In Spite Of All Of The Things,

I'm Gonna Say That I Have Followed Every Presidential Campaign Since The Campaign Of President [john F.] Kennedy In 1960.

When I Was Growing Up In Rural Alabama, As A Young Child, About 50 Miles From Montgomery, And We Would Visit The Little Town Of Troy, Or Visit Montgomery Or Tuskegee, I Would See The Signs That Said, "white Men - Colored Men," "white Women - Colored Women."and I Would Come Home And Say To My Mother And Father And My Grandparents, "why?" "why This?" "why That?" And They Would Just Tell Me, "that's Just The Way It Is! Don't Get In The Way. Don't Cause Trouble."

My Parents Told Me In The Very Beginning As A Young Child When I Raised The Question About Segregation And Racial Discrimination, They Told Me Not To Get In The Way, Not To Get In Trouble, Not To Make Any Noise.

I Thought I Was Going To Die A Few Times. On The Freedom Ride In The Year 1961, When I Was Beaten At The Greyhound Bus Station In Montgomery, I Thought I Was Going To Die. On March 7th, 1965, When I Was Hit In The Head With A Night Stick By A State Trooper At The Foot Of The Edmund Pettus Bridge, I Thought I Was Going To Die. I Thought I Saw Death, But Nothing Can Make Me Question The Philosophy Of Nonviolence.

We All Remember That [donald] Trump Was One Of The Leaders Of The So-called Birther Movement Trying To Delegitimize The Presidency Of Our First African-american President Barack Obama, Which Is An Outrage.