This week Mary started off with a good summary of Lyndon B. Johnson's speech. She described how the speech happened after a terrible hate crime against African Americans took place by the police. She highlighted a quote from his speech that she was important. "There is no Negro problem. There is no Southern problem. There is no Norther problem. There is only an American problem." Mary thought he was being optimistic but there was a negro and a Southern vs. Northern problem. She appreciated his approach at making everyone equal.
Pat talked about the basics of equality. He said that Johnson was trying to say that people should be able to get along no matter what their individual beliefs or skin color is. He also mentioned that we should be able to come together as a nation and set aside all other differences.
Val thought that Johnson's speech was powerful and emotional. She especially like his quote, "This was the first nation in the history of the world to be founded with a purpose." She continued to list those purposes and explain h0w they continue to be relevant today. Val also mentioned how there are still soldiers today, men and women of all colors, fighting for those original purposes of America. It seems like my whole group agrees that race problems are present today but continue to get better.
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