Category Archives: Civil Rights

Update Martin Luther King Speech

October 13, 2012

a million die
by 1966 day
i deliver “beyond
vietnam a time
to break silence”
declaring poverty
inevitable in “society
gone mad on war”
and still i see
america attacks
to feed “giant
triplets of racism
materialism and
militarism”
Editorial Note: This poem is revised and reduced from the original posted in January 2012.

Also posted in Martin Luther King, Poetry - GTC, Racism, Vietnam

Women in Television News

August 21, 2012

In the vast and luxurious clubhouse of Seven Oaks Country Club, the League of Women Voters of Kern County hosts three female veterans of television news broadcasting in Bakersfield. Prior to their appearance the audience is treated to cashews and cake and a political history lesson: eleven states allowed women’s suffrage before the Nineteenth [...]

Also posted in Bakersfield, Condoleezza Rice, Diane Sawyer, Media, Politics, Television

Calling Martin Luther King

January 17, 2012

Please click here to read an excerpt from “Obama on Edge.”

Also posted in Campaign 2012, George Wallace, Martin Luther King, Poetry - GTC