I had no signage personal or affiliated at the One Nation rally for “Jobs, Justice, and Education for all.” I joined the multitudes with the Split This Rock Poetry Festival headed by Sarah Browning. Sarah offered a poem to passers by. I said, “How Bob Dylan of you.” Though I was “signless” and “poemless,” I [...]
When labor leader A. Philip Randolph, organized a special march in Washington, DC for “Jobs and Freedom” in 1963, I have no doubt Randolph made deliberate choices on the date — August 28– and the venue — the Lincoln Memorial — as organizers did on the program and selection of speakers. On this day in [...]
There’s a verse in the New Testament – “All things work together for good….” This Easter Sunday, April 12 at 2 PM, mezzo soprano Denyce Graves will give a free concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial joined by Sweet Honey in the Rock, the Washington National Opera, and the Chicago Children’s Choir. Graves [...]
