Category: civil rights

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+ anne moody, civil rights, comics, coming of age in mississippi, emmett till, jackie ormes

Are We Protecting Our Children When We Don’t Answer Their Questions?

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On October 8, 1955, Jackie Ormes’ Patty-Jo ’n’ Ginger panel in the Pittsburgh Courier showed Patty-Jo standing next to a door as she tells her sister, “I don’t want to seem touchy on the subject . . . but, that new little white tea-kettle just whistled at me!” Ginger leans on a couch, looking at her younger sister. She hold a newspaper behind her back, hiding the … Read More Are We Protecting Our Children When We Don’t Answer Their Questions?

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+ angela davis, anne moody, civil rights, lillian e smith, pauli murray, syllabus

Women In the Civil Rights Movement Memoir Syllabus

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Over the past few years, I have thought about various iterations of a Civil Rights memoir course. One example of this is the “Civil Rights Memoir” syllabus I posted about a year ago. Each of these syllabi seek to move students beyond thinking about the movement merely in relation to the “nine-word problem.” As I thought about this course more, I decided to focus it on … Read More Women In the Civil Rights Movement Memoir Syllabus

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+ american history, civil rights, history, lillian e smith, paula snelling, screamer mountain

The Presence of the Past on Screamer Mountain

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“Darling, phone call for you.” “I’m so tired. Can you take a message?” “It’s Martin. He wants to know if you got the card he sent last week.” “I’ll be right there. . . . Martin, it’s so good to hear your voice. How are Coretta and the kids? . . .” Every time I go up to the Lillian E. Smith Center, I think … Read More The Presence of the Past on Screamer Mountain

+ african american art, african american literature, american history, civil rights, france, history, the stone face, william gardner smith

Rootlessness and Action in William Gardner Smith’s “The Stone Face”

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Over the past few posts, I have been looking at the tensions that Simeon feels in William Gardner Smith’s The Stone Face. Simeon leaves the United States for France, seeking refuge and escape from the racist oppression of white supremacy. He finds, as other African American expatriates do within the novel, the “illusion of safety.” This illusion provides a means of escape, a means … Read More Rootlessness and Action in William Gardner Smith’s “The Stone Face”

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+ american history, civil rights, civil rights memorial, history, james baldwin, martin luther king, jr, memory

Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Illusion of History

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The illusion of history does not serve to move us towards progress; rather, the myths that the illusions construct hinder any forward movement and in many ways serve to repel and repeal any progress towards equity and equality. The James Baldwin documentary I Heard It Through the Grapevine (1982) makes this abundantly clear. Dick Fontaine and Pat Hartley follow Baldwin as he returns to … Read More Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Illusion of History

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