On the eighty fourth anniversary of the birth of Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. I was privileged to join other concerned Americans in a march
on Dover Delaware to protest civil rights violations in Delaware and to
call for a revival for the message and mission of Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr.
We met at a parking lot across the highway from Delaware University to
gather and brief on the day's activities. The Best Buy manager promptly
called the Dover City P.D. on us. They responded to that complaint,
unlike the
complaint of Henry J. Fordham on 21 September 2012 .
Then we marched across the highway to protest outside the gates of
Delaware State University. Alton Maddox and several others including
myself gave brief speeches. This was a dedicated group of hardcore civil
rights activists that didn't mind standing in the cold rain to make a
point.
After breaking for lunch we marched from 105 S. New Street in Dover to legislative hall and gathered on the west steps.
Again we had an array of speakers take the bullhorn and deliver their
message. The governor had scheduled his inauguration on legislative mall
but moved it to a middle school ostensibly due to weather. It was
raining civil rights activists.
Pam Africa was
giving a passionate oratory when the governor returned to legislative
hall and we understand he used the back door rather than hear us and
introduce himself. Perhaps poetic?
Dr. Issa and
myself want to thank all of the activists and concerned Americans who
put their lives on hold to come to Delaware and celebrate the birth of
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., protest civil rights violations everywhere
especially in the First State, and speak out against injustice
everywhere.
Media coverage was scant, and we would like to thank those principled local reporters who covered the event.
We don't think that Governor Markell and Attorney General Biden are
taking us seriously. This time we came with a small group of activist
leaders and did not seek national media attention. It was an opportunity
for our public servants to reach out and start a dialogue. Silence is
deafening.
We will be happy to do this again with
mass participation and national attention. Our salaries ( zero ) remain
unaffected. Stay tuned because it will be going down.
