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Continue reading →: Untitled
Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. gave a speech 50 yrs ago today at 3pm, not knowing the global impact that this march and his life would have. At 3pm, bells will sound across the nation to commemorate his iconic delivery. Let us remember not only his words, but his purpose.
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Continue reading →: Father Daughter Bonding With a Civil Rights Twist
[My mother at 16 with her father.] Fifty years ago almost to the day, my mother was 15 and an active member of the NAACP Youth Council. She desperately wanted to travel to DC with the group to march for civil rights and to hear Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.…
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Continue reading →: Fruitvale Station
You know how it ends, but you wish that you could somehow change history…yeah… That’s how I felt leaving the theater today after a matinee showing of Fruitvale Station. It depicts the untimely death of Oscar Julius Grant, III on New Year’s Eve 2008 in Oakland, Calif. I remember when…
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Continue reading →: This Takes the Cake
(left: the cake that was ordered; right: the cake that was delivered) As a part-time baker and former cake-maker, this really burned me. Whomever made this this cake should be ashamed beyond belief. I would NEVER have delivered this to anyone, especially a paying customer and on her wedding day!!! I…
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Continue reading →: Living Just Enough for the City
Right now in the Nation’s Capital, residents and developers wait with baited breath to see if a new living wage bill, Large Retailer Accountability Act, will receive Mayor Gray’s signature or veto. The bill will require large retailers to pay a higher minimum wage of at least $12.50 per hour,…
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Continue reading →: Woman First
[youtube.com/watch?v=j7tWr6h2Cks&feature=youtube_gdata_player] I’d forgotten how much I love this. Ladies, let me know if you love it too. Men… partners, pay attention!!!!
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Continue reading →: Gifts
Babies are born with their hands clenched in tight fists holding the gifts God gave them. It is our job to help them discover those gifts during their lifetime so that when they die with open hands, their work has been completed. -Author unknown
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Continue reading →: Let’s Stand OUR Ground
Sign the petition to have “stand your ground” laws in 21 states reviewed. Let’s ensure that we keep our communities and loved ones safe.
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Continue reading →: Papal Shift
If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has goodwill, who am I to judge? – Pope Francis
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Continue reading →: Capital Vandalism
A woman has been arrested for vandalizing two chapels in the National Cathedral this afternoon. Green paint was splattered inside. Green paint has been found on other DC landmarks: the Lincoln Memorial, a statue of Martin Luther as well as inside the nearby church (white paint), a statue outside of…
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I’m Ayoka
Welcome to Mule Of The World. Musings and rants from this Black woman. Zora Neale Hurston called the Black woman “the mule of the world.”
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