Dogmatic, cheaply produced, and poorly acted, 1965’s Murder in Mississippi appears to be an attempt to rush out a pro-Civil Rights film at the height
Category: Social Justice
Reading: “Black Elk Speaks”
Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Siouxby John G. NeihardtMy rating: 4 out of 5 stars The
Southern Movie 50: “The Liberation of LB Jones” (1970)
Though Variety called it “not much more than an interracial sexploitation film,” 1970’s The Liberation of LB Jones tells a complex story about race, fairness,
Reading: “Snow Falling on Cedars”
Snow Falling on Cedars by David GutersonMy rating: 4 out of 5 stars The old paperback copy of Snow Falling on Cedars that I just
Biographical Sketches of Woman Suffragists
I’m pleased to share that, since 2018, I’ve been writing sketches for the recently published Online Biographical Dictionary of the Woman Suffrage Movement in the United
New articles on “Medium”
Social Justice & Civil Rights Why the Whitehurst Case Matters Looking back at the 1975 shooting of a black man by a white police officer
