Howard Martin Richardson Post 5394

55 Years Ago MLK Visited Watts, LA After the riots had ended & The message of Reason could be Communicated. The objective of the people with w...hom I talked was consistently work and dignity. It was as though the speeches had been rehearsed, but on every corner the theme was the same. Unless some work could be found for the unemployed and underemployed, we would continually face the possibility of this kind of outbreak at every encounter with police authority. At a time when the Negro's aspirations were at a peak, his actual conditions of employment, education, and housing were worsening. The paramount problem is one of economic stability for this sector of our society. All other advances in education, family life, and the moral climate of the community were dependent upon the ability of the masses of Negroes to earn a living in this wealthy society of ours. -MLK August 1965 Watts, LA, CA We find ourselves as a society in some of the same positions where many would history will repeat itself and this could be true. Our Service & Support are always on the side of being Constructive Destructive as we work to be the resource we have become to our community and most importantly our fellow #Veterans. #LegacyOfService The Mission Continues Veterans of Foreign Wars VFW #StillServing #martinlutherkingjr #mlkday #2021 #youaresomebody #onthejob #operationnourish #foodinsecurity #waystogiveback #onetmc #wethepeople #family #servingourcommunity #byanymeans #themissioncontinues #comptonveterans #vfw #veteransinthecommunity

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