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“Letter from the Birmingham Jail,” published 50 years ago today
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was arrested while leading coordinated marches and sit-ins against racism and racial segregation in Birmingham, Alabama in April 1963. Dr. King wrote “Letter from the Birmingham Jail” in response to “A Call for Unity“: a statement made by eight white Alabama clergymen against King and his methods. King’s letter was…
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25 things you may not know (or even care to know) about me
I was a scrawny little kid who was frequently ill. One of my elementary school teachers even referred to me as “sickly.” I played football with reckless abandon from junior high through college, though I have no interest whatsoever in watching games on the gridiron any longer. My favorite color is blue. More than half…
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We’re all blessed!
Tonight while listening to music at the Lavender-Mulkey homestead. Gracelyn: Let’s dance! Me & Shonnie: OK! (The two of us adults slow dance facing each other with Gracelyn lying on her back in our outstretched arms) Gracelyn: I’m blessed. Gracelyn: Are you blessed, Mommy? Shonnie: Yes, I am, darling. Gracelyn: Are you blessed, Daddy? Me:…
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Mr. Rogers defends PBS before U.S. Senate
The day Mr. Rogers saved public television. I wrote “Mr. Rogers offered kids genuine acceptance and a unique model of manhood” shortly after his death in 2003.
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So Far, So Strange
Jeff Thompson played this evocative song at Jubilee! yesterday, a fitting tune for my 70th birthday. Jeff is also the creator of Shit New Age Guys Say, which has gotten almost 300,000 hits so far on YouTube. “So Far, So Strange” by Jeff Thompson Under the unrelenting gaze of who I was in younger days,…
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On Turning 70
Today, on my 70th birthday, I’m recalling the catchphrase we freely cast about during the turbulent years of the late 1960s: “Don’t trust anyone over 30.” I was in my 20s then, unyielding, arrogant, bulletproof (in my mind anyway), and I think we spoke those words not only to set ourselves apart from our elders,…
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