CAMBRIDGE — Speakers celebrated the re-election of President Barack Obama, reminded younger generations of past civil rights’ struggles and, in the case of keynote speaker Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown, did what seemed like a little gubernatorial stumping here Saturday during the annual Dorchester County NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet.
The Dorchester NAACP also presented its annual community service award to the Harriet Tubman Organization, represented by HTO President Donald Pinder, who recalled the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. being asked when a black man might be elected president of the United States.
Pinder said Dr. King suggested that it would take around 40 years for racial prejudice to subside before the U.S. would be ready to elect a black man as president, adding, “He was right about on target — not once but twice.”
3 comments:
Who gives a ship. Children do not have to attend school for MLK holiday, but they must for Veterans Day. Give us a frickin break!
Obama is just as much white as he is black. He is even more white because he was raised by whites!
Martin Luther King, Jr would not recognize the mess this country is in. A republican, working with republicans, in a peaceful manner to right wrongs in this country. The democrats did not like this, they would lose their slaves and power; the democrats have sucked generations in to believing they are working in their best interests. Lies! They, the democrats, WANT to keep the poor man down. People are so stupid they can't see this, and they can't read so they will never know.
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