In the Wheel

I'm not a podcast person. But my lonely COVID-19 walks around the neighborhood this past year required more than my playlists named Quarantine , Corona Times, Phase 1, Phase 2, and--lastly-- Jobless.  So I gave in and listened to the podcast Driving the Green Book.   Later  I heard author Deborah D. Douglas talk about her book U.S. Civil Rights Trail   and thought about how I hoped to have the chance to make the trip someday. I bought Ms. Douglas's book and shortly after that I found that chance. In April, I decided to visit my sister and brother-in-law in California and then take a 'side trip' of about 1,900 miles to travel some of the trail. I wanted to learn more about the momentous events of the Civil Rights era that my parents lived through but--inexplicably to me--never talked about. How could you live through the events of the sixties and never talk about that revolutionary time? It makes no sense to me. I believe my parents had the duty to take action during ...