The Politics of Life and Death: Terri Schiavo

“The parents of Terri Schiavo asked a judge to reinsert the brain-damaged woman’s feeding tube Monday, following an extraordinary political fight that consumed both chambers of Congress and prompted the president to rush back to the White House.”
TheStateOf: It’s sad that this woman has been in a vegetative state for 15 years. [...]

Once School Janitor, Doctor Becomes Head of Black Studies At Washington and Lee

Theodore DeLaney, associate professor of history at Washington and Lee University, will head the University’s new African-American Studies program in the fall.
Delaney grew up in segregated Lexington, VA. Despite having been accepted to Morehouse College in 1961, his mother prevented him from attending out of fear of the violence associated with the deep south. DeLaney [...]

The Politics of Life and Death: Terri Schiavo

“The parents of Terri Schiavo asked a judge to reinsert the brain-damaged woman’s feeding tube Monday, following an extraordinary political fight that consumed both chambers of Congress and prompted the president to rush back to the White House.”
TheStateOf: It’s sad that this woman has been in a vegetative state for 15 years. [...]

Once School Janitor, Doctor Becomes Head of Black Studies At Washington and Lee

Theodore DeLaney, associate professor of history at Washington and Lee University, will head the University’s new African-American Studies program in the fall.
Delaney grew up in segregated Lexington, VA. Despite having been accepted to Morehouse College in 1961, his mother prevented him from attending out of fear of the violence associated with the deep south. DeLaney [...]

Supporting Black Theater

August Wilson
Over the weekend I had the pleasure of enjoying Fences, a play written by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning writer August Wilson. The play was excellent. However, as I was waiting for the lights to dim, I casually counted the number of African-Americans in the 360 seat theater. For a sold out [...]

Supporting Black Theater

August Wilson
Over the weekend I had the pleasure of enjoying Fences, a play written by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning writer August Wilson. The play was excellent. However, as I was waiting for the lights to dim, I casually counted the number of African-Americans in the 360 seat theater. For a sold out [...]