A white police officer murdered unarmed George Floyd in Minneapolis four years ago tomorrow, May 25, 2020. The murder of Mr. Floyd broadened the Movement for Black Lives to a global reckoning, another cycle of history repeating itself over more than 400 years. In February 1965, 26-year-old Jimmie Lee Jackson was part of a protestContinue reading "George Floyd was murdered four years ago"
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 ofContinue 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).Continue reading "Asking For A Gender Truth, by Michael Tyler"