by James Melson | Oct 5, 2023 | 2023, Weekly Reflection
For baseball fans, October brings the excitement of the Major League playoffs culminating in the World Series. Seventy years ago in early October, there was a much different baseball story unfolding in Birmingham, AL. On October 8, 1953 an interracial All Star team...
by James Melson | Sep 27, 2023 | 2023, Weekly Reflection
The old black and white pictures from the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950’s and 1960’s seem like ancient history especially to those who were not alive at the time. The picture posted above is representative of widespread resistance to public school desegregation...
by James Melson | Sep 21, 2023 | 2023, Weekly Reflection
Last week many people around our nation paused to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL. Four Black girls were killed and over 20 people were injured. To this day, it remains one of the most horrific acts...
by James Melson | Sep 14, 2023 | 2023, Weekly Reflection
This week on September 15 is the 60th anniversary of one of the most horrific events of the modern Civil Rights Movement. In Birmingham, AL the 16th Street Baptist Church was bombed and four innocent girls were killed. The church served as the primary headquarters for...
by James Melson | Sep 7, 2023 | 2023, Weekly Reflection
Monday of this week was Labor Day. For most people in our society, this holiday has come to mean the end of summer. Yet the original purpose of this national holiday is summarized by the following quote on the US Department of Labor website: Observed the first Monday...
by James Melson | Aug 30, 2023 | 2023, Weekly Reflection
On Monday of this week, the nation observed the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom that culminated in Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream Speech.” That historic speech with its image of King’s “dream” continues to be used in...
