The American Civil War lasted almost exactly four years, from April 12, 1861 to April 9, 1865. It was just a month before the 100th anniversary of the end of that war that a march occurred, the march for civil rights from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. The fight for civil rights was a long fight, … Continued
< as bad as this prosecutor” (Ibid.). And there were a number of cases when young black men attacked white or Hispanic men in retaliation for what they saw as the miscarriage of justice. This happened in Baltimore, in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, and in Washington, D.C. In each case there was a shout “This is for … Continued
Black and White: Race Matters Presented by Rev. Peter Connolly Unitarian Universalist Church of Bowling Green February 21, 2010 Ours is a country that has elected a black man to be its president. To be more precise, we live in a country that has elected a man of mixed race to be our president. That … Continued
Walking Toward the Dream Presented by Rev. Peter Connolly Unitarian Universalist Church of Bowling Green January 10, 2010 This coming Friday, January 15, would have been the 81st birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., who died on April 4, 1968, at the tender age of 39, by an assassin’s bullet. His life and … Continued
