Over the past 7 years, the splenetic rage that has been nurtured by the political right in America against President Obama has splintered off into a number of separate, but not mutually exclusive, strands that highlight the various issues driving… Read More ›
From a physical standpoint, Alexander Stephens made a rather ironic spokesman for the superiority of the white race. Standing 5 feet 7 inches in height, Stephens wasn’t terribly short or tall by 19th century American standards, but he possessed a… Read More ›
It’s not hard to be a Monday morning activist. In fact, it’s quite natural for folks to look back at the past that other people participated in and convince themselves that they would’ve done different. No one cares to be… Read More ›
On the evening of July 2, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson lay down beneath the grand canopy of his four post bed in The White House’s 2nd floor living room, exhausted; his mind surely swirling with that mixture of clear conscience… Read More ›
Unless you’re the churchgoing type, there’s not much sense in driving through the Mississippi Delta on a Sunday morning. Folks tend to take the sabbath pretty seriously around these parts, and a visitor who so happens to be passing through… Read More ›
“Everybody in the Mississippi Delta was a racist, white or black. Racism was built into our bones. It is a thing we will never recover from having committed, but it also had its side that we always benefitted from…I lived… Read More ›
The diehards always show up first. Go to any protest or march and odds are you’ll see them before you see anyone else. They’re there before the cops and before the media and before the organizers themselves. All you have… Read More ›
We must not always talk in the market-place of what happens to us in the forest. – Nathaniel Hawthorne Fear begins in the not knowing—it is the last defense against understanding and the forebear of malicious assumption. There is a… Read More ›
“Alabama’s gotten me so upset Tennessee made me lose my rest And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam” – Nina Simone A few weeks ago I found myself having drinks with a perfectly nice woman in one of those “mixology” bars… Read More ›
“Some things you must always be unable to bear. Some things you must never stop refusing to bear. Injustice and outrage and dishonor and shame. No matter how young you are or how old you have got. Not for kudos… Read More ›
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