{"id":285355,"date":"2025-06-10T08:06:30","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T08:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/tribute-to-martin-luther-king\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T08:06:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T08:06:30","slug":"tribute-to-martin-luther-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=285355","title":{"rendered":"Tribute to Martin Luther King"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-7610\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- .entry-meta --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>In 1961, I went to work for the Houston Lighting &amp; Power Company. It was my first job, and immediately I encountered female discrimination. It surprised me because I had never even thought that the restrictions placed on women were discriminatory. They were, but I did not know it, similar to the way I was not fully aware of how blacks were discriminated against. To me, it was normal; it was just the way it was.<\/p>\n<p>Of course I had heard of the marches and civil unrest that was taking place in the South, but it did not affect me. I remember the first time I saw a black person eating at a large department store food counter in downtown Houston. I also remember riding a Greyhound bus as a kid, and the blacks had to sit in the back. I remember \u201ccoloreds\u201d water fountains. I remember picking cotton and the blacks picked in one field, while we whites picked in the other.<\/p>\n<p>It was in the 1970s that I learned that women, white or black, could not get credit in their names. I still use the credit card that I was able to get in my own name, instead of my husband\u2019s name. Women had a hard time getting jobs in the professional fields. For blacks and for women, it did not miraculously change overnight. It still is a hard fought battle.<\/p>\n<p>So I honor Martin Luther King this day. He had a great effect on my life as a white female. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 gave blacks, and white women, the same rights that white men already had.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<div id=\"entry-author-info\">\n<div id=\"author-avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\" alt=\"Unknown's avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ead183f46b48569c98da8a29847a81ff46532d3243f379c785b656e1fdbf7b91?s=60&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=G\" srcset=\"https:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ead183f46b48569c98da8a29847a81ff46532d3243f379c785b656e1fdbf7b91?s=60&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=G 1x, https:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ead183f46b48569c98da8a29847a81ff46532d3243f379c785b656e1fdbf7b91?s=90&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=G 1.5x, https:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ead183f46b48569c98da8a29847a81ff46532d3243f379c785b656e1fdbf7b91?s=120&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=G 2x, https:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ead183f46b48569c98da8a29847a81ff46532d3243f379c785b656e1fdbf7b91?s=180&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=G 3x, https:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ead183f46b48569c98da8a29847a81ff46532d3243f379c785b656e1fdbf7b91?s=240&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=G 4x\" class=\"avatar avatar-60\" height=\"60\" width=\"60\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- #author-avatar --><\/p>\n<div id=\"author-description\">\n<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAbout bwebaptistwomenforequality\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShirley Taylor writes with humor and common sense, challenging the church body to reclaim equality for Christian women.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- #author-link\t-->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- #author-description -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- #entry-author-info --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- .entry-utility -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1961, I went to work for the Houston Lighting &amp; Power Company. 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