Welcome to my blog about ”What Moves Me”
Writer, humanist, dog-mom,
horse servant, and cat-slave.
Lover of solitude
and the company of good friends.
New places, new ideas,
and old wisdom.
Tag Archives: civil rights
Behind the Magic Curtain
Four men who loved the city of Birmingham, Alabama asked me to write a book. I look back on that day when I met them in the high-rise office of a prominent attorney. They were all strangers, decades older. They … Continue reading
Rosa Parks & Corn Creek
When I met Rosa Parks, I was too young to have much perspective on anything, but I did realize that I was meeting someone famous. I sat on the front porch of Virginia and Clifford Durr’s farm at “Pea Level” in … Continue reading
To Dream the Possible Dream
Fifty years ago today, Martin Luther King urged us to judge people not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. There is no question that poverty and lack of equal education can affect the … Continue reading
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Tagged civil rights, I have a dream, march on Washington, Martin Luther King
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