Selma is Now: A review of the movie
In 1988, as a supporter of Jesse Jackson’s presidential campaign, I traveled throughout the South organizing and writing. Selma, AL was one of my stopping points. My schedule put me in the historic town right at the time of the annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee, which commemorates the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery. (That’s the […]
Looting and Justice-Who’s looting who
The Way I See It Posted on December 24, 2014 One of the elements of the Ferguson uprisings which has received lots of attention has been the issue of looting. From where I sit, the most vocal critics of the looting and arson have been right-wing conservatives, white mainstream media and middle-class black folks. For […]
Stinney: One of Four Little Boys
The Way I See It-Jamala Rogers October, 2013 Last month there was lots of righteous reminiscing about the tragedy of four little girls killed in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church. In 1963, the Klu Klux Klan had no problem in ratcheting up their racist attacks to stop de-segregration by targeting the hallowed […]