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heaven05

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7. lost soldiers in

Reply to jtuck004 (Reply #6)

Mon Nov 24, 2014, 09:59 AM

Nov 2014

a fight for moral right will never be forgotten by me or many others. Even if those in Philadelphia, Mississippi never forget, that keeps the struggle, that has been ongoing to this very day, alive. The sad part is....it's still ongoing....racism is a systemic poison in this country's cultural veins that nothing yet has been found able to kill it. Hell can't even neutralize it.

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Relatives question honor for civil rights workers [View all] Judi Lynn Nov 2014 OP

It seems to me that it would remind America of the violence and danger DavidDvorkin Nov 2014 #1

I think so too shenmue Nov 2014 #2

Absolutely so. 840high Nov 2014 #5

A war does not have to end before you may honor those who fought in it. EEO Nov 2014 #3

seeing that vandals still desecrate the tombstone of Chaney highlights why not only to these civil still_one Nov 2014 #4

She is correct. This will close that chapter for many. jtuck004 Nov 2014 #6

lost soldiers in heaven05 Nov 2014 #7

"nothing yet has been found able to kill it." < That's because the right people haven't jtuck004 Nov 2014 #8