Sounds of Thunder: Muhammad Ali made a difference for everyone

It is hard to argue with truth, no matter where it comes from.I grew up in Moore, Oklahoma and graduated from high school in 1977. I was one of 700 seniors in a school of 3,400 that included 1,200 juniors and 1,500 sophomore students. None of those students were black. Not one. I feel very comfortable saying that Moore was whiter than a loaf of Wonder Bread because Moore, Oklahoma didn't even have a brown crust in those days. There was no "other side" of town to talk about or resent and in retrospect, maybe that was, at least in once sense, a good thing. At least it was in my case because when desegregation and busing was causing so much resentment and hate in other areas of Oklahoma City, I was buffered from it. There were no black children to bus miles from home who would be forced into hate-filled environments.

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