History’s Judgement
If you don’t know the tragic story of Emmett Till, you can click here to read something I posted about him a few years back. It is the kind of…
Emmett Till
Repost: The Blood of Emmett Till
Almost two years ago I wrote a series of posts on racism, starting with the 1955 murder of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Black boy horribly tortured before his death. Here…
*Echoes Of History – Part 111: Contemporary Economic Terrorism
I must confess that I continue to feel the impact of reading The Blood of Emmett Till. This is a good thing, as it has made me much more aware…
Sixty-two Years Ago Today
On August 28, 1955, Emmett Till was murdered in a horrific racist crime that reverberated throughout the world. In April of this year, Jazz Night in America recorded Wadada Leo…
Echoes Of History: 1955 and 2017
From this tragedy large, diverse groups of people organized a movement that grew to transform a nation, not sufficiently but certainly meaningfully. What matters most is what we have and…
Democratic reform is the real change that must come from Canadian election
If Canadians don’t see a commitment for major change from Monday’s winner, the nastiest and most divisive election in our history, by far, will be for naught. Change is never…
America, You Must Not Look Away (How to Finish Off the NRA)
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Good Morning, I pondered about whether or not I should put Michael Moore’s latest up on the blog this morning. It is not pretty but it is…