Let me tell you about Lester Maddox, whose obituary I found in the New York Times. Then I have a question to ask.
Maddox had strong convictions about what he referred to as states’ right:
These included the view that blacks were intellectually inferior to whites, that integration was a Communist plot, that segregation was somewhere [...]
Afghanistan made a decision this weekend not to condemn a man to death for converting to Christianity. If you haven’t heard the story, click here.
The government succombed to intense pressure from westerners to free Abdul Rahman in spite of angry demands from Muslim clerics and citizens to execute him. For the Afghan government, [...]
After reading the books I cited for Civil Rights Day to the kids, my 8-year-old son, Blake asked, “How come all the heroes are black?”
Silence filled the space that my loss for words left. I stared at Blake for a minute. What other heroes have I introduced to him? Rosa Parks died [...]
I was raised by talk radio. As a child, coming home at night from various events, there was a certain time in the evening when my parents changed the radio station from music to talk. It was always right when my eyes were growing heavy. I got very used to the lullabye [...]
Have you planned for a discussion with your kids for Civil Rights Day? If you have elementary age children, I have a couple books to recommend while you still have time to run to your local bookstore.
My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up With the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
I chose [...]
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