Black Klansman: NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE

Success often lies not in what happens but in what you prevent from happening.

On June 18, 1974, my twenty-first birthday, I was sworn in as a police officer for the City of Colorado Springs, the first black to graduate from the ranks of the Police Cadet program.

as I sat there soaking up the living history of my youth from one of the persons who shaped it, I felt honored; yet I couldn’t help but think that by sharing this moment with him I was vicariously experiencing a bit of Dr. King himself. In essence, I was channeling Dr. King through Dr. Abernathy, who had shared virtually every adult-life experience