This is a continuation of my post on the Freedom Rider Joan Trumpauer Mulholland.

Here she is attempting to eat at a lunch counter next to a black woman.


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Follow this link to learn about what really being brave rather than talking about being brave really is. www.theatlantic.com/personal/archive/2010/05/toward-a-manifested-courage/57179/  I found out about this woman on birdseyeview 's journal.  (Thank you for pointing this out. I just had to post about it myself.)

To anyone who knows anything about the climate ( Read more... )

The Phoenix Suns are going to wear jerseys that say 'Los Suns" (as silly as that is) on Cinco de Mayo to protest the anti-immigrant law in Arizona.  The team's vote was unanimous. The Suns wanted to "make sure that people understand that we know what's going on and we don't agree with the law itself."

You can read about the gesture here: sports. ( Read more... )

Threats to President Obama's life are up 400% over those against President George Bush.  Some are speculating that the increased threats coupled with lack of money for the Secret Service might lead to the agencies divesting itself of its responsibilities beyond protecting public officials.  See this article in the Boston Globe news.yahoo.com/s/ ( Read more... )

I've decided to post some quotes from my favorite books.  Most will be connected to something I saw or heard during the day.  The link may be apparent to some or maybe not.

Ten Little Indians by Sherman Alexie on why Corliss lived alone:

"For five centuries, Indians were slaughtered because they were Indians, so if Corliss received a free coffee ( Read more... )

For those of you who remember my comments on the cover for the book Liar by Justine Larbelestier, a book about a young black girl that featured a white girl on the cover.  After all the hullabaloo Bloomsbury came out with a new cover for the book that features a very pretty black girl.  You can find it here: justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/08/06/ ( Read more... )

I'm reading fifty books by people of color as part of the LJ community  50books_poc .  I've decided to post rec's on my own LJ of some of the more interesting books that I encounter. So today I recommend:

The Color of Water: A black man's tribute to his white mother.
James McBride.

James McBride's mother, a white Jewish girl who grew up in the Segregated South, ( Read more... )

South Carolina Republican activist Rusty Depass made an extremely offensive racist joke at Michelle Obama's expense on facebook.  As the man was a member of the South Carolina election commission and determined the fairness of elections in a state that has a long history of denying black citizens the vote, I believe this remark is significant.  I'm ( Read more... )

I had a sad and disturbing but interesting conversation with my sister's neighbor today.  I am my sister's nanny and wait at the school bus stop with her daughter, my niece on most mornings.  I often get into conversations with the across the street neighbor.  My sister and her husband are very prosperous and live in a neighborhood of large ( Read more... )