Many people are preparing to observe the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King. As we do so, let us remember his actions and his words in 1968, “I choose to identify with the underprivileged. I choose to identify with the poor. I choose to give my life for the hungry. I choose … [Read more…]
Sports fans are in the midst of March Madness, the time of year when the NCAA crowns its men’s basketball champion with a tournament filled with emotion, euphoric victories, and heart-wrenching defeats. It certainly is a mad time. Please excuse me while I discuss another particularly mad aspect of March Madness. March Madness is big … [Read more…]
Fifty years ago, the Kerner Commission, President Lyndon Johnson’s blue-ribbon committee, diagnosed the racial problem of America and offered a carefully considered prescription. But the patient (the United States) did not take the medicine. After precisely answering President Johnson’s first two questions about the riots of the mid-1960’s—What happened? Why did it happen?—the Commission considered … [Read more…]
Last week, the local Roanoke Times published the following long editorial about one of my favorite heroes, Barbara Johns. Please read. Editorial: America’s most successful teen activist was a Virginian Mar 1, 2018 Douglas High School in Florida kicked off the predictable cycle of responses — liberal calls for action, conservatives call for thoughts and prayers, … [Read more…]
Previously I wrote about the mathematics and physics genius, J. Ernest Wilkins, Jr., who worked on the Manhattan Project. The Manhattan Project, one of the most important scientific projects of the 20th century, led to the development of the atomic bomb, which ended World War II. There were 14 other African Americans involved in this … [Read more…]