Love Leads To Freedom

  In 1960, four African-American college students from North Carolina sat at a lunch counter at Woolworth's Department store and ordered a cup of coffee.  That cup never came because in the racially segregated South, Woolworth's refused to serve black people in its store. This Sit-In  spearheaded other peaceful, non-violent demonstrations for liberty in nine other states.

Greensboro Four

   One of the students, named David Richmond has since died. His life was made more difficult by his stand for freedom. His grave marker in the cemetery where he is buried says:


T "David L. Richmond, 1941-1990, civil rights hero; one of the original Greensboro Four; Feb. 1, 1960; Love leads to Freedom." 

Jackson, Mississippi  Woolworth's 1963

    
   When love is genuine, it embraces not only person, but  everyone in society. Love expects nothing in return, but understanding. Love transforms us and gives us the strength to free ourselves from the past. The Greensboro Four turned their love for humanity into liberty and freedom for us all.


    With that freedom, you can touch the blue sky, fly like the birds and bring joy to your soul. There is no prison wall large enough to stop love, no gate too strong to hold love out.


“In true love, you attain freedom.” 
― Thich Nhat Hanh, True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart