Any time I see the word parish in a news report, I typically assume that something religious or something related to my state of birth is being referenced. I felt no surprise seeing the words parish, Ku Klux Klan, and deputy in the same paragraph. Nor was I aghast that a parish deputy in Louisiana … Continue reading Learning the names I should have been taught, part 3.
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Learning the names I should have been taught, part 2.
Roman Ducksworth Jr.’s children knew he died, but they didn’t know how. They found out when they each received letters from the Southern Poverty Law Center, wishing to memorialize their father on the Civil Rights Memorial. Roman’s kids found out how he died and why he was considered a martyr around the same time that … Continue reading Learning the names I should have been taught, part 2.
Learning the names I should have been taught.
But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream! -Amos 5:24 I was seven years old when the Civil Rights Memorial was dedicated. Other than Martin Luther King, Jr., the other forty names mentioned were not in my textbooks. I am not surprised when people believe that displaying the Confederate flag … Continue reading Learning the names I should have been taught.
Beka Tucker 