Happy 1st Day to all :) and news too

January 1, 2006

Of course, to all those who celebrate it as their first day:D. All

the best from me to you, but just give it back to me after yer

finished:P.

luv, grady;)

Young DD girl makes the news with several pics.

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Also the above which I can not at this moment verify if he, Clyde

Kennard-an African American who was involved the Civil Rights

Movement and in our military, was also one of us.

If he is, he's the first lp that 'I' am aware of that was involved in

the Civil Rights movement, not that I doubted any were, and he's the

first lp that I'm aware of too who served in our military. Because I

do I know that our military does have a height restriction, well,

they used to, and even if they didn't get us on our height they often

did on our physical limitations alone. So few, if any served.

However, I was informed that during World War Two, if a young man

adamantly wanted to still serve after he was rejected, he could if he

got a 'waiver' from his Senator or some other prominent politician in

his state, and still do so. But even there that's what I've only

heard and could never verify any Senator from any state waiving an lp

to serve in the military.

Excerpt: " Dorie Ladner recalled visiting Kennard in the hospital at

the University of Chicago.

He was emaciated, weighing less than 90 pounds. He spoke of his

innocence and the horrors of prison, but she sensed no

bitterness. " He was just very calm and encouraged us to continue

fighting, " she said.

On June 12, 1963, word came that Medgar Evers had been fatally shot

in the back outside his home. After an eight-hour operation,

Kennard learned death was near for him, too.

, author of Black Like Me, described his visit

with Kennard: " He was a tiny little dwarf. He lay with a sheet pulled

up over his face so no one could see the grimace of pain. "

So, I dunno if they meant since he lost weight that looked 'dwarfish'

or small in his appearance, or he really was an lp like us? If not,

it's still an interesting story about a courageous man during a sad

time in our history, grady.

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