Happy Mother’s Day
I’ve often wondered what the mothers of the Freedom Riders thought when they saw the photos and heard the reports from Anniston. It was 51 years ago on Mother’s Day that the bus was firebombed and the Freedom Riders attacked. Were they scared out of their minds or proud that their children were standing up for their rights? What were the mothers in Anniston thinking when they left church that morning and came with their families to watch the Freedom Riders burn and, as Hank Thomas put it, see the Freedom Riders get the crap beat out of them. Amongst the chaos and brutality of the seething...
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I’m glad I’m not the only one who feels this way. I recently spoke with Eric Etheridge, the author of Breach of Peace, and he confirmed that I’m like most “artists”. When I started “An Ordinary Hero” it was with high hopes, “This is going to be incredible,” I told myself. Then I went out and shot everything and said, “This is going to be awesome.” All confidence fades after that when you actually have to start putting everything together. Finally, after the “fun” of planning and shooting the real work starts and you start telling yourself, “This isn’t going to...
read moreWhy Does It Have to be Snakes?
In 1981 one of the greatest movies of my childhood came out, “Raiders of the Lost Ark”. Naturally, my mother, Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, didn’t take us to see it. That was my dad’s department. Joan wasn’t into those sort of movies. She rarely took us to see one but when she did she had an uncanny ability to pick those that would inevitably win an Oscar, “Ghandi” and “The Killing Fields” most readily come to mind. “Raiders” was the greatest. We pretended we were archeologists and dug up our backyard. While we didn’t find any lost Amazonian treasures we did find a...
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Luvaghn Brown talks about the hate and distrust he had for whites and the struggle he faced and overcame during a food drive in Greenwood, Mississippi 50 years ago.The America I Grew Up In
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Joan speaking at the Governor’s Mansion during breakfast on the lawn hosted by the Governor of Mississippi. (captured with iPhone)My Most Memorable Experience
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