[Peace-discuss] [Peace] 4th of July: "150 Years of Local Heroes"

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Yes !

Vernon Barkstall was great !

He was NOT a ruling class ass kisser like so many leaders of the Urban League have been both past and present.

David J.

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  From: Laurie Solomon 
  To: Karen Medina ; peace-discuss at anti-war.net 
  Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 4:29 PM
  Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] [Peace] 4th of July: "150 Years of Local Heroes"


  Well it may be time for you to learn a litlle about Barkstall.  There is a relatively new elementary school ironically located in southwest Champaign named for him.  He was an active civil rights activist from the Black community who for a long time prior to his death lead the Urban League when it was located between Neil and Walnut on the block that now has the Cowboy Monkey  slightly to the West and across the way from where the Urban League use to be located and to the west of Radio Maria on the same side of the street.


  From: Karen Medina 
  Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 2:48 PM
  To: peace-discuss at anti-war.net 
  Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] [Peace] 4th of July: "150 Years of Local Heroes"


  I too troubles believing the generally taught view of Lincoln. 
  Before he became a candidate for president, however, Lincoln did have some strong abolition statements.  


  I have noticed that supreme court judges tend to become the opposite of what they were before.


  I know nothing of Vernon Barkstall.


  On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Laurie Solomon <ls1000 at live.com> wrote:

    Some how Stuart seems to think that Lincoln was anti-war AND anti-racist; this is a questionable assumption  and assertion at best.  Aside from people like John Lee Johnson and others that I have mentioned in a previous post, there is Vernon L. Barkstall.



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