June 2013
June 11th, 2013
Written by Emily Wagster P... in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Medgar Evers home was rededicated Monday as a small museum that helps preserve the memory of the Mississippi civil rights leader who was assassinated 50 years ago.
The mint-green, ranch style house in north Jackson has undergone extensive preservation work. It is owned by Tougaloo College, and is available for tours by appointment.
"We're here to not only reflect on his...
June 11th, 2013
Written by Alicia Norman in Stereotypes & Labels with 0 Comments
I am never quite sure if the term African-American grew as a direct result of awareness principles like political correctness. But whatever its birth, the advent of hyphenated American racial groups has created a hypersensitive atmosphere that caused greater tensions between the races.
Personally, I’ve never had an issue with being called black. To me, it’s little more than a descriptor — like...
June 11th, 2013
Written by Kerrissa Vaughn in Eyes On The Enterprise with 0 Comments
A group of students sit in a summer camp class, eyes intent on Chinese teacher, Anthony Chung. Parents sit several feet away, eyes intent on their children. Chung speaks a phrase in Chinese, and in unison the students perform a task.
This sequence repeats until some execute and some don’t. Chung breaks his Chinese with laughter, “You are out!” Parents laugh too, realizing the game is “Simon Says...
June 11th, 2013
Written by Lisa Waterman Gray in The Welcoming Table with 0 Comments
Nearly every culture in the world has a version of flatbread, which likely entered the human diet at around 6,000 B.C. The Babylonians baked flatbread beginning around 4,000 B.C. Flatbreads have long been integral to numerous racial groups including Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cuisines.
When the Spanish arrived in the New World, they christened the flatbreads they found tortillas. Made since...
June 11th, 2013
Written by Caitlin Kelly in Common Ties That Bind with 0 Comments
I grew up in a family that placed its faith in hard work, talent, and creativity. Writers and filmmakers, we made our living questioning authority, not bowing to it.
My late Jewish stepmother never referred to her heritage while my father proclaims himself an atheist. As I entered my teens, only my mother, formerly Episcopalian, became a devout Catholic.
I attended an Anglican boarding school,...