To dare mighty things…

It happened on a Monday.  It was February 1, 1960, when four  college students sat down at the lunch counter inside a Woolworth’s store.  They were at 132 South Elm Street in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Those men… who later became known as the Greensboro Four, ordered some coffee.  Not much too ask, really.   But.  Following store policy, the guy at the lunch counter refused to serve the African American men.  You see, they were sitting at the “whites only” counter.  Go figure.  The store’s manager didn’t come over to make it right.  Nope.  Instead, he asked them to leave.
The four university freshmen – Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain, Ezell Blair, Jr. , and David Richmond – stayed until the store closed.  They didn’t get that cup of coffee.

Imagine that.  They couldn’t get served at a restaurant because they were black.  Why?  Because some white person, somewhere, at some time… said they were not worthy.  They were not equal.  They were less than human.
Can you conceive of such a thing?  It makes my stomach sick to think of such a discrimination against another human being. But a lot of white people felt this way.  They hated blacks.

This was a little over 50 years ago.
This all happened because black people seemed somehow different than white people.
Whew.  I am glad we are in an age now of higher awareness, where people are treated as equals… here in the great and free country of the United States… without question.   The modern age.  Smarter.  Advanced.  Sure enough.

Or is it?
Unfortunately, this same type of thinking still happens.  Yep.  For an example.  What if two people who were in love… oh… let’s say for almost a quarter of a century…. could not have the same legal rights as other married couples.   Because they didn’t seem the same as the majority.  Hmmm.  I don’t ask anyone for God’s Blessing.  I leave that to God.
For those of you who still believe that you should have more rights than another… because of how you look… or what you “believe”….
I have news for you.
The world is flat.  Blood-letting works.  The sun goes around the world.  And maggots are born spontaneously from rotting meat.

Tonight, I am sitting at the lunch counter.  Whether you will serve me a cup of coffee, or not.

“To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.” – Abraham Lincoln