America
Soulsville. Encompassing all ages, races, religions, ethnicities, belief systems, and music genres. From ages 15 to 71, students of the Civil Rights Movement and of life came on this trip […]
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A prefatory introduction so you can catch a glimpse of WHY I do what I do: Some people ask me when I plan to retire from teaching, which is an odd […]
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Our day began today with a lengthy drive from Birmingham to Memphis. Our days have been very full and it was a nice change of pace and enabled everyone to […]
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The Legacy Museum was so powerful, and the magnitude of the experience of Blacks throughout history left me stunned and overwhelmed. From the beginning video simulation of being on the […]
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We’ve been talking a lot on our journey about the timeline for the civil rights movement and where it began. Did it begin with Plessy v Ferguson in the 1890s […]
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For 32 years I was a Pediatrician and I wrote notes in the SOAP format: Subjective (what patient says), Objective (what I observe), Assessment (what I think it could be […]
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Today, Juneteenth, began at The Legacy Museum – a place which masterfully both walks visitors through the horrors of racial injustice and introduces us to the resilience and perseverance of […]
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I’m sitting in front of a gigantic wall at the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park in Montgomery. It’s titled the National Monument to Freedom. I’m looking at the millions of names […]
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Juneteenth (June 19) commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers led by Major General Gordon Granger landed at Galveston, Texas, with news […]
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Day 3 was full of intellectual engagement, horror at the manner in which humans brutalize humans, love, and hope. Like many of my fellow travelers, I couldn’t help but think […]
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