Book Excerpt
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 […]
Book Excerpt
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 […]
Algebra, Civil Rights, Immigrants: Why Sending Them Home Won’t Solve the Job Crisis
From the book jacket of Radical Equations: Math Literacy and Civil Rights: “Bob Moses went to Mississippi in 1961, a young man, drawn by the sit-ins. By 1964, his work […]
TRUMP PROMISES FOR THE FIRST 100 DAYS
On the first day of my term of office, my administration will immediately pursue the following six measures to clean up the corruption and special interest collusion in Washington, DC: […]
Meryl Streep Said it Best
Thank you, Hollywood Foreign Press. Just to pick up on what Hugh Laurie said. You and all of us in this room, really, belong to the most vilified segments […]
WE SHOULD BE AFRAID, VERY AFRAID
I am reading an article in “Atlantic Magazine” entitled “How Social Media Got Weaponized: War in the Digital Age” by Emerson T. Brooking and P.W. Singer. It is a […]
FEELING AWE MAY BE THE SECRET TO HEALTH AND HAPPINESS
I have had an awesome life as in awe filled for which I am totally grateful. Please read and enjoy this article by Paula Spencer Scott. The hike, in a […]
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE AND SLAVERY – YES, SLAVERY
Sometimes I want to scream and this is one of them. How many of you want to get rid of the Electoral College because it trumps (pun not deliberate) the […]
The Glass Ceiling Holds
I think it is a good time to do a quick review of women’s history as it relates to the right to vote. Modern women/girls have the freedom to come […]
Is Gun Use for Everyone?
What would happen if several black men went to a gun store to buy an AR-15 because they wanted to protect themselves from the police? What would happen if several […]
LOSERS, WEEPERS
I hope you are ready for the election to end! One more day until sanity returns, although I don’t believe sanity will be the result of this election regardless of […]
PARABLE OF THE OLD WOOD STOVE
Earlier this year Dr. Stephanie Evans of Clark Atlanta University invited me to contribute a chapter to her collection of stories about African American women accompanied by recipes that inspired […]
