Category: Black History Month
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Literary Passion and the City of Savannah-Georgia
Author James Alan McPherson (public release photograph) One of the greatest authors of our 21st century times is a man who made history in the previous century when he became the first African-American to win the Pulitzer Prize in fiction: James Alan McPherson, a native of Savannah, Georgia, born September…
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Notebook on Michael Brown, Kajieme Powell, and W.E.B. Du Bois (part 1 of 2)
“No one seems to think it significant that upon the policemen’s arrival Kajieme Powell possibly had reason to fear for his life and reacted in a manner consistent with his disability.” ––Article excerpt (Aberjhani) “Democracy is not a gift of power, but a reservoir of knowledge.” –– from The Wisdom…
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Text and Meaning in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (part 2 of 3) | Aberjhani | Blog Post | Red Room
Protesters in Washington D.C. (photo by Getty Images) “Most philosophers see the ship of state launched on the broad irresistible tide of democracy, with only delaying eddies here and there; others, looking closer, are more disturbed.” ––W.E.B. DuBois (from The Wisdom of W.E.B. DuBois) Upon signing the Civil Rights Act…
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Text and Meaning in T.J. Reddy’s Poems in One-Part Harmony (part 3 of 4)
Author Signe Waller explores the costs of love and freedom in the book LOVE & REVOLUTION. “…With endurance, laughter and a song these walls of injustice can be torn down, light can enter the rubble, the road to freedom can become more visible…” ––T.J. Reddy from the poem “We Are…
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