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Of Segregation and swimming pools.
Just follow me down to the Jordan’s stream/
God’s a-going to trouble the water
August 23, 2024 -
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Lent 2022, Day 10: No Justice.
It’s not just a travesty of justice, but also a tragedy of humanity.
March 11, 2022 -
Flashback Friday: That time Lincoln planned to free the slaves and send them south of the border.
Engraving by Thomas Nast in 1865. (Source) I recently binge-listened to “Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom” by David W. Blight on Audible. It clocks in at nearly 37 hours, and makes…
December 28, 2018 -
Flashback Friday: That time Albert Einstein hosted Marian Anderson.
There’s a lot I’ve just found out about Albert Einstein. For example, who knew old Al was quite the ladies’ man, a master at science and charm? But another fact that I…
September 15, 2017 -
Flashback Friday: Merle Oberon, Hollywood (Secret Indian) Star.
(Image Source) Merle Oberon was stunningly beautiful, and one of Hollywood’s first genuinely glamorous stars. She was also mixed-race, born in India, and acutely aware of existing racism and prejudice that…
June 30, 2017 -
Lent- Day 9: I wonder if Heaven has a ghetto.
Tupac Shakur (Image: Flickr Zennie62/ Creative Commons) Yesterday, I went back to 1997, and before I head Back to the Future, I want to stop off in October when Tupac’s first…
March 11, 2017
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