WJLA used the voices of the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington spontaneously singing “We Shall Overcome” in front of the White House on June 12. On June 13, WJLA extended a 5’x20’ banner in the middle of D.C.’
King loved and found soul-renewal in jazz; King also leaned heavily on gospel and spirituals, whenever possible sung by Mahalia Jackson (he recognized the importance of We Shall Overcome as a motivating force in the struggle, but for his own sustenance he dug deeper); Nina Simone loved and ...
Humanity as one, we shall overcome! Posted in Life Reflection Leave a comment July 4, 2016 New York City, A Lovely Place! I have visited NYC many times in the past, but never had the time to enjoy and appreciate how lovely it is until my recent visit at the end of May. I got ...
So, our childhoods inform the present; they inform the ways that we relate in the world. And if you have some kind of old story from your childhood that you’re carrying around, like, ‘I’m unlovable,’ or ‘I can’t trust anyone,’ or ‘Everyone’s life is better than mine...
Instead, I shall do neither. Instead, I am going to write about a 6-year-old movie that I just saw for the first time last week. 2008’s Doubt, self-adapted from John Patrick Shanley’s 2004 play of the same name, combines two things near and dear to me: great acting and Catholic...
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To return to a truism, “We must, indeed, all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately.” I am speaking to you as a disabled women, as a lesbian, as someone who loves and works and lives with trans people and people of color and people from different socio...
So, this is where I am—looking back at my life, learning from my mistakes, continuing to overcome a deck stacked against me. Moving forward by swimming upstream. As my son transitions at each stage of his life, so do I. Meeting new allies, building new communities, creating new experien...
to which of these account of the origin of the clan is correct, we shall no pretend to decide. The clan can have no reason to be ashamed of either. The Macleans have been located in Mull since the 14th century. According to Mr Skene, they appear originally to have belonged to Moray....
“We Shall Overcome” or Woody Guthrie's “This Land Is Your Land,” as recorded by Pete Seeger in Burlington in 1986. Its opening image is usually a chalk-outline illustration of a TV set with Sanders’ head talking inside it. The credits often appear to be hand-lettered on white ...