Racism Issues in our Foster Care System
I saw this article recently in the Anti-Racism Daily by Dominique Stewart. I believe it contains important material if we care about our country’s children. Please read it. Foster care is a system meant to find and support children in need. But systemic injustices mean the very opposite can happen when a country utilizes incarceration […]
Voting Rights – an Important Part of Systemic Racism and Social Justice
This is a copy of a blog I follow. The issue of voting rights is something we can’t ignore. During the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, people put their lives on the line to win the right to vote. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was supposed to take care of the issue. We […]
CIVIL RIGHTS HISTORY SITES AND SECRETS
The figure above is at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. At the end of touring the Institute, the visitors come to these life-size figures of a diverse group marching forward for the Movement for racial justice. Each visitor is invited to join them going forward together. These next blogs about the sites and secrets of […]
CIVIL RIGHTS SITES AND SECRETS #2
This is the start of a series of blogs dealing with our country’s civil rights history. The blog will not only be full of the stories that made the history, but will be full of specific contact information for the museums, points of interest, etc. Why should you read this blog instead of just a […]
CIVIL RIGHTS SITES AND SECRETS #3
The basic schedule for our actual tours is as follows.As you read through the stopping places in the following blogs, I’ll tell you those background stories that are so interesting. Day 1: Birmingham: Kelly Ingram Park; 16th Street Baptist Church; The Birmingham Civil Rights Intitute;talks from foot soldiers. Driving tour of 4th Ave (Black Wall Street); A.G. […]
CIVIL RIGHTS SITES AND SECRETS # 4
Here’s what actual resulted from the Children’s March and the Birmingham protests. Goals achieved: desegregate dept stores; hire Black clerks; release all demonstrators – establish a bi-racial committee within 2 weeks. Actual results: Fire chief realized that all the hosing had flooded the basement of the 16th St. Baptist Church. He and his men went to […]
CIVIL RIGHTS SITES AND SECRETS #5
Today’s adventure first centers around Marion a small but important place in our civil rights history, but first we’ll take a little side trip on the way down. Your GPS will find the best way for you to leave Birmingham toward Marion, but eventually, it will put you on Route 5, a two-lane country road […]