by James Melson | Mar 31, 2017 | 2017, Weekly Reflection
As we conclude Women’s History Month, I want to lift up the contributions of women in the modern Civil Rights Movement. The story of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950’s and 60’s tends to focus on the men who were visible leaders, the most famous...
by James Melson | Mar 7, 2017 | 2017, Weekly Reflection
This week we remember two infamous anniversaries, one in the 19th century and the other in the 20th century, that remind us of our nation’s struggle for racial justice. March 6 is the 160th anniversary of the 1857 Dred Scott Supreme Court decision in which...
by James Melson | Feb 23, 2017 | 2017, Weekly Reflection
A new documentary was released during this Black History Month. It is called “I Am Not Your Negro.” It features the writing of the prophetic author James Baldwin (August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987). The documentary connects his words with our ongoing...
by James Melson | Jan 31, 2017 | 2017, Weekly Reflection
Yesterday the “Google Doodle” was in honor of Fred Korematsu. He died in 2005 at the age of 86, but his witness of standing up for civil rights lives on. In 1942, Fred resisted the infamous Executive Order 9066 of President Roosevelt that resulted in the...
by James Melson | Jan 24, 2017 | 2017, Weekly Reflection
This past weekend there were major displays of power in Washington, DC unlike any we have seen. The inauguration of a new President came with all the sights, sounds, and symbols of a national superpower. The message of “America first” was a declaration of...
