At the 2013 College Language Association Conference, an association “founded in 1937 by Black scholars and educators,” I was fortunate enough to attend the Langston Hughes luncheon where poet Tony Medina gave a talk on Langston Hughes and Black children. For many of us, Langston Hughes was (...
I believe the law should prohibit the enslavement of all non human species for any purpose whatever. WAS THERE A COMMUNITY OF BLACK MEN THAT HELPED YOU ALONG YOUR MEATLESS JOURNEY? AND IF NOT, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO CHANGE THIS FOR OTHERS? I have not had the good fortune...
A history of the U.S. in Vietnam, the Pentagon Papers, Daniel Ellsberg, DOD/ISA Lodge confers with the President, no mention of JFK's assassination Murder is the function of state governments The autopsy should have been completed in the hospital Oswald was picked up on the charge ...
Sept. 4-6 - Decatur Book Festival, Children's Area: with Donna Bowman, 2 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 6 (and hanging around the SCBWI Southern Breeze PAL members booth all weekend...) Sept. 8 - Speaker,Exemplary School of Writingluncheon, Macon, Ga., sponsored byWriting to Win. www.writing...
Journey of Reconciliation in 1947 and wanted to be participants, but the men thought that would be too dangerous. While in law school at Howard University, she defended student activists, including Juanita Morrow (Nelson), who participated in a sit-in at a D.C. luncheonette in the early ...
Therefore, digitally reimagining & re-animating The Luncheon on the Grass has become my main motif for pieces like “Having No Head” and other projects I’m currently producing—a gesture that welcomes the new movement. —Jacolby Satterwhite Deborah Willis Deborah Willis, Ph.D., is University...
Lyndon Johnson was a hired hand, Madeleine Brown's party story was made up "History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce" Joan's website, joanmellen.com Jim Garrison's and Oliver Stone's courage, the JFK Records Collection Act Joan will be speaking at the Wecht confere...
Sen. Tim Scott speaks to members of the media after the weekly Senate Republican Policy Luncheon at Hart Senate Office Building on June 23 in Washington. Alex Wong/Getty Images Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina has seen an uptick in racist and profanity-laced voicemails at his office since...
Of the officer’s decision to shoot and not just let Brooks run away, Gaynor said, “now we know what the criminal history is, but we didn’t know at the time.” “Could he carjack somebody? Could he be scared so much that he’s going to kidnap somebody in another car? Is he go...
Of the officer’s decision to shoot and not just let Brooks run away, Gaynor said, “now we know what the criminal history is, but we didn’t know at the time.” “Could he carjack somebody? Could he be scared so much that he’s going to kidnap somebody in another car? Is he go...