In early February, 1965, I was jailed for 10 days in Selma, Alabama after being arrested in a peaceful march in support of voting rights for black citizens. Along with several dozen others, I slept on a concrete floor in a near-freezing prison camp, and subsisted on two daily servings of blackeye peas or beans … Continue reading When Good Trouble Got Serious: John Lewis- at the Pettus Bridge, 1965 — And TODAY
A Special Black History Month Memory– Ms Hazel: Her Style, Her Flags & The Prayer Line I lived next door to Ms. Hazeline Umstead for twelve years. She was remarkable in many ways: she had grown up in this neighborhood; had returned to it after several years in New York City. Once back home, … Continue reading A Black History Month Special– My Neighbor Hazeline Umstead
The forecast for Washington DC on Saturday June 14 is typical: hot, muggy, and with maybe a passing thunderstorm. The expected “realfeel” is pegged at 97 degrees, Fahrenheit, with high humidity. Sweltering, in sum. I lived near D. C. For a long time, before global warming was a thing. Late spring and summer were the … Continue reading Trump’s June 14 Military “Parade” Will Be “Burning Man On the Potomac”
This “billboard” is meant to be the first of a series in the runup to the June 14 “NO KINGS” protests. The strategy of the series is to widen the gap between Trump-Hegseth (TH) and many troops, and remind them (and others watching) that their oath is to defund the Constitution (not a wannabe monarch). … Continue reading For June 14: Don’t Miss This Big Chance to Find Allies Among the Troops (We Need Them.)
I hate to admit it, but my authorial ego was bruised by wading through the list of 381 books pulled from the Nimitz Library of the U. S. Naval Academy last week. It tallied the volumes expelled by order of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, for committing the grave sins of advocating and documenting aspects of … Continue reading The Naval Academy Library’s Magical Minstrel Show for Massa Hegseth