by James Melson | Sep 29, 2022 | 2022, Weekly Reflection
The Little Rock Nine with Their Mentor Daisy Bates Massive Resistance to School Integration in Arkansas Sixty Five years ago this week on September 25, 1957 nine Black students integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. During September in took three...
by James Melson | Sep 21, 2022 | 2022, Weekly Reflection
Photos from the Reverse Freedom Rides of 1962 For the last few weeks, news reports have focused on stories of migrants who were sent without warning by bus and plane from the Southern border to destinations further North such as Washington, DC, New York City, and...
by James Melson | Sep 15, 2022 | 2022, Weekly Reflection
Migrants Sent Unannounced to Martha’s Vineyard Migrants Arrive at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church on Martha’s Vineyard This week there is yet another horrific example of using precious people as political pawns. The governor of Florida with the cooperation of the...
by James Melson | Sep 8, 2022 | 2022, Weekly Reflection
Over the last few years, a phrase has entered our national vernacular “…while Black.” The … part of the phrase refers to ordinary activities of life such as driving, walking, jogging, studying, shopping, bird watching, etc. The phrase “while Black” refers to the...
by James Melson | Sep 1, 2022 | 2022, Weekly Reflection
Danita Green and Marsha Summers: Co-CEOs of Coming Together Virginia Examples of racial prejudice, inequity, and violence continue to be a regular part of the news cycle. Within the past week, stories have emerged about racist hate speech directed at a Black member of...
by James Melson | Aug 25, 2022 | 2022, Weekly Reflection
Emmett Till’s mother Mamie grieving at her son’s casket. Emmett and Mamie Till August 28 is the anniversary of a major spark of the modern Civil Rights Movement. On that day in 1955, fourteen year old Emmett Till was brutally murdered by white supremacists in...
