One artifact was a photo of Dr. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, two men who sought freedom for African Americans in their own ways. Another was a large pinback button from the Southern Christian…
Tag: March on Washington
1963 March on Washington record album
Posted in Beauty Products, Ephemera/Paper/Documents, and Music
I hadn’t seen much on the auction house website to entice me, but I went to the auction anyway, not expecting to find anything I’d want to take home. The bidding had gotten started when…
Didn’t see Obama, but inaugural trip was worthy
Posted in Black history, history, and Politics
The two women had a glow about them. They sat across from my friend Valorie and me on the Washington, DC, subway headed to President Barak Obama’s swearing-in on the National Mall. I had driven…