As a city kid who grew up in Boston, Massachusetts I've always had lots of friends from different backgrounds and many cultures. Lately I've been thinking about things going on in the world and where we're going. I realized that one of the most important people in my life had faded into history. His name was Wendell Arthur Garrity Jr. RIP. I never knew him personally however, his judicial reasoning, legal decisions, and ultimately his orders had a profound impact on my future. I'm not going to go into the details I'll just leave a link to his Wikipedia page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendell_Arthur_Garrity_Jr. and you can learn about him for yourself. The purpose of this post is to say thank you to the most important judge that I didn't get a chance to meet and thank in person. His order to desegregate the Boston Public School System is the reason that I now have friends across my country and around our world today. Oh yeah, and besides my parents he is most likely responsible for my success.
This is the Global Village and we all live here together.
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