We drove into Green County, Alabama, the poorest county in the country — and it shows. Touring downtown Boligee, Alabama, we saw a grocery, a bank, a mechanic shop and a series of other buildings, all closed. Some reduced to … Continue reading
A front page story about the campaign ran in The Demopolis Times newspaper. Editor Theresa Swope noted I was asking Americans (across the socio-economic board) to “sacrifice.” For instance, the story said I relayed that there was a time in … Continue reading
We headed west on Rte. 80 to Demopolis, Alabama. There we met with Gala Culpepper (Is that a southern name, or what?), who is a member of the Demopolis Historical Society. She said there is quite a thrust here to … Continue reading
We headed into Selma, Alabama — the flash point for the Civil Rights Movement. Local Historian Alston Fitts gave me a tour. Alston explained that the first Civil Rights march from Selma to Montgomery turned into Bloody Sunday, as some … Continue reading
Was interviewed by Montgomery, Alabama’s newspaper. I told reporter Erica Pippins that we still had “slavery” in this country. That is, Blacks, Whites, etc… are still slaves to inner city poverty loops. And to impact this, significantly impact this, people … Continue reading