THE NARRATIVE ARC

America Killed Dr. King

Something we should never forget nor forgive

I was talking to my dad the other day.

Just shooting the shit about the anniversary of the Trailer Park Bowl at Capitol Hill on Jan 6, when we got on the subject of the most shocking events that happened during his lifetime.

My father is an 84 years old Black man from Mississippi and a Civil Rights legend. So, he’s seen a lot. He’s lived through a lot. He’s been through a lot. He listed a few events, but he put emphasis on the murders of

In my head, I was like yeah, that makes sense. , so to him, it was probably a bit of a wake up call that he could’ve been Chaney, Goodman or Schwerener. But also, just how violent White folks were becoming. So violent, they would kill other White folks in order to protect their tyrannic way of life. As a Black male who was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi, I experienced some racism here and there, but nowhere near the governmental authorized racism my father experienced in Jim Crow Mississippi.

After he described, in detail, the unease he felt after hearing the news of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner, I…