by James Melson | Aug 18, 2022 | 2022, Weekly Reflection
Prince Edward County, VA Black Students Protest to Reopen Public Schools. These photos were taken by police in the summer of 1963, and some students were arrested for this peaceful protest. Over the next few weeks, millions of students around the country will head...
by James Melson | Aug 10, 2022 | 2022, Weekly Reflection
White Supremacists March in Charlottesville, VA in August 2017 White Supremacist Participants in the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, VA Migrants Bused from Texas to Washington, DC Migrants Bused from Texas to New York City Five years ago this week,...
by James Melson | Aug 3, 2022 | 2022, Weekly Reflection
Bill Russell with Coach Red Auerbach Bill Russell Supporting the NAACP Bill Russell Receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom Bill Russell died earlier this week at the age of 88. News of his death and tributes about his life made the headlines in media sources...
by James Melson | Jul 28, 2022 | 2022, Weekly Reflection
Cover of the Book Version of the Kerner Commission Report Quote from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. About the Kerner Commission Report In July of 1967, deadly racial disturbances (also referred to as riots or uprisings) took place in Newark, NJ and Detroit, MI. Along...
by James Melson | Jul 21, 2022 | 2022, Weekly Reflection
Photo from a Freedom School during Freedom Summer 1964 Photo from a recent Freedom School in Lynchburg, VA During these hot summer days, I want to lift up an important part of the Civil Rights Movement in 1964. Freedom Summer was a campaign in Mississippi focused on...
by James Melson | Jul 13, 2022 | 2022, Weekly Reflection
Martin Luther King, Jr. with Fred Gray Fred Gray Receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom Diane Nash Leading a Civil Rights March Diane Nash Receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom Earlier this month on July 7, President Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of...
