[sargon]

I grew up in Florida in the 60s. One day on our way to school our school bus suddenly stopped. I was sitting just right behind the driver and I heard her gasp. She then, with her voice cracking, instructed us all to not look out the front window of the bus. Of course we did only to soon regret it as there was black man hanging by the lineman hooks on a telephone pole. Police were there and instructed her to turn the bus around, which she did but not without much effort and not without every child onboard being exposed to that sight.

The man's name was Leroy, and he had been driving home from work the night before when his car quit leaving him stranded in a neighborhood where his presence was not welcomed. To my knowledge no one was ever arrested for the crime.

Tragic. Sad to think that such things could ever have happened. It can't be denied that there has been and still is a lot of injustice in many places. We should all hunger for its abolition.

[South40]

When I lived in Florida it was still very segregated. And, unfortunately, incidences such as the one I described were commonplace. While I knew such things occurred, this was the first incident close to my home. It happened on my street about 1 mile from my house. I last visited there in 2004 and that pole is still there.