Faith-and-film expert the Rev. Edward McNulty shares his memories of going South in 1964 to help Black colleagues campaign for civil rights.
MEDGAR & MYRLIE
I have just finished reading Joy-Ann Reid’s new book MEDGAR & MYRLIE: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America–and can highly recommend it. I had known of the martyred NAACP leader even before I joined the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project way back in 1964. The three films in which he is portrayed greatly enhanced my …
The Piano Lesson (1996)
A Black brother & sister in Pittsburgh argue over selling or keeping a piano carved with images of their Mississippi slave heritage.
TILL (2022)
The murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till in MS in 1955 sparks outrage leading to the C-R Movement, thanks to his determined mother Mamie.
GHOSTS OF MISSISSIPPI (1996)
True story of how a white Miss.D.A. & the widow of slain NAACP leader Medgar Evers finally brought the murderer to justice years later.
ALL IN: the Fight for Democracy (2020)
The story of voting & voter suppression is told, with Stacey Abram’s loss in the rigged 2018 election in Georgia as the primary example–and warning for the 2020 national election.
BEGIN AGAIN: A Book Review
If you are an admirer of James Baldwin, you will surely want to read Eddie S. Gaude Jr.’s book BEGIN AGAIN. In its 238 pages (including a subject index) the frequent MSNBC guest gives us a grand tour of the life and writings of this fiery Black prophet. It does more than confirms what, we …
What You Gonna Do When The World’s On Fire? (2018)
The doc. film weaves 4 stories of Southern Blacks oppressed by racism–in New Orleans, 2 brothers; a female bar owner; “Black Indians” preparing for Mardi Gras; & in MS a New Black Panther team seeking justice.
Mudbound (2017)
I give this film 5 out of 5 stars. Click the image to read my entire review.
Miss. Freedom Summer Project Part 12
Wednesday. We said good-bye to Doug Marr who was returning to Conn. Wish we’d had more time together. Doug graduated from seminary the same year I did. (1963) He’s a person you really enjoy sitting down & exchanging with. Later in the morning Roger & I drove Lisa over to the Gulf station where she …