I was well into my thirties before I learned that Otis Redding wrote and recorded Respect in 1965. As far as I–and probably many others–knew, Respect...
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19 January 2016
As someone who has a doctorate in American history, it always makes me nervous to hear people declaim that the United States was founded as a Christian...
16 January 2016
It is truly banal to say that we have never seen a First Lady like Michelle Obama; she is, as they say in the fashion world, a one off. Historically, the...
29 September 2015
As the book editor for the Columbus Free Press, I am currently reading Jimmie Lee & James: Two Lives, Two Deaths and the Movement That Changed...
14 August 2015
Book Review: This Non-Violent Stuff’ll Get You Killed: How Guns Made The Civil Rights Movement Possible
By Charles E. Cobb, Jr.
In...
04 June 2015
One may wonder what there is new to say about the civil rights movement. In the immediate aftermath of Barack Obama’s first election it seemed...