When many people look at Alabama, this is a state that has been given up on — across the country and across the world — for a myriad of reasons.
The state has a history that does not evoke pride, no matter how you look at it. Regardless of how hard some may try, you cannot erase or re-write the cancerous history that is forever embedded in history.
There are still those who must be brought kicking and screaming into a forever-changing world. “The world is changing and anyone who thinks he can live alone is sleeping through a revolution.” The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said this in a sermon given at Washington Episcopal Cathedral in Washington, D.C., in March 1968.
Alabama’s soil is soaked with the blood, sweat and tears of those who have sought to make a difference. King made this statement over 50 years ago. While much remains the same, many things have changed, and are changing.
There are counties in Alabama that are spoken about regularly. Etowah County can no longer be ignored. Over 104,000 people call Etowah County home.