MLK Day?! HE would not be amused...

Michigan Ave., Dearborn, MI, circa 1950s - Orville Hubbard, the bigoted, bloated, bad boy mayor of Dearborn

An entire day dedicated to the life of a black man!?  "WTF!" old Mayor
Hubbard would  have exclaimed, had he not died in 1982, one year before
 President  Ronald Reagan signed the holiday into law.  

Orvie ruled the city with an iron fist for 36 years, keeping Dearborn
 "lily white" for most of that time, much to the satisfaction of the
 electorate.  Otherwise, how would he have lasted so long? 

(Aside:  This electorate included our own parents, neighbors,
fellow parishioners, etc., etc.  Could it be that we moved to
 Dearborn in the first place because of its reputation and
 WJM's  deep-rooted connection to the South?!  He was,
 after all, born and raised in aggressively segregationist
 Alabama.  Just wondering aloud; alas, we'll never know....)

  In fact, according  to local legend, blacks had to be out of town by

 nightfall, or else....  And Camp Dearborn, a summer "resort" for
residents-only located in Milford, about an hour northwest
of the city?  It, too, remained all white during his corrupt reign.

Click HERE to read more about the diabolical
 "Dictator of Dearborn" who strove always to
 Keep Dearborn Clean (wink-wink, nod-nod)

Ralph Abernathy and Martin Luther King