Biographer, award-winning UVA writing professor, photographer, entertainer, child of God, Blue Ridge Mountain man
Afton, Virginia
Joined October 2011
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Happy Birthday Coach Spurrier! You are God's gift to two parents beaming with pride. Your Dad lived through you, like many proud Dads, causing you pain – yet you willed yourself to become a great father as well as coach. You are a hero in my book. @SteveSpurrierUF @AdrianDespres
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41 Republican Senators just voted against expanding the child tax credit because they didn't want to help the Biden-Harris Administration.
This is just another example of Republicans putting politics over American families.
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Proud mother, Mrs. Cleveland Owens, hears of son Jesse's Olympic triumphs in Berlin, 1936.
Dr. Pinckney speaks to all who look for the redemption of America ...
Liberty and justice and education for all ...
61 years ago today, my late sister-in-law, Vivian Malone, and James Hood, made history as the first two Black students to enroll at the University of Alabama. She would go on to be the school’s first African American graduate.
We have made great progress fueled by the courage and determination of people like Vivian. But more work remains to be done. We must continue the fight for justice, for fairness, for equality.
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Every word of this!!!
So let me get this straight… Black men are supposedly identifying with a man who accused 5 Black men of a crime … said they needed to be put to death and then never apologized when they were exonerated?!
Identifying with a man who wants to rip away healthcare from 3 million Black Americans, gut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid?!
Identifying with a man, who happily put right wing zealots on the federal bench that have gutted voting rights, diversity programs, affirmative action and eliminated women’s reproductive freedoms?!
Identifying with a man who wants to put more guns in our schools and our streets?!
Identifying with a man who tried to steal an election, caused an insurrection, and then vilified (and caused them to fear for their lives) Black women election workers in Georgia?!
Oh, Hell no! Nobody has time for that mess.
I’m voting for Joe and Kamala!
#CarryOn
May we all be judged by a jury of our peers ...
"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.'" #MartinLutherKingJr #MLK #America #USA
28 freedmen reburied the "Martyrs of the Race Track" in the Holy City and invited friends and family to consecrate and celebrate the sacrifice of the Union soldiers who freed them ...
All together now ...
THE POWER OF LOVE, we have the power to elevate our thoughts, words and actions to a fluidity of love which will transform the world house we live in. #Nonviolence365 #MLK
Blessed are the peacemakers ...
SOCIAL MEDIA VIOLENCE, when do we get tired of all the violence across social media platforms? Reducing violence in our communication is just as important as reducing physical violence in society. #MLK #Nonviolence365 #iShift
How are the 2012 Gamecocks not the Champions of the SEC East? Does the Curse of Pitchfork still afflict USC? #TaughttheSouthtoPlayFootball
How does Stephen Garcia's time with the Ball Coach inspire, and haunt, the 2023 Gamecocks? #TaughttheSouthtoPlayFootball
A great spirit lives, and serves ... #AmazingGracePark
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Today, some of the books that shaped my life—and the lives of so many others—are being challenged by people who disagree with certain ideas or perspectives. And librarians are on the front lines, fighting every day to make the widest possible range of viewpoints, opinions, and ideas available to everyone.
