Posts Tagged ‘race’
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The Legacy of 1877
Posted on November 26, 2014
I am reading a book entitled 1877, America’s Year of Living Violently by Michael A. Bellesiles. It’s a book about, you guessed it, 1877. You think we have problems today? ...
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Picking at the Scabs of Race Relations
Posted on October 30, 2014
In 1950, Jesse Helms was in charge of publicity for the Senatorial campaign of Wills Smith, a conservative Democrat, a campaign that featured fliers with the unambiguous heading, “Wake Up,...
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Derek Jeter: King of the Bi-Racial Age
Posted on September 22, 2014
We live in an age of bi-racial heroes. It started with Tiger Woods, who took the golf world by storm and must rank as one of the top three golfers...
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Final Ferguson Thoughts
Posted on August 26, 2014
It’s exceedingly sad that Michael Brown was shot 6 times by a police officer. It doesn’t matter if it was in the back or in the front. It doesn’t matter...
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50 Years
Posted on August 28, 2013
A Big Year for 50-Year Anniversaries This is a big year for 50-year anniversaries. Today is the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s March on Washington and his famous “I...
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