My grandfather was a white male police captain during the civil rights troubles in Birmingham, AL. He also gave King the notebook he would use to write Letter from the Birmingham Jail. His quiet support of King literally enabled King's actions in more ways than I can relate.

To divide a people based on skin color is wrong. King, and my grandfather, were not lovers of one skin color over another; they were lovers of respect. It is respect that will break the chains anywhere they are found.