August 25th – Montgomery, Alabama, home of Robert Graetz, white minister of Trinity Lutheran Church and Montgomery Association board member, … More
Category: Social Justice
Pandemic Note and Photo O’ Day 162
1989 – White mob in Bensonhurst, New York, murders black teenager Yusef Hawkins for visiting a white girl. August 23rd … More
READING! “My Paper.li” for Friday, August 21st
Happy Friday! It’s my last weekday before I return to teaching on Monday with a week of in-service to prepare … More
READING: “My Paper.li” for Thursday, August 20th
As I mentioned yesterday, my schedule is getting busier as the start of teaching approaches and I’m trying to work … More
READING! “My Paper.li” for Monday, August 17th
My goodness, it’s been a few days since I’ve posted this feature. As I mentioned previously, I’m enumerating for Census … More
Pandemic – Marble League 2020 Update – Photo O’ Day 152
1955 – Black WWII veteran Lamar Smith is shot and killed in front of the Brookhaven, Mississippi, courthouse for urging … More
READING! “My Paper.li” for Wednesday, August 12th
As I mentioned in Monday’s “My Paper.li” post, I’m changing how I do this week-daily feature. So here goes today’s… … More
READING! “My Paper.li” for Tuesday, August 11th
As I mentioned in yesterday’s “My Paper.li” post, I’m changing how I do this week-daily feature. So here goes today’s… … More
Pandemic Article and Photos O’ Day 149
1988 – More than 45 years after internment of Japanese Americans began, the U.S. government authorizes reparations payments to the … 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 Wednesday, August 5th
Happy Hump Day! As I first mentioned last week, I’m now starting each day’s “My Paper.li” post with a quote … 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
READING! “My Paper.li” for Thursday, July 30th
As I mentioned earlier this week, I’m now starting each day’s “My Paper.li” post with a quote from Franciscan Father … More
READING! “My Paper.li” for Wednesday, July 29th
As I mentioned earlier this week, I’m now starting each day’s “My Paper.li” post with a quote from Franciscan Father … More
READING! “My Paper.li” for Tuesday, July 28th
As I mentioned yesterday, I’m going to start each day’s “My Paper.li” post with a quote from Franciscan Father Richard … More
READING! “My Paper.li” for Monday, July 27th
Happy New Week! It’s the last one of July. I’m making a change to this feature. Rather than starting with … 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
READING! “My Paper.li” for Friday, July 24th
Friday! Just one more of these in July after this current one. ########## Here’s the excellent sources that I feature … More
Pandemic Photos O’ Day 132
1972 – Washington Star reports on Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, a U.S. Centers for Disease Control study conducted on poor black … More
READING! “My Paper.li” for Thursday, July 23rd
Ahh… Thursday. Major League Baseball has it’s opening day today, so this classic is in order: ########## Here’s the excellent … More