They Would Not Be Moved

They Would Not Be Moved

This morning six people knelt in prayer singing Amazing Grace in front of the doors leading to the Alabama Senate chambers. They would not be moved, just as Legislators have not been moved by the pleas of thousands of Alabamians to repeal the nation’s harshest...
Selma To Montgomery: Holy Ground

Selma To Montgomery: Holy Ground

Walking from Selma to Montgomery, thousands of people from all over the country. Old folks on canes and in wheelchairs, children in strollers, college students with boundless energy. Whites, Blacks, Latinos. They crossed the infamous Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma,...

Our Daily Bread

Give Us Our Daily Bread My mother loves to cook.  She always loved to try out new recipes, which unfortunately did not go over very well with her four young children.  Unfortunately, her culinary skills were lost on us when we were young.  Often she would spend hours...
Property Before People

Property Before People

In 1994, Alabama adopted a hate crimes statute that imposes “additional penalties where it is shown that a perpetrator committing the underlying offense was motivated by the victim’s actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, or physical or...

Things We Never Knew We Never Knew

You think the only people who are people Are the people who look and think like you But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger You’ll learn things you never knew you never knew My daughter is singing “Colors of the Wind” in her upcoming voice recital. I’ve always...
A People’s Time To Move

A People’s Time To Move

Eighty people stand in a circle outside a church in Northport. Arms crossed, hands clasped. Latino, black, white. Invited to share their vision for a beautiful Alabama, voices ring out. Dignity, dignidad. Life without fear, vivir sin miedo. Peace, paz. Strength to...