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  • 9 Apr

    MLK Jr.

    My father sat in the Ebenezer Baptist Church, fifty years ago today, on April 9, 1968, with Vice President Humphrey who came to attend the funeral of Dr Martin Luther King, Jr
     
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    During the last few weeks, for…


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  • 30 Mar

    The Egg Roll

    The 140th White House Easter Egg Roll will be held on April 2, 2018, hosted by First Lady Melania Trump This American tradition began on the US Capitol grounds during the late 1800s, but Congress protested the…


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  • 19 Mar

    ‘The’ Lady Bird

    While it may have been an interesting movie, I was disappointed when I realized that the recent Oscar-nominated film “Lady Bird” wasn’t about the Lady Bird I would have enjoyed seeing a good show about our former…


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  • Harry Truman
    8 Mar

    The Dedication

    Most people know who John Wayne was His name evokes images of a gunslinging good-guy in my mind Yet, I confess, until I re-read my father’s book, I didn’t recall who Leslie Coffelt was, even though he…


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