I appeared on The Takeaway this morning with New York Times reporter Shaila Dewan and Catherine Walker, whose father Clifton was murdered by Klansmen on February 28, 1964. Today’s segment was a follow up to Dewan’s article in yesterday’s Times. //
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A Little More Justice in Mississippi
Settlement Reached in Civil Suit Charging Franklin County, MS Role in 1964 KKK Murders On Monday, June 21, Franklin County, Mississippi agreed to a settlement in an historic civil suit with the families of Charles Moore and Henry Dee, two 19-year-old Black men who were kidnapped, tortured and murdered by members of the Ku Klux Klan [...]
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Last winter I drove to Providence, RI full of trepidation and sadness. My incredible Aunt Esther, my maternal grandfather’s sister, had pneumonia. I was going to see her to make sure I had the chance to say goodbye. To everyone’s, including her own, surprise, she pulled through. “I saw the pearly gates—and they shut!” she [...]
In Death Posey Dodges Murder Charges Once and for All
The Clarion Ledger reports: Billy Wayne Posey, a key suspect in the Ku Klux Klan’s killings of three civil rights workers in 1964 in Mississippi, has died, but Justice Department officials say they’re continuing their investigation of the remaining suspects. The 73-year-old Posey died Thursday of natural causes, according to friends. That leaves four living [...]
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 [...]
Eyes on the Prize
This is Nicole. She is one of the many talented photographers whose work I follow on flickr. The same night that the country voted for a Black president, majorities of voters voted against gay families and the rights of gay people in California, Florida, Arizona and Arkansas. Nicole is angry and so am I. We [...]
Amy Gluckman on the Air
Dollars & Sense co-editor Amy Gluckman appeared on Your Call, a show on radio station KALW. Appearing with Amy was Lawrence Pintak of Arab Media and Society and Glenn Ford from Black Agenda Report. Amy discussed what is being left out of economic news coverage and was great (as were Pintak, discussing the fall of [...]
Winter in America
The Constitution was A noble piece of paper With free society Struggled but it died in vain And now Democracy is ragtime on the corner—unemployed And I’m hopin’ that it rains Been a hopin’ for some rain But it just don’t look like rain I’ve seen the robins Perched in barren treetops They’re watchin’ last-ditch [...]
This Gave Me Pause
When I was reading Daisy’s post about Pfc. LaVena Johnson, I got stuck on one of the details. The indications of possible rape and other physical violence and murder all were troubling enough. But then there was this one detail (originally posted by Anne): Indications that someone attempted to set LaVena’s body on fire I [...]
Podcast: Interview with Ben Chaney
Ben Chaney, younger brother of slain civil rights worker James Chaney, was one of my interview subjects for my recent article in The American Prospect, “Belated Justice for Civil Rights Era Crimes.” I spoke with Ben over the phone on June 4, 2007, two days after his mother Fannie Lee Chaney was buried next to [...]
This Was a Revelation
The Beatles were my first musical obsession. When I became a fan of the Beatles in middle school, I collected every recording, poured over every liner note, read biographies, studied the lyrics, listened to the solo projects . . . It was the first time I’d gotten into music like this. I think it was [...]
Haley Barbour Acknowledges Violations of Katrina Survivors’ Human Rights
Really, he said that. Article at the link says more than 25,000 FEMA trailers are still in service in Mississippi. Judge give me life this mornin’ down on Parchman Farm (2x) I wouldn’t hate it so bad, but I left my wife in mourn Oh, goodbye wife, all you have done gone (2x) But I [...]
After 42 Years, an Indictment for Jimmie Lee Jackson
From the NY Times: A grand jury in Alabama handed up an indictment on Wednesday in an obscure killing that helped inspire the historic Selma-to-Montgomery march in 1965. The case is the latest in a series of belated prosecutions of crimes from the civil rights era.In February 1965, a black farmer, Jimmie Lee Jackson, 26, [...]
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