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This is the Time

Posted on November 2, 2020 by Sheila Morris

“We have been too quiet for too long. There comes a time when you have to say something. You have to make a little noise. You have to move your feet.” ——— Congressman John Lewis Neither freezing temperatures nor sweltering … Continue reading →

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say her name: Breonna Taylor

Posted on September 25, 2020 by Sheila Morris

The 2020 WNBA season consists of twelve teams living and playing together since July in the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida for a shortened 22-game schedule followed by the traditional playoff series that began on September 15th. The bizarre season … Continue reading →

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when sorrows come, they come not single spies

Posted on August 2, 2020 by Sheila Morris

“When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.”  (William Shakespeare – Hamlet) While we mourned the passing of Congressman John Lewis last week with the rest of the world via amazing coverage in the media, Pretty and … Continue reading →

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the good name of John Lewis, American patriot

Posted on July 18, 2020 by Sheila Morris

I cannot imagine a world without John Lewis. I knew him first as a Civil Rights activist in the 1960s when I was in college, but I’ve known him longest as a congressman from our neighboring state of Georgia who … Continue reading →

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notes of two native daughters, a native granddaughter, and a native daughter-in-law

Posted on June 9, 2020 by Sheila Morris

Two years ago Pretty planned a trip for us and two other family members who live in Texas to visit the newly opened Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Alabama plus several other historical sites related to the Civil Rights movement of … Continue reading →

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notes of two native daughters, a native granddaughter, and a native daughter-in-law (2)

Posted on May 26, 2018 by Sheila Morris

This quotation from Maya Angelou is written on the walls of what is now The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration located on the site of a former warehouse where slaves were kept in prison while awaiting their fate … Continue reading →

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