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Excerpt from the fourth chapter.   You Came Here to Die, Didn’t You by Sherie Labedis Thursday, June 23, 1965, Charleston, South Carolina I know the black child is here […]

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African American History, Civil Rights, the Book, The Civil Rights Movement, U.S. History
You Came Here to Die, Didn't You

Book Excerpt

Featuredby Sherie Labedis

Excerpt from the first chapter of my book – You Came Here to Die, Didn’t You by Sherie Labedis Monday, June 14, 1965, Atlanta, Georgia      “You came here to […]

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African American History, Civil Rights, the Book, U.S. History

The Roots of the American Crisis

November 20, 2019by Sherie Labedis Leave a comment

Losing the Democratic Habit YoniAppelbaum It is easy to think that Trump is the cause of all of our problems regardless of whether you agree with him or not.  In […]

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Life in these United States, Personal Commentary, U.S. History, Voting Rights, Women's Issues

Meditation on July 4th by Bruce Hartford

July 4, 2019by Sherie Labedis Leave a comment

  All over the country, We The People celebrate Hotdogs and Fireworks Day on the Fourth of July. If we attend some official event organized by the powers that be […]

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Ft. Sill Internment Summer Camp for Kids

June 17, 2019by Sherie Labedis Leave a comment

  In THE WEEK Magazine, June 21, 2019 under the U.S. at a glance I found this:  “The Trump administration plans to move up to 1,400 migrant children in its […]

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Life in these United States, Personal Commentary, Women's Issues

An Issue Both Parties SHOULD have solutions to.

June 7, 2019by Sherie Labedis Leave a comment

Please read  “An emergency in rural America” by Eli Saslow.  Rural America is screaming for medical care.  Every presidential candidate should hear those screams and respond to them with programs […]

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Life in these United States, Personal Commentary, Women's Issues

Trump didn’t create the Trump boom

June 4, 2019by Sherie Labedis Leave a comment

Hello, I know I have been away a long time.  My husband was quite ill and then he passed and I haven’t gotten back to writing.  That does not mean, […]

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Life in these United States, Personal Commentary, U.S. History

The Threat of Tribalism by Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld

December 18, 2018by Sherie Labedis Leave a comment

One of my favorite magazines is The Atlantic.  Their 2018 issue, Is Democracy Dying is an amazing study of America today.  I intend to comment on other articles, but I […]

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Civil Rights, Life in these United States, Personal Commentary, U.S. History

On my husband’s passing

October 6, 2018by Sherie Labedis Leave a comment

I haven’t posted in a long time.  My husband has been very ill and finally got Hospice care in May.  Below is his obituary. Joe “The Bartender” Labedis Mixed his […]

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On June 12, 1967

June 12, 2018by Sherie Labedis Leave a comment

In Loving v. Virginia, U.S.Supreme Court strikes down as unconstitutional laws in 16 states that prohibit interracial marriage. Read more This was the year before I graduated from college – […]

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African American History, Life in these United States, Personal Commentary, U.S. History

Only in America

June 12, 2018by Sherie Labedis Leave a comment

Eighth-grade students graduating from St. Cornelius Catholic School in Pennsylvania will each receive a free bulletproof shield for their backpacks.  The rectangular plates are being donated by Unequal Technologies, a […]

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Life in these United States

America’s segregated shores: beaches’ long history as a racial battleground

June 12, 2018by Sherie Labedis Leave a comment

In 1965 when I was a volunteer for Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference, I worked in rural South Carolina.  That summer nine civil rights workers, SCLC and […]

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African American History, Civil Rights, Life in these United States, Personal Commentary, The Civil Rights Movement, U.S. History

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