by James Melson | Aug 18, 2021 | 2021, Weekly Reflection
As we approach the start of another school year, there are still concerns about the impact of COVID-19 on a third academic year in a row. Will students and their families have anything like a “normal” school experience in 2021-2022? Now try to imagine what it was like...
by James Melson | Aug 11, 2021 | 2021, Weekly Reflection
Charlottesville, VA – Unite the Right Rally August 11-12, 2017 Charlottesville, VA Unite the Right Rally August 11-12, 2017 Charlottesville, VA Robert E. Lee Statue Removed July 13, 2021 Four years ago this week, the Unite the Right Rally was held in...
by James Melson | Aug 4, 2021 | 2021, Weekly Reflection
Three Civil Rights Workers Murdered During Freedom Summer of 1964 Murdered Civil Rights Workers’ Burned Out Car Found in June 1964 Murdered Civil Rights Workers’ Bodies Found August 4, 1964 Fifty seven years ago this week, the bodies of three men were found in an...
by James Melson | Jul 28, 2021 | 2021, Weekly Reflection
Bob Moses During Freedom Summer of 1964 in Mississippi Robert (Bob) Moses died on July 25 at the age of 86 On July 25, another major figure of the modern Civil Rights Movement died. His name is Robert (Bob) Moses. Although he is not as well known to many as other...
by James Melson | Jul 20, 2021 | 2021, Weekly Reflection
John Lewis being beaten by an Alabama State Trooper at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, AL John Lewis’ last public appearance at Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, DC Saturday, July 17 marked the one year anniversary of the death of John Lewis. At the time of...
by James Melson | Jul 14, 2021 | 2021, Weekly Reflection
Charleston, SC – Houses Along the Historic Battery McLeod Plantation – Slave Cabins Last week I did not write a Weekly Reflection, because Vickie and I were on vacation in Charleston, SC. Charleston is a historic city that embodies both the beauty and pain...
