Breaks my heart to hear young folk say they don’t vote because their vote doesn’t matter. How did we get THIS far off course from the work of the Freedom Riders of the 1960s? College students and teenagers lead that Movement—risking their lives against police with billy clubs, cattle prods and water hoses to make… Continue reading Think your vote doesn’t count? THINK AGAIN.
Tag: Civil Rights
My Father ~ Silas Jones ~ An Inspiration
Independence Day Musings ~ My father, Silas Jones, was born in 1921 in Putney, Georgia—a widening-in-the-road near Albany. I remember one summer when I was home—most likely during my Brooklyn, New York years: 1979-1985, we drove “down home” to visit my mother’s people in Bainbridge/Camilla. We were at a cousin’s house where the TV played… Continue reading My Father ~ Silas Jones ~ An Inspiration
Van Jones: “Whitelash”
During these unsettling times we sorely need Van Jones’ down home, razor sharp intellect and insight.
The Day the “Colored Sign” Walked Out
Penny Patch, Panola County, MS. 1965. Photo by Tom Wakayama Guest Blogger: Penny Patch Lyndonville, Vermont “In 1962 I was a young white woman working as an organizer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in Southwest Georgia. A brilliant young man named Charles Sherrod was our project director, my teacher and mentor. And during… Continue reading The Day the “Colored Sign” Walked Out
Angela Glover Blackwell says: “Turn Outrage into action”
Angela Glover Blackwell is outraged over the Zimmerman verdict. I look to her and PolicyLink for balance and direction at times like these. So can you. Click on the the picture to go to their EquityBlog, watch the video and get your marching orders.