Thanks, Lounge Lizards!!! (Collected Black History Month Threads)

You folks are so cool. And cat_girl25, :loveya: in particular! She posted an appreciation thread for my Black History Month threads this morning and it got 26 recommendations before I even saw it. What a great thing for her to do! It made my day:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x546014

And all of you helped to put the posts onto the Greatest Page to allow people to find them and keep the interest up. You the greatest!!

Here's the collected threads: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=553540&mesg_id=553540

In appreciation, I baked you all a Timpano! Buon Appetito!

they deserved a collection! I didn't reply to all of them, but I think I got to read them all. If not, the collection thread is bookmarked, and I'll peruse at my leisure.

My daughter, who is now 24, was raised in Alabama and her father's folks were true Alabama-style bigots. Don't ask me how I got hooked up with him; I'm still kicking my own ass over it. However, I was lucky enough to be able to help keep her from assimilating that type of thought, in many ways because of interesting stories and histories like the ones you made available here. She's never lost that interest (not bad for a little white chick from Alabaster whose great-uncle really was KKK) nor has she ever given in to that part of her "heritage". She will not tolerate it in acquaintances, much less friends. Her fiance is of the same caliber. I am proud that she is able to look her father and his people in the face and tell him that she "refuses to listen to that type of talk" - and has done so since the age of about 7.

So, Hissy - it's folks like you who take the time to expand on the "history" texts that schoolkids - and many adults - have had to rely on, that have so little information about the contributions of blacks to our nation. You help make it interesting and the kids can tie it in with other bits of history that they are learning. Some, like my daughter, are lucky enough to be able to visit some places of renown, like Tuskeegee Institute and the Civil Rights Institute (a fabulous one) in Birmingham http://www.bcri.org/index.html. But without the written history, contributions are soon lost to time.

Thank you! And thank those who kept these threads active long enough for my Alaska late-night reading to catch up. :hug:


On Edit: Just had to add that I LOVE your shrub sig cartoon..... I giggle every time I see it.

For three years in the early 70s, but my parents were from rural Arkansas and I had to listen to that kind of shit from my father's side of the family while I was growing up. Sounds like you did an amazing job with your daughter!

I loved Alaska - lived in both Anchorage and Fairbanks - and still plan to come back some day (watching Northern Exposure always made me nostalgic, even though it was filmed in Washington state. I assume you are in Fairbanks?

(btw, I met Blue_In_AK when we were both in D.C. for the march in September.)

I've been here since 1968, my spouse since 1952 - his dad since 1948 (hubby was "almost" born here) - and Blue_In_AK is supposed to be here in Fairbanks this summer!! Can't wait to see her - meetups are TOUGH in this big ole state.

Yep, in the Golden Heart City - which still has a lot of the same small-town flavor.

My daughter is an amazing woman! I can't claim all the credit, for sure.

We were there at the same time - I was there from Summer '74 to Summer '77. I went to Lathrop High School for a couple of years.

I remember how long the drive was from Anchorage to Fairbanks, and I remember the ice fog, and spring break-up.

Go Malemutes!! We still have the ice fog, not as heavy as before and breakup is, as always, breakup...............

It only takes about 7 hours to Anchorage now. Depending on weather. Sometimes 8. Or 10.........