Isabel Wilkerson – American Delusions

New Orleans, Mayor Landrieu, and the Future of Race in America

July 13, 2017 Comments Off

In recent months there has been news of conflict over the removal of three statues of leaders of the Confederacy from public spaces in New Orleans. On Friday 5/19/17 Mayor Mitch Landrieu gave a powerful speech about the need to deny the falsifications of history that are those statues and --->> read more -->>

The Warmth of Other Suns – Isabel Wilkerson

October 10, 2010 Comments Off

Isabel Wilkerson’s book, The Warmth of Other Suns – the epic story of America’s great migration, creates whole new planes of awareness of our history. This book startled me to a new understanding of how encompassing and pervasive the Jim Crow laws and social rules of the South really were. --->> read more -->>