The hits just kept on happening through a decade that summoned the energy of a renaissance and a revolution in what was called a youth culture — us, the children of warriors, raised in an era of unparalleled wealth, our college years bracketed by assassinations, against a backdrop of a civil rights movement that defined the era.
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Remembering our connection with Martin Luther King
Nearly fifty years ago, I met Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I had a Saturday lunch with him and his advisors, in the Parish House attached to the National Cathedral, in Washington DC. It was March 30th, 1968.
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Muhammad Ali memories
While we were boys trying to grow into men, he faced down terrifying heavyweights with ballet like grace faced down US hypocrisy speaking a sparkling truth to power faced down racism then forgave it with grace by going home to Louisville which is my hometown too. He walked the walk when most of us were […]
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