by adrienne | Feb 27, 2026 | 2026
On Feb. 23, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was the keynote at Carnegie Hall to honor the 100th birthday of W.E.B. Du Bois. In his speech, he identified the primary obstacle to freedom: a “poisonous fog of lies.” This fog was a deliberate myth of inferiority,...
by adrienne | Jul 23, 2025 | 2025, Weekly Reflection
The summer of 1919, often referred to as the “Red Summer,” stands as a stark and painful chapter in American history. Across more than three dozen cities and towns, a wave of racial violence erupted, leaving hundreds dead, thousands injured, and countless...
by adrienne | Jun 19, 2024 | 2024, Weekly Reflection
This week our nation observed Juneteenth!! It was June 19, 1865, two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, and just two months after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered, with the Union Army winning the war, Major General Gordon...
