It was another painful reminder that today's radical-populist right reminds us of the old radical-populist left (are today's Christian survivalist-fundamentalist groups with their half-illegal status not organised like Black Panthers back in the 1960s?).
Their willingness to take a risk and stand up for what is right reminded me of the ancient Hebrew prophets.
Few rappers, in fact, have bridged gaps as successfully as the artist born James Todd Smith has, as DJ Z-Trip, an expert performer in his own right, reminded fans during his intro.
She would hold Marco's hand, tell him that it was going to be all right, remind him that this is what he wanted and that he would be happy after doing it.
In addition to championing veterans' rights, reminding us to eat our vegetables, and advocating for higher education, Michelle Obama has been one of the most exciting first ladies to watch speak.
In addition to championing veterans' rights, reminding us to eat our vegetables, and advocating for higher education, Michelle Obama has been one of the most exciting first ladies to watch speak.
She talks human rights: reminding a clutch of fans of her speech at the Gotham Awards where she segued from marital sex to the plight of the poet Ashraf Fayadh in Saudi Arabia sentenced to death for his writing.
The struggle was necessarily waged on many fronts, and one of the most important was the press; in fact, as "Reporting Civil Rights" reminds us, much of the press was effectively part of the movement, and an indispensable part.
As "James Madison and the Struggle for the Bill of Rights" reminds us, what we now call the Bill of Rights was not part of the proposal that emerged from the federal convention in Philadelphia.
His Legalize It album was far ahead of its time in demanding the decriminalisation of marijuana in 1975, while Equal Rights reminded that peace will never come without justice.
