I started this blog in 2004 to write about things like this photo of my father and James Baldwin in Birmingham, AL in 1963 at the height of the Civil Rights Movement. In time, however, blogging led to investigative journalism about unpunished lynchings and other violence from the civil rights era. In the summer of [...]
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The Ever Miraculous Pete Seeger
Via Rolling Stone (sorry about the commercial; this is worth it). Pete Seeger may be 91 years old, but the iconic folk singer still has plenty to protest. On Friday night at New York’s City Winery, Seeger debuted a new song he wrote about the disastrous BP oil spill as part of a fundraising concert [...]
If I Had My Way
You can’t grow up in in the home of a political radical from the 1950s and 60s without hearing Peter, Paul and Mary. I’m very sad to hear of the death of Mary Travis. She raised the roof for freedom and justice her whole career. If there’s a heavenly place where great spirits celebrate together [...]
Hungry Blues
My google alerts on “Hungry Blues” sometimes turn up interesting things. Steven Taylor of the Fugs has written a song that is also called Hungry Blues. It’s very much in the spirit of the original song that my blog is named after. It’s not quite as good, but it’s a tall order to be asked [...]
US Census Practices Violate International Law
The Prison Policy Initiative—with Demos as a partner—has submitted analysis to the Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) in Geneva of the discriminatory US Census approach to counting prisoners. PPI and Demos conclude that US Census practices violate international law. NEW YORK, Dec. 13 — The United States Census practice of counting prisoners [...]
Learning from the Charles Moore and Henry Dee Murders Case
By the Arkansas Delta Truth and Justice Center* How US Attorney obtained its indictment against James Ford Seale How MS AG could have obtained more indictments in Neshoba What may have been the key to US attorney Dunn Lampton proceeding to obtain an indictment against James Ford Seale for the 1964 murders of Henry Dee [...]
Fact: Participation of Psychologists in Interrogations Is Unique
As mentioned in my update, below, John Grohol finally replied to my rebuttal—back in the comments at his blog, where he could enjoy a less than rigorous standard for addressing the evidence that I brought to the table. Grohol has gracioulsy let through the comments that I left today, without long delay. Below is what [...]
“Another SNCC warrior has died.”
Those were the first words from Scott B. Smith, Jr when he reached me on the phone earlier this afternoon. He wanted to inform me and all who knew her that Linda Dehnad, his wife, died this morning of undetermined causes at age 69. Linda went to Jackson Hospital in Montgomery, AL last night because [...]
The People’s Declaration: Survivors Assembly Demands
The People’s Declaration: Survivors Assembly Demands Identified by survivors on December 9, 2005 We demand that the local, state and federal government make conditions possible for our immediate return. This includes the following: The Nagin Administration must make temporary housing such as apartments, hotel rooms, trailers and public housing developments available for us while we [...]
Twenty-Five Years
Twenty-five years ago today (12/9), I was eleven years old, going on twelve. I swear I knew every Beatles song by heart, knew every published detail of the band’s history. And John was my favorite. He was the coolest one. His songs were the best ones. HIs solo work was the strongest. He had real [...]
My Father And The Peace Movement (Thumbnail Version)
Sixty years ago today the US dropped the nuclear bomb called Little Boy over the central part of Hiroshima, killing at least 66,000 people. In honor of this year’s Hiroshima Day, I am posting this excerpt from my father’s Political Autobiography. By now the McCarthy period was upon us. The CIO was split and the [...]
William J. Douthard (aka “Meatball”), Jan. 6, 1947 – Jan. 4, 1981
I first mentioned William Douthard in passing here. At the right is a flier from a civil rights rally I think my father organized, where William spoke (click on the image to enlarge). William Douthard was a student demonstration leader in Birmingham, Alabama, which was where he and my father met. To many in the [...]
It’s Almost Passover (Rerun)
[I never marked the first anniversary of HungryBlues back in March, but I think that gives me occasional license to rerun posts that are more than a year old. What follows is a slightly shortened version my post from this time (on the Jewish calendar) last year. I think I have some more readers since [...]
Hungry Blues IV
I mentioned in part III of this series that I can date the handwritten drafts of Long Days Short Nights because of a passage about Frankie Newton. I am posting that passage here, though it was not intended for publication. It is an unpolished prose sketch, written in one shot, to get the material down [...]
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