History came alive for me when I visited the National Civil Rights Museum at Memphis, Tennessee. It was a moving experience to see the room that Dr. King occupied at the Lorraine Motel during the last hours of his life. Desmond Tutu was interviewed by Colin Greer in the Grand Island Daily Independent's Parade Magazine of Sunday, January 11. Tutu, who lived through the evils of apartheid, talks about mending the broken community. It can never lead to forgiveness and reconciliation.
Amnesia is no solution.
If a nation is going to be healed, it has to come to grips with the past. If there is a child and a television set in your life, then you have surely met Arthur the Aardvark, the latest craze interesting American children. Be assured you are not alone in your wonderings. However, any child under twelve will be able to give you a complete description. The Arthur character was created by children's author, Marc Brown, nearly twenty years ago as a bedtime story.