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A Full Deck has passed. Now, 1000 fewer places for Blacks to Vote

March 5, 2017 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 2 Comments

I don’t normally post on Sunday. Period.

But, today is the 52nd anniversary of Bloody Sunday. (OK. It’s the Sunday anniversary; the date was 7 March.) And, our great nation is NOT becoming great again because some 30 states have found ways to preclude the poor, the Blacks, the Latinos from voting. And, Jeff Sessions (Sen. Elizabeth Warren warns us of his continued ‘racism, sexism, bigotry‘ ) is already retreating further from fair and balanced voting regulations.

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Selma- from the mouths of babes

January 30, 2017 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 10 Comments

So, last week, I described my reactions to our synagogue’s trip to Selma, Montgomery, Birmingham, and Atlanta. I told you that we went with about 100 folks ranging in age from 5 to 90. And, we were joined by students from George Washington University and from Birmingham.

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