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Lent 2021/ Flashback Friday: The Assassination of Martin Luther King’s Mother.
We’re flashing back this Lenten Friday to 1974 when MLK’s mom was shot down while playing the organ one summer Sunday morning.
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Lent 2021, Day 5: What’s done in the dark.
“A seed – which, after the winter of our discontent, will come forth again to meet us.”
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Lent 2021, Day 3: Freedom & Praise, all the day long.
Perseverance from Freedom Riders, Praise from David.
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Untitled. Or “Yes, I do prefer the company of the dead.”
“Sarah Mae Flemming (2nd from left) is joined by Julia E. King and attorneys Lincoln C. Jenkins & Matthew J. Perry.The photograph was taken by John W. Goodwin, a Columbia [S.C.] photographer.”…
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The Preachers: Jerry Falwell, Sr.: When Religion & Politics Mix.
Jerry Falwell, Sr. (Image Source) Ever since Donald Trump’s run for president began over three years ago, there has been a whole lot of talk about the “Evangelical Vote,” “White Evangelical Christians,”…
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Flashback Friday: That way awkward dinner party at Bobby Kennedy’s in May ’63.
James Baldwin, left, and Bobby Kennedy. (Google Images) By the time Robert F. Kennedy was killed in 1968, he had come to be viewed by many as a politician who cared…
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Lent- Day 7: You say acquiescence, I say injustice.
One of Martin Luther King’s mug shots. (Image source.) I had IVIG infusion treatment, and my nurse Charlie shared with me about his time serving in the military in the early…
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Some Sunday Stuff: January 4th.
Happy New Year, Dear Readers. I hope your holidays were full of good food, laughter and love. After tweeting a link to my last post with a mention of “Boardwalk Empire”…
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The fault in my stars.
I’ve never been into astrology. Not just because I was raised that in fell into the category of the “occult” and was not to be dabbled in, but because it made…
