which is now referred to more simply but incorrectly as "the March on Washington." To many of us, the commemoration, which drew about one fifth of the estimated crowd, was a reminder of how low the present civil rights movement has fallen in our esteem in these five decades; how much of a left wing anti-Republican Democratic myth-generating operation it is and how necessary it is for its organizers to undermine the very tenets of King's dream for colorblind society in order to keep their gravy train on the rails.
It was convened and led by Al Sharpton, who uses the title "Reverend" before his name although he never attended divinity school. Sharpton came into prominence in 1988 as the advocate of Tawana Brawley, a teenaged black girl who claimed to have been kidnapped and raped by white men, when in fact she was...(Read Full Article)
