<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Reading your reflection, Judi, I recall a remarkable day I spent with Charles in a <span style="caret-color: rgb(10, 10, 10); color: rgb(10, 10, 10); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Murang'a</span> District village in Kenya during the 1980s. Sitting around a <i>jiko</i> fire in the dark before retiring for the evening, I asked him about his days with MLK. It started slowly but then grew into one fascinating story after another. What I remember most were details he shared about the writing, editing, and publication of the "Letter from Birmingham Jail.” Years (actually decades) later, I read the Wikipedia entry about the letter and came across a note after a sentence inserted by an editor saying “citation needed.” Drawing upon what I recalled Charles telling me that night, I went looking online for published evidence to confirm both my memory and the “citation” sought by Wikipedia. I eventually found it in an interview with <span style="font-size: large; color: rgb(16, 20, 24);">Wyatt Tee Walker and added it to the entry. I</span>t remains my one and only contribution to a Wikipedia article [footnote 32, but who’s counting?]. Thanks, Judi, for rekindling those memories! Terry<div><br></div><div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Jan 24, 2026, at 13:00, Judi White via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr">I was privileged to be invited to celebrate the annual tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King. The weekend opened the door to being a community of Spirit again. The weekend also opened wounds still festring, yet covered carefully by scars hiding unhealed festering. But, that is a story for another day. This is the story I want to share today.<div><br>Journey to Atlanta to visit Al Lingo - Charles to most of us</div><div>And celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King. This, as I am reliving it at home.</div><div><br>My friend, a prolific storyteller,<br>Is sharing many experiences<br>Of working with Martin Luther King.<br>I listen, regretting I am not recording them. <br>They are first hand memories<br>Of a decisive turning point in history.<br>My friend had a role in organizing Bloody Sunday<br>And the March to Montgomery two weeks later.<br>In this retelling, I am living it with him.<br>Its power still remains alive<br>As history's document to radical change<br>By a voice walking into the future<br>With freedom and Justice in its words.<br>Participating in the tribute to King<br>Livestream from the Ebenezer Church <br>Amazed by the passion for equanimity<br>Still pulsing through this beloved community<br>I am caught up with renewed inspiration<br>To heal human suffering as a vast movement<br>Of spirit surging in hearts<br> Aspiring to liberate oppression.<br>In a predawn morning sit earlier<br>Alone in a circle of empty chairs<br>I fill them with my inner circle<br>Of teachers and guides<br>All ancestors now<br>Still supporting my determination<br>To be the presence of peace<br>And healer of suffering.<br>Three director's chairs hold<br>Larry Ward, Martha Crampton and Lyn Edwrds.<br>To arm chairs on either side of them<br>The Buddha in the personal of Thich Nhat Hanh<br>And in the other Jesus, Nature's persona of the Cosmos<br>We sit in the silence of the morning sun's arrival,<br>New faces replacing another occasionally.<br>I ask no questions and expect no dialogue.<br>I simply breathe in the energy they are<br>Just being here with me.<br>Later, as the day unfolds,<br>Feeling blessed to be so supported<br>By such profound spiritual guides<br>Teachers of wisdom for me to continue.<br>Their legacy is my destiny<br>For the few years I have left to use my voice.</div><div><br></div><div><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><i>Judi White</i></font></div><div><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><i>Author of <b>Bodhi Leaves -</b> an unfolding journey</i></font></div><div><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><i> of depth reflection</i></font></div></div>
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