Tag Archives: Jr

New column: “What I’m reading and watching this winter: ‘Finding Your Roots’ and more”

Posted on February 9, 2018 by

Hi, folks. Last week, I mentioned somewhere and to someone that the week had been a doozy. This week heard me say it, and is currently laughing in my face. We are battling influenza, lost gemstones, children staging WWIII instead … Continue reading →

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Today’s newspaper column: “King’s ‘Letter’ holds lessons to remember”

Posted on February 19, 2015 by

Today’s column in The Greenville News is about the best letter I’ve ever read–Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”–and why I teach it to my college students each semester. February is also Black History Month, of course, so … Continue reading →

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50th Anniversary of “I Have a Dream”

Posted on August 28, 2013 by

Today marks the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s incredible speech, “I Have a Dream.” Have you read or listened to the entire thing? Or, have you done so since elementary school? Or, were there? Were you struck, … Continue reading →

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