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 […]
National Guard called to disperse several thousand whites threatening to set fire to First Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Freedom Riders inside. Read […]
Freedom Riders arrived in Montgomery, Alabama, where local police allow a mob of angry whites to attack; several people are severely injured, including a U.S. Justice Department official. Read more […]
Members of the Ku Klux Klan burn a cross in an African American neighborhood in Ozark, Alabama, to intimidate lack residents. Learn more Me: This was only nine years ago. […]
In Belzoni, Mississippi, NAACP member Rev. George Lee is fatally shot after angering local whites when he attempted to register to vote. Read more A History of Racial Injustice Calendar […]
More than 700 black children protesting racial segregation in Birmingham, Alabama, are arrested, blasted by fire hoses, clubbed by police and attacked by police dogs. For more information A […]
On April 24, 1877, Federal troops withdraw from Louisiana marking the end of Reconstruction. On April 24, 2013, Alabama man sentenced to jail for consensual homosexual sex. A History of […]
Lest it seems like I only write about black Americans, here is an article about the plight of the Chinese in California. I think the Chinese were the first group […]
It occurs to me that we have a better place to put the National Guard than the border. How about deploying them in schools to protect the kids we obviously […]
I was fortunate to be part of Ann Curry’s new series, “We’ll Meet Again,” in February. My segment was titled “Freedom Summer.” It caught the eye of Wendy Schultz at […]
