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Easterncedar

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1. Thank you

Reply to Buckeyeblue (Original post)

Mon Jan 19, 2026, 08:49 AM

Monday

I was overwhelmed at the UU service here in Maine yesterday with the MLk-centered message and my memories from a childhood in New York where I was part of the school desegregation fight. I was one of 40 white 5th and 6th graders who voluntarily were bussed to an all black elementary school. We were there when King was assassinated. I can’t believe we have fallen so far, so suddenly, from the ideals of progress my parents so believed in.

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I find MLK day especially poignant this year [View all] Buckeyeblue Monday OP

Thank you Easterncedar Monday #1

MLK's essay struck me a little differently this year Buckeyeblue Monday #2