tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post5828314193002312239..comments2024-03-28T07:54:47.319-04:00Comments on The Gossips of Rivertown: Remembering the 1960sCarole Osterinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-23234084394267740332016-01-16T12:50:13.420-05:002016-01-16T12:50:13.420-05:00We can only hope that with the airing of this film...We can only hope that with the airing of this film, the Hudson Democrats will agree to be of one mind on the issue of One Person One Vote. <br /><br />Last year, a major obstacle to applying the principle in Hudson was a voting block within the Common Council - a block composed primarily of people of color.<br /><br />The history provided at the following website, "One Person One Vote," may help these individuals understand the systemic imbalances which led to the events in Selma in 1965. <br /><br />http://onevotesncc.org/<br /><br />That this story and its lessons are still so poorly understood by those who benefited most directly from Selma is nothing less than tragic.<br /><br />"Ironical, adj. having the quality of irony; directly opposite to what is or might be expected" (Webster's).unheimlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204285837938988668noreply@blogger.com