Sarah Palin said this in defense of that Confederate flag. Surely this is applicable to the ancestors of slaves. “It’s part of our past and those who do not remember their past often don’t have a future.” I talked to a reporter about altering the history of the Lane name. She did not find this newsworthy, after I gave her the history. She did not know about John Freemont. She did not know black players were not allowed to go play a bowl game in Florida because the Klan threatened to kill these players. The mass murderer in Charleston mentioned the Trayvon case as giving him permission to kill nine un-armed blacks. At least the Union was armed when they shot at traitors. Killing un-armed people is part of our history. I am keeping a record of newspeople that ignore this issue. http://www.oregonstars.com/oldhomepage.php
When I first saw photographs of Trayvon, and heard how he was gunned down for what looks like racial reasons, I thought about the two black football players for the Oregon Webfoots (later the Ducks) who were not allowed to go to Florida and compete against the Florida Gators, for fear they would be dragged off the team bus, and shot, or lynched, by the Klu Klux Klan.
Bobby Robinson and Charles Williams were the star quarterback and running back, yet they did not lead their team on the gridiron due to blatant racism that right-wing Republicans claim does not exist in America, especially in the Trayvon murder.
It was my Radical Republican kindred who took an interest in ending slavery in America, and going South after the Civil War, in order to put black men in Congressional offices – employing force! The Klan targeted the Radical Republicans, as well…
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