I grew up in a church-going family. In fact, for my entire life we either lived next door or one street over from Hilltop United Methodist Church. In 1976,...
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01 October 2023
In 1946 the Supreme Court ruled in Morgan v. Virginia that segregated travel on interstate buses was unconstitutional, thus sending the separate-but-...
21 July 2023
Ah, for those halcyon days when the president of the United States was an intellectual and a serious reader. And he can sing, too!
In Grace,...
27 June 2023
I have always been interested in religion and its role in American society. My five siblings and I grew up in a religious household. Up until the time I was...
01 June 2023
My late mother’s only brother, Willie D. Grandy–she and her sisters fondly called him WD or Broboy–fought in World II. My mother on occasion talked about...
19 March 2023
In 1978 the United States Supreme Court rendered its decision in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, a case about affirmative action in...