A good man and a hard worker who deserves recognition for his contribution to building the highway ... as do all the men and a few women who contributed to the construction. 

We watched this on the news and my 18-year-old son came away from that broadcast believing only black men built the Alcan. He thought that was really cool and he doesn't really believe me that 3/4s of the workers were white.

We've learned nothing. We're still separating people out by skin color, only these days the bigotry is reversed. If your skin was light, you apparently don't deserve recognition for anything you do if someone with darker skin was also involved. They worked harder, against greater obstacles, and therefore, accomplished more.

We should all be saddened when we see bigotry, head-on or reversed.

Mr. Larkins deserves honest recognition for his contributions. Are we waiting for all these men are dead before we will give equal recognition to ALL of them?