Friday, April 22, 2016

Prince concert missed last Thursday; Esperanza Spalding tonight!

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I'm wearing purple in honor of Prince tonight! Yeah, I feel stupid! When my husband asked me if I wanted to go to the Fox in Atla...
Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Harriet Tubman's likeness to be on $20 bill

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You will now be able to take Harriet Tubman to the bank! (Proposed bill suggested by CNN Money) Yes, the U.S. Treasury Department has ...
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Monday, April 18, 2016

IRS notifies taxpayers of security breach week before Tax Day

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In a letter dated April 11, 2016, the US Internal Revenue Service wrote the following to taxpayers: "The Internal Revenue Service...
Friday, April 15, 2016

Police accountability report could relate to other US law enforcement agencies

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Good relationships take practice, courage, and commitment on all sides. (Photo by Kurk Johnson, July 4, 2008) In a scathing indictment ...
Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Run, hide, or fight?

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Make sure you have adequate shoes if you decide to run... "...self-defense is a moral thing, and perhaps a responsibility, rather...
Monday, January 25, 2016

Thought for today...

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Photo by Tomi Johnson "Peace can only come as a natural consequence of universal enlightenment and merging of races, and we are s...
Friday, January 22, 2016

Lockheed's Shan Cooper resigns post in Georgia

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Photo by Ilea Johnson According to a news report from the Marietta Daily Journal , Shan Cooper, general manager and vice president o...

Dehydrated Ignorance: dumbing down the poor using H2O and untruth as weapons

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Water wars Photo ©2016 Tomi Johnson. All rights reserved.  In the preface to his book The Peculiar Institution: Slavery in the An...
Thursday, January 21, 2016

Thought for today...

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Photo by Kurk Johnson H 2 O.   Life on Earth starts and ends with water. Disease and death come from poisoned water. Water is life...
Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Gary Brown of Kentucky to advise Civil Rights Commission

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Gary Brown, committee member Update: This information was originally released through the Civil Rights press office on September 16, ...
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Monday, January 18, 2016

When will we stop singing/dreaming about overcoming injustice and truly end racism?

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"How long, not long," MLK refrains, but only if Black Lives Truly Matter and political and economic systems are comple...

MLK's birthday: why celebrate?

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President Ronald Reagan's Remarks on Signing the Bill Making the Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., a National Holiday, November 2, 1...
Friday, January 15, 2016

Thought for today...

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"Only when it's dark enough can you see the stars."   --- MLK's last speech
Thursday, January 14, 2016

Wake up on MLK's birthday!

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"Truth is beauty; beauty truth... Peace is more precious than diamonds or silver or gold." ---MLK As I prepare to celebrat...
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Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Obama's take away message inspiration of hope, challenge for future

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Obama's words are ground cover protecting our land. Lead without quitting, move forward without compromising although tears and dan...
Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Dr. Welsing was a race woman!

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Dr. Francis Cress Welsing's legacy is striving to bring justice to a world rife with racism/white supremacy, of trying to understand ...
Thursday, December 17, 2015

Gender of U.S. president needs constitutional amendment update

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Neither Hillary Clinton nor any woman can become U.S. president, unless the Constitution is amended. Intellectual Copyright  ©12/17/2015...
Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Running red light can be first bad accident

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Slow down. Be careful. According to the driver of this upturned car, this is his first major accident. What a bummer. One ambulance was...
Saturday, October 31, 2015

Respect and school discipline have to be discussed.

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During my teaching experience, I tried to respect students because I knew classroom learning is a complicated social experiment. Th...