6 min readThe Children of Emmett TillPicture: The bridge over the Tallahatchie River near where Till’s body was found, Glendora, MS As I stood on this bridge a few weeks ago...
3 min readStepping On the TrainHeather Cox Richardson May 23, 2021 https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/ Frederick Douglass wrote his autobiography three times,...
5 min readWhite Anxiety and Voter SuppressionExcerpts from Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race (pp. 19-22) By Beverly...
3 min readWhat is Systemic or Structural Racism?Since the death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, so many more people have been asking questions about race, racism, racial bias, white...
7 min readMY GRANDMOTHER’S HANDS, A Book Reviewby Resmaa Menakem 2017, Central Recovery Press Minneapolis author and licensed social worker, Resmaa Menakem, adds a critical...
6 min readThe Fire Next TimeReview and Excerpts The fire Next Time, by James Baldwin 1993, Paperback, Vintage, 106 pages "A national bestseller when it first...
3 min readIt's Time For Christians to Disseminate a Deafening VoiceI'm very pleased that evangelical leaders such as Beth Moore have spoken out forcefully against the racist violence this past weekend...
3 min readLife in Post-katrina New Orleans Sunday, January 20, 2008 | Day 1 If you look carefully at this picture, you'll notice the back end of an airplane sitting in the backyard...