May 14, 1961, Mother's Day - A Greyhound bus carrying the first of the first of the Freedom Riders was attacked by an armed mob at the terminal in Anniston, Alabama. The mob slashed the tires and chased the bus a few miles down the highway toward Birmingham, until the flattening tires forced the driver to pull off the road in front of Forsyth's country store. Windows were smashed, a firebomb tossed inside and the bus went up in flames; as the riders tumbled out they were beaten by the waiting mob. But, from the same incident, a different memory.
Against the background of violence and hatred, a twelve-year-old white girl - seeing the victims of the mob, some wounded, all thirsty - carried drinking water from her nearby home to relieve their distress. It was an act of simple kindness that earned her the scorn of her peers all during her adolescent years. At eighteen she left Anniston for College, and never returned.
William B. Cooper
"They Had A Dream," Commonweal 119, no. 14 (1992), 13-14
It just so happened that only 58 years ago , that was the climate.
Thank a Mother every chance you get, especially if yours is still living. She was the reason that you were able to share this with someboody, and the reason you were able to tap into this platform.
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