Tag: civil rights

  • Struggle

    Struggle

    I have a tattoo. I have more than one, but I have one in particular. The tattoo depicts scales that are balanced between an olive tree and a foreboding cityscape. Leading up to the scales, and disappearing into a vanishing point, a road winds its way into the horizon. People commonly ask me if I’m…

  • Sobering “Green Book” Reminds us of Where We’ve come Since Civil Rights… And Where we still need to go.

    Sobering “Green Book” Reminds us of Where We’ve come Since Civil Rights… And Where we still need to go.

    Gawker Media auto blog Jalopnik had a fairly sobering post up, in remembrance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, that described “The Green Book”, a publication that ceased publishing in 1964 with the Civil Rights Act. The book was created to assist black travelers, by listing businesses and establishments around the country (and later some…