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A Physician Reflects in Alabama

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"State-sanctioned sin," is Robert Bladwin's OpEd in today's Montgomery Advertiser.  He is Birmingham physician and chairman of the Alabama Ear Institute.It was June 1963 in Tuscaloosa, and I was standing 15-20 feet from then-Gov. George Wallace fulfilling his campaign pledge to "stand in the schoolhouse door" to prevent blacks from attending the University of Alabama.Federal troops enforced the law; Wallace backed down and left in his black limo. He rolled down the window and thrust a raised fist into the air. I did the same in response, saying "Get 'em, George."I have since recognized the error of my ways regarding discrimination. I have also changed my "burn 'em till their eyeballs pop" mentality regarding murderers...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 27, 2009 (boomark / email).