Monday, January 19, 2009

Martin Luther King Day


"Negro Open Housing March Downtown, 10.29.67"
(Courtesy The Herald-Sun Newspaper)


"Negro Open Housing March Downtown, 10.29.67"
(Courtesy The Herald-Sun Newspaper)

Here's to - this year - feeling good about how far we've come.

4 comments:

coco said...

GK, which page has the photo of Martin Luther King with 3 other men in downtown Durham?KM

Gary said...

Coco

That would be last year's post, which is here.

GK

menshi mihas said...

thank you for this post gary.

we are glad to be your neighbor.

best regards,

mmp

Anonymous said...

I was a junior at Duke the day MLK was assassinated. The days following were a blur. Demonstrations, the vigil, lots of emotion, too much negative energy from some quarters.

These pictures, taken during the time I was there, indicate how far we've come in those 40 years. Thanks so much Gary.