Dear Ms. Lunelle,
After Malik’s pronouncement, I would tell my babies about my encounter on this very morning on the I-240 overpass....an elderly white couple would come to where I stood with the Southern Cross in hand.
The man had a scowl on his face. “Why would you, a Colored ‘boy’ be standing on this bridge with that?” he asked, pointing at the Southern Cross.
“Because I want to” came my reply, as several cars passed by with folks shouting out my name, the Rebel Yell, and wishes of “God bless you HK”! And even a Highway Patrol car, from under the overpass, would blow his siren!
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