Dr. Barbara Reynolds: Two choices…The path forward for America

by Dr. Barbara Reynolds (TriceEdneyWire.com)—As we stand at the crossroads of history, we are confronted with two starkly different futures. On one side of the Capitol, a twice-impeached convicted felon, committed to depriving people of color of affordable healthcare, education, and a sustainable future, is poised to be sworn in as president. On the other side, thousands are converging on Washington to pledge their allegiance to the continuation of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream of equality, fairness, and justice for all Americans. & I will be marching with those who choose to be on the right side of history.& I am 82 but I intend to keep on marching and protesting.& I began my first march in the 1960’s as a student working to register Black people to vote in Tennessee. Coming from the South, I was so naïve I did not know that showing up in public after dark or going into White stores with inter-racial friends, was a dangerous terrifying venture. My group was chased by the Klan and we felt blessed for managing to escape with our lives. I kept on marching, protesting and as a writer, most of the time as the biographer of Mrs....