Black or Eat and Joe's. I'm guessing the photo is from the 1960's
Faith. By John Lewis.
“Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”Hebrews 111. “Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”Hebrews 111 There is one question people ask me more than any other. How did you do it? How did you hold to nonviolence when a pounding… Continue reading Faith. By John Lewis.
Lubbock. Gender. Cowhide. Stupid
https://apple.news/AcMimaRZYQGSXuAKAxL_8_Q Egregious attack on academic freedom
Afghanistan
I have said it before. At the risk of being tiresome, I will say it again. Whenever the US makes a decision to do something in Afghanistan, it will be the wrong decision. Trump on Saturday renewed his call to reestablish a U.S. presence at Bagram, even saying “we’re talking now to Afghanistan” about the… Continue reading Afghanistan
Yet Another
Thanks to David Haynes via PhotoHistory group io. The Supreme Court has dealt another blow at the crippled-construction lunacy. The court decides that Congress has the constitutional power to grant copyright in photo-graphs. The objection raised was that a photograph is not a writing and a photographer is not an author. What a dilemma! Photography… Continue reading Yet Another
Just t’wernt riiight
https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/sep/20 Maryland is horse country. I wonder how the pale skins felt about interbreeding of horses of different colors
Aunt Willie Mae
My Aunt Willie Mae was a nice lady living in Tuscaloosa. I was “Hobben”, a nickname I acquired when, as a child I had begun talking. If I approached the stovetop, I would say “hobben”, meaning “hot”. I had been warned, repeatedly I suspect. “Don’t touch”. Aunt Willie Mae married late in life. I visited… Continue reading Aunt Willie Mae
It really is quite amazing
calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/sep/07 Sometimes you just have to acknowledge at some of the human race is simply slow, I say slow rather than stupid just to be nice. There's some saying about biting your nose despite yourself. There's some saying about throwing out the baby with the bathwater. I'm sure there are many sayings
Some real ugly pictures
segregationinamerica.eji.org/report/massive-resistance.html
Robert Allen, Death at Kaulton Alabama
flic.kr/p/2mrMkVA My father's brother. I have a brother named Robert. I am sure that my brother was named after Robert of the train Duncanville, Alabama in Wikipedia Ward Institute, Camp Hill, Alabama. The school was dedicated to educating poor children for "the work of life." Today it is the Lyman Ward Military Academy.
Waiting For Charlemagne 