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I Rode the Bus . . . And I Liked It

March 24, 2011 |  by  |  Community, Culture  |  No Comments
I Rode the Bus . . . And I Liked It

My New Year started with a bang: someone crashed into my car.

It was sitting there, parked on the street in front of my apartment, minding its own business, when, at some time in the night/early morning of Jan. 3 or so, some clown ran into it. No ice was involved in the making of this wreck, by the way. Alcohol, maybe.

Old Bessie (an Acura Legend) was the real-deal metal car, not some fiberglass mash-up. So whoever hit it damaged their vehicle, because little flecks of glass covered the hood of my car. But the hit knocked my car off its front-end axle. It was totaled. I don’t know who hit it because the offender took off never left a note or a message.

Because I didn’t have the type of insurance that covered the loss, I was carless for several weeks.

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The Power of Images

January 17, 2011 |  by  |  Culture  |  No Comments
The Power of Images

Nichelle Nichols of Star Trek, Martin Luther King, Jr., a doll of Nicki Minaj, and Lil Wayne on XXL Magazine.

Images and perceptions, and the ideas and words that go with them, are powerful things, as I’m sure Martin Luther King, Jr. would say if he were here today, in celebration of his 82nd birthday. 

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Tommy’s Words of Wisdom

October 27, 2010 |  by  |  Community, Culture  |  No Comments
Tommy's Words of Wisdom

Civil Rights activist Tommy Wrenn leads what was his last march commemorating the 1963 Birmingham Movement, where he was one of the "foot soldiers" under Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Tommy Wrenn, a long-time civil rights activist and Birmingham foot soldier, died last week.  He did more to help me understand the true meaning and spiritual concepts of the Movement more than any book I’ve ever read. It is a shame when living icons leave. But fortunately, he left behind a grio’s legacy of stories and remembrances to touch the next generation of  city leaders.

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