RIP Vernon Jordan

[old goat]

The Greatest Generation of civil rights leaders are just about gone.
And while we're at it, RIP Voting Rights Act--judging by the questioning at the SCOTUS today. If the white supremacists are able to bring back Jim Crow lite it will be a sad day indeed.

[Core Shot]

Sweet polyass. Too bad there’s no orange man for you to rant about.

But as to VJ. Truly stand up guy that made great contributions to humanity. RIP.

[Fjord]

Rest in peace

[pepperdawg]

Seconded the Poly Ass...but that ship has sailed.

Although - I didnt know he got shot back in the day till I saw a clip of it on the nooooze last night..

On May 29, 1980, Jordan was shot and seriously wounded outside the Marriott Inn in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was accompanied by Martha Coleman at the time. Police thought initially that it might have been a domestic incident related to Coleman's life.[14] Then-president Jimmy Carter visited Jordan while he was recovering, an event that became the first story covered by the new network CNN.[15] Joseph Paul Franklin was acquitted in 1982 of charges of attempted murder. However, in 1996, after having been convicted of murder in another case, Franklin admitted to having committed the shooting.[16]

[Cruiser]

Check S2 E8 of revisionist history for some interesting stories about Johnson and one of his early mentors, Donald Hollowell. The weight they bore on their backs for the good of their fellow men is difficult for most of us to comprehend.

But, goat, you should keep the polyass in it's little box and not let it spill over into the pristine space that is the padded room.

[old goat]

That's the problem. That equal access to voting is considered by some to be a political issue. It's a moral issue. Who people vote for and why is political. That people can vote is why America hasn't burned down to the ground--yet.
How can we mourn the passing of a civil rights figure without considering the things he fought for?