I never was a fan of Route 66. I was seven or eight years old at the time. I was too young to understand why two grown men would drive together in a sports car without jobs or purpose. Early one morning, I happen to view the above episode on Decades. Was I surprise to see a full cast of black folks being normal people, people with hopes and dreams, people not shootings or killings. In addition, white men that came to the aid of an old sick black woman without asking for a dime. This was in the early sixties a time where whites and blacks did not mix. Yes, the story is set in Pittsburg. Even Pittsburg had its racism. With the unrest in Baltimore after the death of Freddie Gray, it was great for Decades to remind us that the dreams of Martin L King is still important today as it was then. As an Afro-American, I wish all people of every race, creed, and color would open there eyes and embrace the character of a person than ones color. The Route 66 episode shows that skin color is blind. The person is important. I pray this idea, as the episode is replay or remade hundreds of times. It is a lesion we must learn. If not, than life has no meaning. Thank you Decades!
