I don’t personally know Troutman Mayor Elbert Richardson, Alderman Mike Spath or local NAACP branch president Woody Woodard, but I have had the opportunity to meet Woodard on various occasions.
I perceive him as a man of wise counseling, very knowledgeable concerning the civil rights movement and a person who wants what is best not only for the Town of Troutman, but is concerned about Iredell County as a whole.
Some of the principal objectives of the NAACP are about ensuring the political, educational, social and economic equality of all citizens; to achieve equality of rights and eliminate race prejudice among the citizens of the United States; to remove all barriers of racial discrimination through democratic processes; to seek enactment and enforcement of federal, state and local laws securing civil rights; to inform the public of the adverse effects of racial discrimination and to seek its elimination.
The recognition of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s day as a holiday is to recognize history and history speaks for itself. It’s not about having our way, it is about the American way. Dr. King Jr. is part of our American history, just as the first president, George Washington, and others are.
Try not to see Dr. King’s day as a black man’s day and the NAACP as a black organization, but see it as a day and an organization full of love for all people. This is just my opinion.
Ruby Clark
Statesville
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