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Tag Archives: Race
Everything to Gain
What if you could right a wrong from your parents generation, and pass on a blessing to your children? What if you could build businesses in the community, cut crime, pollution, and disease, and make a profit doing it?
Posted in Margin Notes, Mind & Society Also tagged Alex Steffen, BOF, Business, Cities, Community, Economics, Environment, Heroes, Majora Carter, NYC, Reorganization, Social Justice, Sustainability, Sustainable South Bronx, TED, WorldChanging Leave a comment
Black History in June
Celebrating Juneteenth and Loving Day: freedom marches on.
Posted in Mind & Society Also tagged Civil Rights, History, Holidays, Juneteenth, Loving Day, Marriage Leave a comment
Arranging a Memorial Service for Dr. King
April 7th, 1968: "You can't have it here," the man snapped at my father as we walked toward his study at the church on Sunday morning. "This is our church, and you cannot have it here. This ain't your church, Vernon, this is our church. And I am telling you right now, you ain't having no Martin Luther King service in our church...You can't have a church full of niggers in here. This is our church."
"The last time I checked, it was God's church," my father replied...
Posted in Blood Done Sign My Name, Mind & Society Also tagged Blood Done Sign My Name, History, Martin Luther King, Memoir, North Carolina, Oxford, Religion, Timothy Tyson 2 Comments
So, Mrs. Palin, how does it feel to be a Problem?