Like the Holocaust, the Civil Rights Era is receding into history, and its lessons are in danger of being forgotten. We are reminded of this by the continuing efforts in the Southern states to disenfranchise African-American voters, the winking at such efforts by the Justice Dept. in defiance of their career prosecutors’ recommendations, and the poverty exposed in the wake of the inept response to Hurricane Katrina.
Mrs. King and Rosa Parks are both gone, but their legacy, along with that of Dr. King and the other participants in the events of that pivotal time, must not be forgotten or allowed to be undone.
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