Author: Anita Gail Jones

True Olympians 44 Years Later

It instantly became an iconic image: the two young black American athletes, John Carlos and Tommie Smith, standing shoeless on the victory platform for the medal ceremony at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, gloved fists raised in a black power salute as the Star Spangled Banner played, protesting apartheid and the racist practices of the… Continue reading True Olympians 44 Years Later

Update on The Writing

Revisions: slow and sure, that’s the name of the game at the moment. I have only two rejections under my belt so you know I have a ways to go yet. The second rejection came with helpful feedback, which I’m considering as I rewrite. Thought you might be interested in seeing three books that have… Continue reading Update on The Writing

Golden Gate Bridge is 75!

Sunday, May 24, 1987 ~ Hard to believe it’s been 25 years since Rob and I joined 300,000 +  people for “Bridgewalk 1987”, celebrating the Golden Gate Bridge’s 50th Anniversary. One thing’s for sure—you could hardly call what we did a stroll on the bridge…what was everybody thinking?? Who knew if the thing would hold… Continue reading Golden Gate Bridge is 75!

Ajarat Bada

I’m inspired by young folks—I mean in their twenties and younger—who are ALREADY working to literally change the world. While stuck in Friday traffic last Friday [May 25, 2012], listening The California Report on NPR, I heard such a young woman: 20-something Nigerian Muslim, Ajarat Bada, living in the Los Angeles area on a soon-to-expire student visa.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

My time is consumed with rewriting Peach Seed Monkey so I haven’t read a book cover-to-cover in months. But this past week I spent every spare moment reading Rebecca Skloot’s, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. The book’s been out since 2010, so I’m late—my copy has been stacked on my bedstand with many other… Continue reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

The Barber of Birmingham

Boy I tell-ya…it’s amazing what can grow in your own backyard. Robin Fryday lives about a mile down Center Road from me here in Novato, CA, and I’m so glad we met about a week ago through our mutual friend, Sharon Eide (met Sharon years ago on my morning walk). Sharon follows this blog and has been… Continue reading The Barber of Birmingham

Three Heroes—with more on Emmett Till

133 people visited the blog yesterday! A recent high, topped by 296 the day I launched six months ago. I’m psyched! Thanks to all who came,  read, hopped around the site and commented. It’s 5:30 am Saturday and I spent a restless night thinking about Emmett and Trayvon and their families, finally pushed from the… Continue reading Three Heroes—with more on Emmett Till

Trayvon and Emmett

Back in March, I had my husband take this picture of me, still using it as my Facebook profile. Life has its moods and swings, ups and downs, and so does this blog. As much as I was renewed by my post honoring Ms. Irene, and encouraged by Angela Blackwell, I am drained by this… Continue reading Trayvon and Emmett

Angela Glover Blackwell: Intelligent passion personified

I love it when a person makes so much sense that you can’t help but understand them. That’s the case with Angela Glover Blackwell who says ~ “America doesn’t want to talk about race,”  and also, “America can see its future. And it’s a five-year-old Latina girl. It is a seven-year-old black boy. What happens to them… Continue reading Angela Glover Blackwell: Intelligent passion personified