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Is America Still Racially Divided?

Today is the day we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday.  King was known as the leader of the Civil Rights movement in the ‘60s and you could say, he gave his life for his convictions.  At the young age of 39, he was gunned down on April 4, 1968 in my hometown of Memphis by James Earl Ray.  He had come here to support the African American city sanitation workers who were on strike for higher wages. It’s also the day that our first African American President is being inaugurated for his second term in office. But, have things … Continue reading →

Miss Julia Throws a Wedding — Ann B. Ross

Miss Julia is not known for holding her tongue. In fact, far from it. If she has an opinion, you will know what it is, and when Hazel Marie announces that she is leaving Miss Julia’s house to go live in sin with J.D. Pickens, that venerable widow has plenty to say indeed. It’s bad enough that Mr. Pickens is hesitant to get married, but even worse that Hazel Marie thinks that’s okay! And what of Little Lloyd – isn’t that poor child ever going to have a properly legal father? But then Miss Julia gets some marvelous news. Her … Continue reading →

Miss Julia Takes Over — Ann B. Ross

As we start the second book in the Miss Julia series by Ann B. Ross, we find Miss Julia in a distracted tizzy. Too upset to invite her friend Sam over for lunch, she can’t keep from worrying – Hazel Marie didn’t come home last night. Miss Julia has already called every hospital in the county, and none of them have seen the attractive bottle-blonde. Hazel Marie’s son Little Lloyd doesn’t know his mother is missing, and Miss Julia doesn’t know what she’s going to tell him; he’s already lost one parent and is a sensitive child to boot. Finally … Continue reading →