Saturday, February 28, 2015

Where do you sit and The Cross and the Lynching Tree

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I had a conversation with one of my grandsons after breakfast today.  That is not unusual except for two things.  One, he lives across the s...
Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Putting black land loss in its proper context

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I just posted the following to the gofundme.com site . I think it is important enough to repost here. Thanks to the authors for allowing t...
Thursday, February 12, 2015

Black Land Loss Summit: Howard University, February 20 and 21

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Willie still farms on a place his grandfather purchased years ago. His modest single-wide sits beneath a beautiful oak tree whose limb stret...
Saturday, February 7, 2015

The Summit is Coming

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The list of names is impressive, perhaps the most impressive of any BFAA Summit in recent years. The effort needs your help in raising fun...
Saturday, November 2, 2013

Historic Wiley College

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A while back my wife and I meandered along some new and old trails from New Boston down to southeast Texas. The scenery was wonderful, the f...
Saturday, June 22, 2013

Where has the time gone: Thinking About Then and Now and Points in Between

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My journal for 5/6/08, Tuesday, is decidedly understated for such a significant day in the story of Charla and Waymon Hinson. It simply says...
Saturday, May 25, 2013

Whatever you want to call it

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We live in perilous times, though probably not much different than any other time. In the news, on the television, and on our smart phones t...