July 2013
July 8th, 2013
Written by Janice S. Ellis... in Publisher's Note with 0 Comments
When it comes to exercising individual freedom, there is no greater place on earth than the United States of America. But when, in the course of exercising our individual freedom, does it become recklessness?
It goes beyond not screaming "Fire" in a crowded theater when there isn't one.
During the month of July, each year we celebrate this nation's birth, its independence and the awesome...
July 8th, 2013
Written by Russell Roberts in Stereotypes & Labels with 0 Comments
Apparently, you have to be very careful about who you invite to your home.
In one example of the insidiousness of racism, and why it’s so hard to get rid of, several houseguests on the CBS-TV reality show “Big Brother,” are caught spewing racist remarks on the live feed of the popular television show.
The live feed is an Internet-based 24/7 subscription feed that gives fans access to the Big...
July 6th, 2013
Written by Gene Sapakoff -... in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus in 1955, the same year Charleston's Cannon Street All-Stars and their parents held tightly to baseball dreams.
"All the fathers must have gone to some kind of convention because they were all telling us we could be the next Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, or Don Newcombe," recalled John Bailey, one of the...
July 6th, 2013
Written by Russell Roberts in Stereotypes & Labels with 0 Comments
As with the horrors of the Holocaust, prejudice against Jews is something long practiced around the world, including here in the United States where they suffered discrimination, dating back to the Civil War. One of the most blatant times was when General Ulysses S. Grant issued the infamous General Order No. 11.
Frustrated by a black market in Southern cotton operating within his base of...
July 5th, 2013
Written by Russell Roberts in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
With July marking the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, it seems an appropriate time to examine the role of African-American soldiers during the Civil War.
If all you have seen is the movie "Glory," to illustrate the part black soldiers played during the Civil War, you're missing a big portion of the story. As soon as the Civil War began in April 1861, Frederick Douglass and others...