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malaise

(290,472 posts)
Fri Oct 17, 2025, 09:54 AM Oct 17

Heads Up for Rachel tonight

Should be great
https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/rachel-maddow-retraces-civil-rights-leader-andrew-young-s-legacy-in-new-documentary-249821253724

My most illuminating moment re Andrew Young was reading his hilarious poem
Watch that girl
shake that thing
We can’t all be
Martin Luther King😀
He really was the engine room of the movement.
It is wonderful that he remains lucid at 93+ .

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Heads Up for Rachel tonight (Original Post) malaise Oct 17 OP
Kick malaise Oct 17 #1
Listening now to the lead up. nt cliffside Oct 17 #2
Love the details linked to resistance malaise Oct 17 #3
Me too, she does a great job connecting the dots!. nt cliffside Oct 17 #4
TY! My shedule changed alot today so I forgot! Luckily I saw your post around 8:30PM!... electric_blue68 Oct 17 #5
Heard him on Stephanie Miller's show this morning mountain grammy Oct 17 #6
Sweet malaise Oct 18 #7
We visited the MLK memorial in 2017 mountain grammy Oct 18 #8

electric_blue68

(24,549 posts)
5. TY! My shedule changed alot today so I forgot! Luckily I saw your post around 8:30PM!...
Fri Oct 17, 2025, 10:57 PM
Oct 17

Which in my area was before it started, though I missed part of her lead up..
Listening to the last few mins now, unless it runs past 11PM NYC time.

mountain grammy

(28,354 posts)
6. Heard him on Stephanie Miller's show this morning
Fri Oct 17, 2025, 11:39 PM
Oct 17

What a treat. I got to meet him and shake his hand when I was in college in the 60’s. WOW! Glad he’s still with us.

malaise

(290,472 posts)
7. Sweet
Sat Oct 18, 2025, 07:29 AM
Oct 18

Last year my Atlanta sis and her hubby took me to tge museum and all the other MLK et al sites.

mountain grammy

(28,354 posts)
8. We visited the MLK memorial in 2017
Sat Oct 18, 2025, 09:41 AM
Oct 18

A wonderful and inspiring place. Should be on everyone”s list. Glad you got there.

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