Letter From A Birmingham Jail (1963) – A Powerful Message Of Resistance!
Letter From A Birmingham Jail Martin Luther KIng wrote this moving speech in response to eight white clergymen from Alabama. King had led peaceful protests in Birmingham, Alabama against racial injustice. “A Call For Unity” had been been published on April 12, 1963. The clergy members had been been upset by civil rights demonstrations in the city. They felt “outsiders” (civil rights activists) and that civil rights issues should be handled in the courts, not by demonstrations, even if they were peaceful. They were worried that protests and demonstrations would not solve the problem. A Call For Unity Martin Luther King responded with what is now mostly known as Letter…
Fighting Fascism in 1944 and 2024 – Watch Some Powerful Videos And Read Compelling Articles!
Fighting Fascism: The Liberation of Paris The 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Paris was held in August. I am currently reading a book about the Liberation of Paris. It is a very interesting book. D Day had occurred on June 6, 1944. So many people thought that the war in France was basically over, but it took over two months of ferocious fighting just to get to Paris. Dwight Eisenhower originally did NOT want to spend the time to liberate Paris. According to the National WWII Museum: In August 1944, as the Allies gained the upper hand in the battle of France, Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower…
An Exciting Two Weeks Of Reading, Writing, and Working For Elections 2024 | Sunday Wrap-Up
Reading, Writing, and Elections: Sunday Weekly Wrap-Up I will be linking to: Sunday Salon by ReaderBuzz Sunday Post by Caffeinated Reviewer. My Two Weeks In Review (Since October started) Current Reading I’m currently reading Sedition Hunters: How January 6th Broke the Justice System by Ryan Reilly and planning a book review. Also reading All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got This Way by Fred C. Trump III. Currently Watching Newest Book Reviews All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler by Rebecca Donner (2021) | Book Review Berlin 1936: Fascism, Fear, and…
All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler by Rebecca Donner (2021) | Book Review
All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days by Rebecca Donner Genres: Biography, Non-Fiction Original Publication Date: 2021 Source: I purchased this book Goodreads Find the Author: Website, Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads, Amazon, Instagram All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days describes the life and death of Mildred Harnack. Born and raised in Milwaukee, Mildred Harnack was twenty-six when she enrolled in a Ph.D. program in Germany and witnessed the meteoric rise of the Nazi party. Historians identify Mildred Harnack as the only American in the leadership of the German resistance, yet her remarkable story has remained almost unknown until now. All The Frequent Troubles Of Our Days by Rebecca Donner When…
A Night at the Garden: A Frightening American Nazi Rally in 1939
American Nazi Rally at New York’s Madison Square Garden in 1939 The German-American Bund decided to hold a large Nazi rally on February 20, 1939. It was designated on the sign outside as a “Pro American Rally.” Here is a poster for the rally: There were many thousands of Anti-Nazi protesters outside Madison Square Garden. Now they would be known as ANTIFA. Field of Vision released this startling documentary in 2017. It is frightening seeing so many Americans doing the Nazi salute in 1939. Were some of them true believers? Did some of them change their minds later after Germany invaded country after country? Several months later, on September 1,…
