Black History-The red summer of 1919…

Red Summer: When Racist Mobs Ruled (click on link below bio to read the entire post) On September 27, 1919, a mob of at least 10,000 white people stormed the courthouse in Omaha, Nebraska, demanding the sheriff turn over Will Brown, a 40-year-old Black man. They raided the building, scaled walls and smashed windows. When … Continue reading Black History-The red summer of 1919…

Hwy 70 shutdown protest from 1999…

--from the St. Louis Riverfront Times St. Louis, Missouri Best Protest I-70 Blockade Any protest that gets local Republican, moderate, well-reasoned activist Jim Buford to join ranks with nationwide, left-of-center and anything-but-moderate activist Al Sharpton has something strange and powerful going for it. And then the protest on July 13, 1999, actually blocked Interstate 70 … Continue reading Hwy 70 shutdown protest from 1999…