1955 – Black WWII veteran Lamar Smith is shot and killed in front of the Brookhaven, Mississippi, courthouse for urging … More
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Pandemic – Marble League 2020 Update – Photo O’ Day 148
2014 – Eight days after graduating from high school, black teenager Michael Brown is shot and killed by a white … More
Pandemic Video and Photos O’ Day 145
1965 – More than a century after black Americans are granted voting rights, the federal Voting Rights Act is enacted … More
READING! “My Paper.li” for Tuesday, August 4th
As I mentioned last week, I’m now starting each day’s “My Paper.li” post with a quote from Franciscan Father Richard … More
Pandemic – Marble League 2020 Update – Video and Photos O’ Day 136
1868 – Government announces ratification of Fourteenth Amendment, which establishes black citizenship but allows states to ban voters with criminal … More
Pandemic – Marble League 2020 Update – Articles and Photos O’ Day 133
1890 – March Cook, a white advocate for black voting rights, is murdered in Jasper County, Mississippi, by white men … More
Pandemic Video, Articles, and Photo O’ Day 131
1910 – White man in Montgomery, Alabama, avoids prosecution after killing black taxi driver, Mitchell Johnson, who had him arrested … More
READING! “My Paper.li” for Wednesday, July 22nd
Happy Feast Day for St. Mary Magdalene. She is one of my three personal patron saints – the other two … More
Pandemic Video and Photos O’ Day 130
1899 – Moments before his trial is to begin, a white mob whips Frank Embree, a black man, over 100 … More
READING! “My Paper.li” for Monday, July 20th
It’s the 51st anniversary of the day humans first set foot on the moon. I didn’t need to do the … More
Pandemic – Marble League 2020 Update – Articles and Photo O’ Day 128
2015 – After discussing the need to protect Confederate memorials, North Carolina’s House passes bill requiring legislative approval to remove … More
Pandemic – Marble League 2020 Update – Articles and Photos O’ Day 126
1863 – The 54th Massachusetts Infantry, the nation’s first all-African American regiment, leads an attack on Confederate troops at Fort … More
Presence Podcast: “Words For Now and Later – L is for LOVE”
It took me way to long from recording my “K” episode to posting a blog entry about it here. This … More
READING! “My Paper.li” for Friday, July 17th
It’s Friday and guess what I got on my mind: And a very different cover version of it: ########## Here’s … More
Pandemic Article, Video and Photo O’ Day 125
2001 – Harvard University Civil Rights Project releases study finding that schools were more segregated in 2000 than they were … More
Presence Podcast: “Words For Now and Later: K is for KILLING” and Web Resources to Support Product Boycotts
“If you have ever watched power crumble, you know it happens very suddenly. One day a wall is up and … More
READING! “My Paper.li” for Wednesday, July 15th
It’s Wednesday and the middle of July. Time may be moving at a odd pace, but one week is turning … More
Pandemic Articles, Video, Marble League 2020 Update and Photo O’ Day 120
2012 – Report shows one of every 13 voting age African Americans is disenfranchised (four times more than non-black citizens); … More
READING! “My Paper.li” for Friday, July 10th
It’s Friday and I’m back with this feature after taking a day off yesterday for a little road trip. And … More
Pandemic Video, Articles and Photo O’ Day 118
1887 – Investigation by grand jury in Hinds County, Mississippi finds that prisoners in the state’s convict leasing system are … More
