Rosa Parks wasn’t the first black woman in the south who refused to give up their seats to white passengers on the transit buses. Parks had been born into a world in Jim Crow Alabama where black people had very little civil rights. In 1900, the Montgomery City Council had passed an ordinance basically sayingContinue reading “Rosa Parks Refused To Give Up Her Rights And Sparked A Revolution”
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Happy Juneteenth!
I want to wish everyone a Happy Juneteenth. I know some people may be wondering why we need to celebrate this day. Well, it’s because a lot of people less than 200 years ago were enslaved. Their children were taken from them. Their spouses were taken from them. Their family members were sold like propertyContinue reading “Happy Juneteenth!”
Cruelty Has Become The GOP’s M.O.
Within a week of South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem recalling how she shot a 14-month-old puppy, Cricket, in her upcoming memoir, Donald Trump has said it’s impossible to consider her for his running mate. It’s crazy that a man who said he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue in New York City and not getContinue reading “Cruelty Has Become The GOP’s M.O.”