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A Full Deck has passed. Now, 1000 fewer places for Blacks to Vote

March 5, 2017 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 2 Comments

I don’t normally post on Sunday. Period.

But, today is the 52nd anniversary of Bloody Sunday. (OK. It’s the Sunday anniversary; the date was 7 March.) And, our great nation is NOT becoming great again because some 30 states have found ways to preclude the poor, the Blacks, the Latinos from voting. And, Jeff Sessions (Sen. Elizabeth Warren warns us of his continued ‘racism, sexism, bigotry‘ ) is already retreating further from fair and balanced voting regulations.

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Otherism

February 7, 2017 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 2 Comments

Too many folks think fake news is a new phenomenon. It is not. The concept of fake news is almost always involved with the cancer of “otherism”. Otherism is a means whereby folks (and governments) blame the ills of society on someone else.

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Selma- from the mouths of babes

January 30, 2017 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 10 Comments

So, last week, I described my reactions to our synagogue’s trip to Selma, Montgomery, Birmingham, and Atlanta. I told you that we went with about 100 folks ranging in age from 5 to 90. And, we were joined by students from George Washington University and from Birmingham.

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MLK Weekend, 2017. Selma to Atlanta to Home

January 25, 2017 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 8 Comments

I am continuing my recollections of the jam-packed Martin Luther King weekend. This is the third and final component that details the impressions from our trip to Selma, Montgomery, Birmingham, and Atlanta. Monday, I provided background and our Montgomery meanderings. Yesterday, we spoke about our first 15 hours or so in Selma.

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MLK Weekend, 2017, Selma AL

January 24, 2017 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 13 Comments

I am continuing my recollections of the jam-packed Martin Luther King weekend. Where we covered Selma, Montgomery, Birmingham, and Atlanta. Yesterday, I provided background and our Montgomery meanderings.

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Martin Luther King Weekend 2017

January 23, 2017 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 14 Comments

I just spent Martin Luther King weekend walking in the shoes of the Reverend Martin Luther King, the Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, Reverend James Reeb, Joanne Bland, and a slew of others. I saw recreations of Rosa Parks’ abbreviated bus ride. And, felt the pain of four young children murdered by an American terrorist at the 16^th Street Baptist Church.

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Civil Rights?

November 17, 2016 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 3 Comments

I was reading the newspaper the other day and read about Cynthia West. No, she’s not famous. But, she did decide to take civil action and was describing her experiences. Which reverberated in my soul.

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Propaganda

May 24, 2016 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 8 Comments

I admit it. I am an old fart.

Old enough to have participated in the battle to change the laws that afforded (almost still) civil rights and equality for Blacks. Old enough to have participated in the campaign to stop the war in Vietnam. Old enough to have shamed the Soviet Union to release its Jewish citizens that were being persecuted.

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Economy, Technology

It IS Televised

February 9, 2016 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 1 Comment

I was enjoying some old jazz and R&B on the radio the other day and was taken aback to hear a classic Gil Scott-Heron composition. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised. And it struck me how that incorrect statement has changed the world around us.

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Who’s that, again?

November 18, 2015 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A.

When I was little, I remembered hearing stories about one of the key executives of Sears, Roebuck & Company, who made a difference in this country. That was back when Sears Roebuck meant you could expect good deals and good products. (I even had the chance to work with Sears Roebuck years later, back when the RV industry was in its heyday. I felt pretty good being among their company then.)

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