#Throwback Thursday: I Dream A World and Maxine Waters
“In fact, all of the women in this book have dreamed of a world not only better for themselves but for generations to come, a world where character and ability ...
Category: Civic literacy
Desert Rose: The Life and Legacy of Coretta Scott King
After seeing the photograph of the lapel pins in my post, Where Is The Love? Reflections on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., I received a few texts and emails askin...
Where Is The Love? Reflections On Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
When we were children in the 1960s and 1970s, family who had migrated from the south to cities like Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, and Indianapolis made annual ca...
Legacy & Social Justice Educator: Nevada Montgomery
“I ask you. What will your legacy be? Will it be the fact that you helped somebody along the way, during the time while you were here on earth? What will your l...
True Names: Reflecting on Lost Lives
“Please call me by my true names, so I can hear all my cries and laughter at once, so I can see that my joy and pain are one.”** I am in pain over our nation’s ...
Living For Change: Grace Lee Boggs, A Beautiful American, (1915-2015)
A friend sent me an email today to let me know about the passing of Grace Lee Boggs. She lived to be a strong 100 years old! If you don’t know anything ab...