Below is a black & white news photo from late February, 1965. It turned up a few years back (hat tip to the sharp-eyed Lewis Lewis): it was taken on the steps of Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama when John Lewis (center-left, with a tie) announced the plan to march from Selma … Continue reading “Bloody Sunday” in Selma plus 60: Victory Undone, Battle Renewed
– NOTE: “Corruptio optimi pessima” = Corruption of the best is the worst of all. I can’t remember when I started reading the Washington Post. I was following it through the Watergate years, but was a mostly broke rookie trying to find my footing as a writer to afford a subscription. By … Continue reading Washington Post: More In Sorrow, But With PLENTY of Anger
A Landmark & An Example: Recalling Michelle & Larycia: When Two Remarkable Women Spoke Truth to Power ONE The New York Times Magazine in October 2016 ran a very striking & powerful profile of Larycia Hawkins, the onetime (only female of color) tenured professor at evangelical Wheaton College in Illinois. She was abruptly fired early … Continue reading A Segue from Un-Banned Black History Month to Un-Banned Women’s History Month
The Guardian — Interview ‘It’s good to think strategically’: Thomas E. Ricks on civil rights and January 6 Martin Pengelly in Washington — Published 8 October 2022 In his book, the journalist- historian considers the work of Martin Luther King and others through the lens of military thought. “There is a direct connection from Freedom … Continue reading More Un-Banned Black History: Tom Ricks on The Civil Rights Movement as a “Good War”
I’m A free Bonus from the gang at “What Goes Around Comes Around” Media: this first cartoon is from 2017, when Trump tried to KILL Obamacare, but was stopped by nationwide constituent pushback. Can Congress WAKE UP again?? PS. To Constituents: KEEP UP the pressure! Now some blasts from the cartoon past … Below: … Continue reading Welcome to a Showdown Week: Musk vs Fed workers + AFGE (But What About CONGRESS??)