I lived on a block when I was a child. There were eight homes on each side of the street. I knew everyone who lived in each house. The people who lived on the blocks around me could say the same. Today, I live in a building with ten floors and eighty apartments. There areContinueContinue reading “Michael Tyler: ‘What We Landmark in Our Hearts’”
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The Quilted Word: To Women, From Women
By Michael Tyler, EJS Poet-in-Residence, and Others Foreword The events of this past Sunday made me think of the women in my life, many of whom were a part of sewing and knitting and quilting circles. I would sit around them and listen to them share stories and hopes and dreams. Special memories. In thatContinueContinue reading “The Quilted Word: To Women, From Women”
Navy Exonerates the ‘Port Chicago 50’
Black sailors wrongly convicted of mutiny 80 years ago following the explosion at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine The Equal Justice Society is thrilled to share that the Secretary of the Navy today announced the full exoneration of the remaining 256 defendants of the 1944 Port Chicago general and summary courts-martial. Secretary of the NavyContinueContinue reading “Navy Exonerates the ‘Port Chicago 50’”