[Oe List ...] MLK weekend in Chicago

[Herman Greene]

I missed these two reflections Lynda. I'm glad to read them now.

I will also send a reflection about the day after RFK was shot and the
meeting we had at EI.

On Sat, Apr 7, 2018 at 8:43 PM Lynda C via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
wrote:

> Linda,  When we moved to John’s hometown of Galax, Va in 1984, we attended
> the tiny Episcopal Church there with John’s sister and her husband for some
> time.  The retired priest for this rural parish was Fr. Stanrod
> Carmichael.  When the story got out that we were from the Ecumenical
> Institute, he shared with us the story of helping evacuate some of the
> women and small children from the West Side.  At the time of MLK’s death
> and the riots, he was serving as an Episcopal Boys School on the South Side
> and had been called to bring a bus to help get folks out of that situation,
> which he dutifully did.  Probably one of the many avenues of escape.  He
> had attended a PLC some time before and reportedly would have been part of
> our community, but his wife refused to come along.
>
>
>
> What a frightening experience you must have gone through during that time.
>   We came a year later on the anniversary of the riots with our son (also
> now 51!).  That was frightening enough.  We were advised to sleep on the
> floor away from windows that night as some anniversary violence was
> anticipated.  I doubt that we even considered those possibilities when we
> bought our tickets to come to Chicago then.
>
>
>
> Lynda and John Cock
>
>
>
> *From: *OE <oe-bounces at lists.wedgeblade.net> on behalf of OE List <
> oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> *Reply-To: *OE List <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> *Date: *Saturday, April 7, 2018 at 7:20 PM
> *To: *OE List <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> *Cc: *Linda Barnes <barnes.lindar at gmail.com>
> *Subject: *[Oe List ...] MLK weekend in Chicago
>
>
>
> Memories:
>
> I remember being seated next to JWM on the Thursday night in College ??
> (Maundy Thursday is my recollection). Charles Lingo passed the news to
> Matthews.
>
> On Friday Rupert Barnes and I were taking the train from University of
> Chicago back to the West Side and could see the smoke billowing in the
> distance. I was 4th teacher in an RS-1 that weekend on the West Side.  I
> remember, at one point Abednego Barnes (now 51!) being in the apartment of
> the Bezansons on 1st floor and, at some point, I was informed that he along
> with a number of young ones had been put on the Eisenhower Expressway train
> headed west; I really don't recall where those kids ended up...I think on
> church benches at whatever town was at the end of the line.
> The RS-1 under the tutelage of Donna McClesky went on...all cool!
>
>
>
> Linda Barnes
>
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> *Linda Rolfing Barnes*
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