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Renaming a Highway
By shalimar
I went because he was my cousin. I didn't believe that I would ever
have the strength to see the location where he probably died. According
to my elders the whole family had to be there, just like the old days
when we had family gatherings. I was only his third cousin but I still
was required to be a part of history on the day the state of
Mississippi would officially dedicate a part of the highway after him.
I dressed as I usually did. My skirt was green with flowers and the
blouse was solid green with a v-neck. Together they looked like a
dress. I didn't need stockings, as the spring day was fairly warm. I
did wear green two-inch pumps.
I left the motel and went to the diner across the street. The waitress
took my order
"Are you here for the ceremony?" she asked.
"My accent must have given me away," I replied.
"Yea," but we forgive you for being a Yankee, hon," she said. "As long
as you don't give us any trouble."
"I'm not planning on that," I told her. "My cousin died because of
'giving you trouble' forty years ago."
"One of those kids was your cousin?"
I shook my head, "Yes."
"I'm sorry, dear. Which one?"
I told her. I also told her that I almost went down with him but my
parents said I was too young.
"'But dad,' I told him. 'You picketed the Yankees because they were
still "lily white."' He said I could picket Woolworth in our hometown.
So I was stuck up North."
"Then you're like him."
"I looked up to him. I hope I have done him honor."
"I've seen his picture in the paper. You look sort of like him, dear,"
she said.
"I've been told that my whole life. I hope you don't mind, but this
ceremony opened an old wound."
"Sure, hon, I understand."
She left and gave my order to the cook in restaurantese then took care
of some of the other customers.
While I was waiting for breakfast one of the local police came in and
sat at the counter. I noticed that as he was talking with the waitress
he occasionally looked at me. When he noticed I saw him he bowed his
head showing me respect. I smiled. He smiled back at me and tipped his
hat. I hoped she was telling him about why I was here and nothing else.
Even after surgery I still have the fear of being "read."
As I was being served a man came in that confirmed my fear.
"You're a guy," he said as he came over to me.
I ignored him.
"You're a damn guy in a dress," he repeated.
"Are you always this rude to guests in your town?" I asked.
"We don't like your kind here."
Same shit. Different decade. Different issue.
"Don't worry. I'm here for the ceremony. I'll be gone in a few hours."
"Get your fairy ass out of here."
He was getting me angry, but he was not going to get me to start
anything.
"No, thank you. Could you, please, let me eat in peace?"
"And if I don't?"
As he said that I saw the policeman came walking in our direction.
"I suggest you look behind you," I said as I pointed to the cop.
"Come on, Cliff, leave the lady alone," the officer told him as he
stood between Cliff and me.
"He ain't no lady," Cliff told the cop. "Can't you arrest him for
something?"
"I could arrest you for disturbing the peace and harassing her, but I
would prefer finishing my breakfast. I suggest you leave, Cliff, and
cool down."
Cliff left the restaurant without ordering anything. The officer noted
that I was shaking.
"Abby," he called to the waitress. "Could you come here?"
As she came he held my hand and said to me, "I'm sorry mam for the way
he treated you." He said it loud enough for the rest of the patrons to
hear. Then he whispered to me, "Even if he is right."
Abby sat next to me and held me. I cried in her arms. I also didn't pay
for the meal I couldn't eat.
After the ceremony I met the governor. He was gracious to my family and
me. I told him of the incident and how he should be proud of most of
the people of his state. I also told him that for me the restaurant
incident helped bring closure to my cousin's death.
"There may be still an ember or two," I told him. "But Mississippi is
no longer burning."
Note: In early February 2005 the Mississippi Senate passed a bill
renaming a section of the highway near where they died after James
Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner. They were three civil
rights workers who where among the "Freedom Riders" trying to register
blacks to vote at a time when it was virtually unheard of in the former
Confederate States of America. The investigation following their deaths
was the basis of the movie "Mississippi Burning." As of the writing of
this story the bill has not become law. Hopefully soon. February is
Black History Month.
Mikhaela
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