A Texas Hero for Father's Day

My father, Howard C. Doolittle of San Antonio was the Father of Intergration in Texas in the 40's, 50's and early 60's.

De-segregation was mostly tried in the USA, and failed because people were still vastly un-equal, with prejudice.......looking down on others. [C.S. Lewis said that "As long as you are looking down on others you will never see what is above you!"]

Abraham Lincoln said that "Equal opportunity for every American is the unfinished work of America"......it still is!

My Dad had a sign on the walls of his school, Emerson Junior High, that said it all: "Everyone's Equal!!'..and everyone lived by that, in that unique neighborhood in San Antonio, where there was most of the races present.

We are all "family'" having come from Noah's 3 sons....every human born is at least a 33rd cousin! Isn't it time we all had a life?!?

Integration came peacefully to Texas and elsewhere his techniques were used!

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» left by James Sorrell from Albuquerque (3 years 77 days ago.)

Howard Doolittle addressed the UN General Assembly in the summer of 1964 to help the UN become a place of equality, and really work for the first time....but the big, $rich$ countries, including his own, ignored the advice and the UN has stayed ineffective, counter to the way it was designed!
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» left by Captain Church from Yellowstone Park (3 years 56 days ago.)

Texas should honour Mr. Doolittle for his work!
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» left by Jason Wizard from Seattle (2 years 161 days ago.)

Let's do it!~~~
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» left by Doug Doolittle from Salem, OR (1 year 200 days ago.)

My dad, Howard C. Doolittle, the Father of Integration in Texas, was born on St. Patrick's Day in the 1st decade of the 20th Century [He died on Jan. 1, 1966]. As principal of Emerson Jr. High in San Antonio, he developed the model that was used throughout Texas, and elsewhere that wanted a peaceful mixing of the races. It worked because it was true "integration"; not "desegregation" (a failed concept, less than a half-measure). The sign in his school halls said it all: "Everyone's Equal"! We lived by that in our community once.....it is too bad, tragic even, that the USA has never practiced the one thing that would let it live up to its' tremendous, capable power [the rich would be even richer; and there would be no poor, no homeless, no disfranchised]; the potency of 300 million residents all fulfilling their real potential! Dad once addressed the UN General Assembly, in the summer of 1964, shortly before he fell ill. He had been invited, by a group of small countries, to show that equality at the UN (called the UNO then) would allow that body of nations to be truly united, and function for the first time the way it was intended! The big or rich countries, including his own, ignored the sage advice and kept on proving that the UN doesn't work.....a lesson it continues to demonstrate today! We are all created equal; but there are those who insist, by the point of some form of suppression, oppression or aggression, that only a few get to share the resources of the earth and have a real life; that the pigs "are more equal than others" [Animal Farm]! So, as we dig through the first decade of the new century, the entrenched failures of humanity keep us locked away from the hope of fulfillment that the promise of equality would have given us! Green hats off in salute to my Dad, who tried to show the way, and paid for it with his life! [by Doug Doolittle]

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» left by James Sorrell from Santa Cruz, CA (229 days 10 hours ago.)

"It has so happened in all ages of the world, that _some have laboured and _others have, without labour, enjoyed a large proportion of the fruits. This is wrong, and should not continue." ~~~Abraham Lincoln

 

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» left by CaptChurch from Santa Cruz, CA (228 days 12 hours ago.)

Abraham Lincoln also stated/predicted {it is still true today}::

 

"Equal opportunity for every American is the Un-finished work of America"

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» left by CaptKirk from Malta (92 days 11 hours ago.)

Super Dad, that Jor-El

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