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When Giants Walked the Earth: The Passing of Civil Rights Movement Icon Robert “Bob” Moses

Posted on July 26, 2021 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

When Giants Walked the Earth: The Passing of Civil Rights Movement Icon Robert “Bob” Moses Dr. J. Randall O’Brien, Brenda Travis, Bob Moses I’m not saying there has never been a braver man than Bob Moses. In the course of … Continue reading →

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February, Black History Month: A Personal Tribute to Three Mississippi Heroes.

Posted on February 23, 2021 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

February, Black History Month: A Personal Tribute to Three Mississippi Heroes. As a boy growing up in Mississippi, I read the “Whites Only” signs posted around town. “Whites” and “Colored” designations painted on water fountains, restroom doors, and waiting rooms … Continue reading →

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We are the sum of all of our history and all of our progress.

Posted on August 21, 2018 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

We are the sum of all of our history and all of our progress. by Deborah Fagan Carpenter We are informed by our past, but we are not all stuck there. Time stands still; time produces evolution. Some things change; … Continue reading →

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A Bronze Star for Brenda

Posted on October 17, 2017 by Randall O'Brien

A Bronze Star for Brenda  by Dr. J. Randall O’Brien  Heroes, civil rights heroes and heroines, number in the hundreds, nay thousands — tens of thousands — from the 1960s alone. Immortalized in the pages of American history, many of … Continue reading →

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