The American Bar Association Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice today announced it will honor racial justice and civil rights activist Eva Jefferson Paterson, co-founder and former president of the Equal Justice Society, with its Thurgood Marshall Award at a dinner celebration honoring her longtime career advancing civil rights during the ABA Annual MeetingContinueContinue reading “Eva Paterson to Receive ABA Thurgood Marshall Award”
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A poem by Michael Tyler on the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education
I’m sending this poem to commemorate the Brown decision. In that it predates the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Loving v Virginia decision, I believe it was the first Supreme Court ruling made that acknowledged and upheld the claim of equity for African Americans, post Reconstruction. Though many ofContinueContinue reading “A poem by Michael Tyler on the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education”
Asking For A Gender Truth, by Michael Tyler
It has been said that the mother is a child’s first teacher. This was a great truth for me. Throughout my life, my mother imparted lessons that remain the cornerstones for most of my guiding principles. One such lesson was a word game she played with me, in my youth (which actually often annoyed me).ContinueContinue reading “Asking For A Gender Truth, by Michael Tyler”