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Tag Archives: Martin Luther King Jr.

My Fellow White People, We Need to Talk

July 1, 2017by Sherie Labedis 1 Comment

 Valerie Castile, mother of Philando Castile Following is an article by FogCityJohn.  I have posted it because I absolutely agree.  I remember reading this quote by James Baldwin in 1965 […]

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

SCLC and SCOPE announce 50th anniversary reunion

April 7, 2015by Sherie Labedis Leave a comment
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African American History, Civil Rights, The Civil Rights Movement, U.S. History

50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday, Selma

March 7, 2015by Sherie Labedis Leave a comment

Today is the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday and the first march in Selma, Alabama. I find it interesting that this celebration has come so closely after the federal report […]

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African American History, Personal Commentary, The Civil Rights Movement, U.S. History

Compelling Retrospective

October 27, 2014by Sherie Labedis 1 Comment

October 19, 2014 By Christina Hamlett Format:Kindle Edition Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they […]

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Civil Rights, the Book

The man black history erased By LZ Granderson, CNN Contributor

August 22, 2013by Sherie Labedis Leave a comment

In August of 1963 I was sixteen years old preparing to enter my senior year of high school.   The March on Washington was a  clarion call for many Americans and […]

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African American History, Civil Rights, The Civil Rights Movement, The March on Washington

Meeting Martin Luther King, Jr. June 1965

January 16, 2012by Sherie Labedis Leave a comment

Yesterday was Martin Luther King’s birthday and his holiday is today. I had the joy of meeting him at a Southern Christian Leadership Conference training in Atlanta, GA in 1965. […]

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