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    The Mighty Musa
    The Mighty Musa
    The Mighty Musa
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    The Mighty Musa

    By John Taylor Mulder

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    Joe Washington owns a travel agency and is accused of several counts of theft. Joe is innocent and is given the choice between 30 days of house arrest if he pleads guilty or the possibility of spending five to seven years in prison if he goes to trial. For Joe to go to trial means committing Social Suicide and the possibility of losing his family, his business, his freedom and his life are real possibilities. Joe Washingtons integrity and his character, two of the things that identify who he is, cannot be compromised and will take Joe and his best friend on an unforgettable journey . Joe, who is Black and his best friend, who is white join forces to try to keep Joe out of prison. This story is an emotional roller coaster that takes on impossible odds. The place is Olympia, Washington and the year is 1995. Equal under the law, what does that mean for a Black America.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateJan 24, 2013
    ISBN9781477295113
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    John Taylor Mulder

    The author has been fortunate to have experienced from a very young age many unforgettable adventures. Playing in the Little League World Series, being on an Oregon State high school basketball championship team, being a Naval Aviator and jet instructor landing on aircraft carriers, being a Trooper and Assistant Aviation Commander in the elite law enforcement agency, the Washington State Patrol, being the first recipient of the Washington State Patrol Highest Honor (the Award of Honor) for saving a life, flying a DC-3 in Alaska, and being in Corporate Aviation. I have read many other authors over the years and have probably read and enjoyed over a thousand books. Currently the author is still flying in Corporate Aviation, traveling to Asia, Europe, and other parts of the globe.

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      The Mighty Musa - John Taylor Mulder

      PROLOGUE

      There is one reference in the book that needs explaining:

      1) Mighty Musa

      In the 14th century, Kunkar Musa extended the area known as the Mellistine around Ghana to its greatest limits, making himself master of Timbukto, Gao and all of the Songhoi dominions in Africa.

      Referenced by Captain L.G. Binger, Bu Niger au Golfe de Guine, & C (1852) and other authors that were considered worth citing as it relates to that time period.

      I use this reference because here is an African individual that was a king in his country. This is not three fifths of a person as stated in the original United States Constitution (Article 1, Section 2) which included people of African descent. No global citizen should ever again be categorized as part of a person. But as history and current events show us, there are still individuals that consider themselves to be better than, more entitled than, of higher stature than. So in their eyes, I guess I am still part of a person. If someone wants to put me in my place", I will choose for myself that place to be one of honor, integrity and respect.

      For some people, honor, integrity and respect is the most important parts of their lives and they have risked everything; job, family, freedom and their lives to maintain.

      If you were charged with a crime and you knew you were innocent, would you plead guilty so that you would get 30 days house arrest or would you go to trial and risk 7 years in prison.

      This is a true story of an African American whose adversaries wanted to put him in his place and send him to prison. The year is 1995.

      CHAPTER 1

      Iwas one of those kids that grew up in the northwest part of the United States in a middle income family in a predominately white neighborhood and a white school system. I remember in junior high school we had a Native American girl that just blended in with the rest of us.

      My dad was a school teacher and had a summer job working out at the race track where greyhound dogs chased this mechanical rabbit called rusty around from the start to finish line. I never did understand the greyhound-rabbit thing. One of my father’s co-workers was a negro gentleman who just seemed like everyone else to me.

      When I was really young I used to live out in the sunshine and my skin would turn almost black by mid-summer. I remember a neighbor commenting to me one time that I must have a lot of pigment in my skin. Hell, I thought she called me a pigmy and I went home crying to my mother. I don’t think I was a racist at six years old, I just knew pygmies were really short and being short was not an option in my family. My dad was 6 foot 5 inches tall and was so worried I would not be taller than my mother’s mom, who was only 4 foot nine inches. I think once I grew past 5 feet 6 inches my dad quit worrying about how tall I was going to be.

      In high school, we had one negro football player and as far as I knew, we all got along just fine.

      So to sum up my years before college, I had little or no history with negroes or other cultures for that matter and what I did have was never negative or an awareness of anyone being different.

      When I went to college I played basketball for the University of Oregon. There were a couple of negro players on the team. On away games, I was always assigned a room with one negro player in particular. I can’t say we became friends, but there was some affection between us and we loved to tease each other. I was not insensitive to how my fellow white players or students felt about negroes in general, and I tended to ride the fence when inappropriate comments were made. I wasn’t mature enough nor did I have the skills to deal with racial issues.

      One day in the locker room my "on the

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