READING! “My Paper.li” for Monday and Pandemic Note and Photo O’ Day 164

August 25th – Montgomery, Alabama, home of Robert Graetz, white minister of Trinity Lutheran Church and Montgomery Association board member, … More

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

Happy Friday! It’s my last weekday before I return to teaching on Monday with a week of in-service to prepare … More

As I mentioned yesterday, my schedule is getting busier as the start of teaching approaches and I’m trying to work … More

My goodness, it’s been a few days since I’ve posted this feature. As I mentioned previously, I’m enumerating for Census … More

1955 – Black WWII veteran Lamar Smith is shot and killed in front of the Brookhaven, Mississippi, courthouse for urging … More

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

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

1988 – More than 45 years after internment of Japanese Americans began, the U.S. government authorizes reparations payments to the … More

1965 – More than a century after black Americans are granted voting rights, the federal Voting Rights Act is enacted … More

Happy Hump Day! As I first mentioned last week, I’m now starting each day’s “My Paper.li” post with a quote … More

As I mentioned last week, I’m now starting each day’s “My Paper.li” post with a quote from Franciscan Father Richard … More

As I mentioned earlier this week, I’m now starting each day’s “My Paper.li” post with a quote from Franciscan Father … More

As I mentioned earlier this week, I’m now starting each day’s “My Paper.li” post with a quote from Franciscan Father … More

As I mentioned yesterday, I’m going to start each day’s “My Paper.li” post with a quote from Franciscan Father Richard … More

Happy New Week! It’s the last one of July. I’m making a change to this feature. Rather than starting with … More

1890 – March Cook, a white advocate for black voting rights, is murdered in Jasper County, Mississippi, by white men … More

Friday! Just one more of these in July after this current one. ########## Here’s the excellent sources that I feature … More

1972 – Washington Star reports on Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, a U.S. Centers for Disease Control study conducted on poor black … More

Ahh… Thursday. Major League Baseball has it’s opening day today, so this classic is in order: ########## Here’s the excellent … More