Bus Tour Day ONE
A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity happened to me today: I discovered a new hero.
Minnijean Brown stood before a group of confirmation students waving her hands with the precision of a maestro in front of an orchestra. As the symphony went on the cacophony of her-story sung in our ears, the ringing was so loud, so clear and so heart-rendering our bodies could not help but to be moved from the closed and sheltered deafness of ignorance. It was as if Brown knew exactly what I needed to hear to be summoned Gospel-forth out of the depths of the sequestered reaches of my own cultural amnesia.
Minnijean Brown spoke the words I had only imagined saying but never had the courage to say … “There is no better way than the way of non-violent resistance” … “Let not the work be in vain of our continued struggle” … “Do not use God for evil” … “Probably the most important setting to learn the end of hatred than the [Little Rock] Central High School.” Now is the time for change; now is the time for growth; now is the time for something totally unexpected but long overdue: PEACE with no possibility of violence through non-combative means in any way possible. For then, for now and for always.