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Writer, editor, logophile, bibliophile, pluviophile, serious classic movie fan.
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Also, this: Remember Bush v. Gore? During the 2000 presidential election, Justice Souter dissented against ending the recount and upholding Bush’s Florida victory.
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In commemoration of one of the saddest days in our history, I’m sharing my blog post: ‘53 Years Ago: April 9, 1968’. Originally posted on MEDIUM in April of, 2021. aundra-willis.medium.com/53-years-ago...
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But even though Dr. King was only 39 years old and had spoken of the benefits of longevity the previous night in his last speech, his SCLC colleagues and friends were all in agreement when they bid him deeply emotional farewells, saying: “Take your rest. You’ve earned it.”
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62 Years ago, on June 11, 1963
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Like millions of others, I have long admired Myrlie Evers and I’ve written several essays about her.
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But somehow she summoned the strength to pick up what was left of her life in Mississippi and move her family to Pomona California and create a new life.
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The resilience and myriad accomplishments of this exceptional woman are incalculable. Especially considering she was unwittingly thrust into the national spotlight through an appalling and life-altering tragedy.
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Soon thereafter, she was invited by President Barack Obama to give the Invocation at his second Inauguration before a global audience of millions of viewers.
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In the interim years after having become a leading civil rights activist, she served as chairwoman of the NAACP and worked tirelessly for over three decades in persuit of justice for the murder of her husband.
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62 years ago, when I first saw the tear-stained face of Myrlie Evers on the cover of LIFE Magazine, she was a 30-year-old housewife and mother of 3 young children attending the funeral of her slain husband, Mississippi NAACP Field Secretary Medgar Evers.
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Eyewitness to the Miraculous Transformation of Tina Turner
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Eyewitness to the Miraculous Transformation of Tina Turner
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Eyewitness to the Miraculous Transformation of Tina Turner
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Eyewitness to the Miraculous Transformation of Tina Turner
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One step closer to making history…Again – (11/3/24 Blog Post):
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“Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: “It might’ve been”. (11/23/24 Blog Post):
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REMEMBERING: My mother’s friend, Mrs. Rosa on her Birthday:
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Doing my part on Black History Month 2025
REMEMBERING: My mother’s friend, Mrs. Rosa on her Birthday:
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1955: When Montgomery walked and broke the back of Jim Crow
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Doing my part on Black History Month 2025
REMEMBERING: My mother’s friend, Mrs. Rosa on her Birthday:
aundra-willis.medium.com/my-mothers-f...
1955: When Montgomery walked and broke the back of Jim Crow
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Doing my part on Black History Month 2025
REMEMBERING: My mother’s friend, Mrs. Rosa on her Birthday:
aundra-willis.medium.com/my-mothers-f...
1955: When Montgomery walked and broke the back of Jim Crow
aundra-willis.medium.com/when-montgom...
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Doing my part on Black History Month 2025
REMEMBERING: My mother’s friend, Mrs. Rosa on her Birthday:
aundra-willis.medium.com/my-mothers-f...
1955: When Montgomery walked and broke the back of Jim Crow
aundra-willis.medium.com/when-montgom...
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Or this: 1955: When Montgomery walked and broke the back of Jim Crow
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When the legal occupants of the White House respected the office of the presidency. A poignant and painful back: www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7yI...
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A poignant and painful back: www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7yI...