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Interview with Rev. Joseph Lowery, 50 Years after New York Times v. Sullivan
On March 9, 1964, the unanimous US Supreme Court issued its decision in the case of New York Times v. Sullivan, revolutionizing freedom of the press by requiring “actual malice” in defamation suits...
View ArticleRev Lowery Lost His Wife Evelyn This Morning
According to a spokesperson for the Lowery family, Evelyn Lowery passed this morning at home at age 88, apparently from complications of a severe stroke she had last September .According to the...
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Countdown with Keith Olbermann - Dec. 6, 2011
I realized this morning that I've not featured any holiday tuneage over the last few days; let's resolve that right now! :D
View ArticleGood Crazy
Many people have written extraordinary articles and diaries about Obama's performance last Friday at the House Republican Retreat. But for me, none have captured what I saw better than Melissa...
View ArticleIf You's Black? Brother, Get Back!
So the inauguration happened on Tuesday. It was, of course, the greatest event in American history, and the dawning of a new era of enlightenment in the history of the human race. Since most of America...
View ArticleRevs. Lowery, Wright, and the Black Church
BENEATH THE SPIN • ERIC L. WATTREERevs. Lowrey, Wright, and the Black ChurchIt was about 3:00 in the morning, and I was somewhere between browsing the Internet and dozing into never-never land when I...
View ArticleVideo: Dr. Joseph Lowery's Benediction (Update-- Transcript!)
This was my favorite part of the Inauguration (besides the obvious):
View ArticleWill We Get To Rev. Lowery's Description?
I have to hope, because only hope leads to action out of love, but sometimes it's hard.At the inauguration-watching gathering I attended, I heard 2x as much applause after the Star-Spangled Banner than...
View ArticleCountdown with Keith Olbermann - Inauguration of President Barack Hussein Obama!
It is a BEAUTIFUL day! Repeat often...President Barack Obama...Vice - President Joe Biden...President Barack Obama...Vice - President Joe Biden...President Barack Obama...
View Article*Obamaism*, per Lowery: Magnificent, Multi-colored, Mellow
On serious reflective analysis, one has discerned some of the major features of Barack Obama's program for the next few years (as noted at the Inaugural by the very Reverend Joe Lowery (a.k.a. "J....
View ArticleWarren, KKK Preachers and Reactionaries
I live in a red state. I am old enough to remember Jim Crow statutes. I was part of changing those statutes and had personal encounters with Mr Crow that were beyond tolerably pleasant description....
View ArticleThe OTHER Preacher at the Inaugural
Like most people, I was shocked to see that Rick Warren was going to give the opening benediction at Barack Obama's inaugural. Warren is not only a raging homophobe and James Dobson with a slicker...
View ArticleObama Rick-rolls invocation...but where's JESSE JACKSON?
(Yes I know about the rec-list diary Rick Rolled..., but since I started this diary two days ago with a "Rick-rolls" title, I'm a-keepin it...) Rick Warren is not my favorite preacher, not least...
View ArticleUpdated: Joseph Lowery's inauguration benediction: GOOD FOR GAYS!
While we have the right to be mad, angry, sad, pissed, numb, etc about the Warren pick, there is something we are overlooking:Rick Warren is not the only person appearing at the inauguration. There IS...
View ArticleBlowing their One Big Chance, every single day
(Cross-posted at My Left Wing) Okay, so it's great that Jean Rohe, a 22-year-old college senior, totally took down John "Slimy Chameleon" McCain in her college graduation speech and everything, but...
View ArticleRev. Lowery to be in Crawford on Easter Sunday
Dean of the civil rights movement to participate in Crawford peace encampment next weekend. Rev. Dr. Joseph Lowery will deliver sermon at Camp Casey during Easter sunrise service, lead worship ceremony...
View Article4000 march in Atlanta peace demonstration
Yesterday afternoon an estimated 4000 people marched in a peace demonstration in midtown Atlanta. The march converged at Piedmont Park for two hours of speeches. Cynthia McKinney, Cindy Sheehan,...
View ArticleRevisiting Coretta
If you look back at several of my diaries, it is obvious that Martin Luther King and his lovely wife have been in my thoughts a lot. While there wasn't time for me to watch Coretta's funeral, I...
View ArticleRev. Lowery, from Atlanta's most sacred place
Cross-posted to Blog and Tan and BlogCritics.Tonight I spent what ranks among the more meaningful evenings I've enjoyed in Atlanta, at its spiritual center. I sat amongst a full-house at the Historic...
View ArticleRev. Lowery on Bush and black funerals
Rev. Joseph E. Lowery electrified supporters of Coretta Scott King with his eulogy for her. His eulogy also offended the followers of George W. Bush, who squirmed in his seat like a petulant child...
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