Columns share an author’s personal perspective. “Bullets wrote our past. Education, our future.”On Jan. 28, the JEP (for Special Jurisdiction for Peace) in Colombia indicted eight FARC leaders for war crimes and crimes against humanity. All allegedly participated in widespread criminal hostage taking in exchange for ransoms. The quotation above is the inscription on pens used on Sept. 26, 2016 to sign the peace agreement between the government
Columns share an author’s personal perspective. “Bullets wrote our past. Education, our future.”On Jan. 28, the JEP (for Special Jurisdiction for Peace) in Colombia indicted eight FARC leaders for war crimes and crimes against humanity. All allegedly participated in widespread criminal hostage taking in exchange for ransoms. The quotation above is the inscription on pens used on Sept. 26, 2016 to sign the peace agreement between the government
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
Legendary businessman Dr. Jesse J. Lewis Sr. smoothly makes the 20-minute drive from Birmingham’s historic Smithfield neighborhood, where he lives, to the Roebuck Municipal Golf Course on a chilly late January morning, two weeks after his 96th birthday.
Once at the course which he leases from the city of Birmingham, one of his numerous business endeavors he cranks up one of the golf carts, loads his bag of clubs and drivers, and heads to a nearby hole where he puts his ball-striking skills on display. It doesn’t take long for him or the cold winter sun to warm up. Soon the man known as “Doc” is sinking putt after putt with the ease of a professional tournament champion.
The Harlem Hellfighters: The Incredible Story Behind the Most Decorated US Regiment in WWI
No matter what you think about America entering World War I, and no matter what color your skin, you can celebrate the heroic Harlem Hellfighters. They were among the best.
Thursday, February 4, 2021
In his Commencement Address at Washington, D.C.’s Howard University in June 1924, almost six years after World War I ended, President Calvin Coolidge paid tribute to African Americans who had fought in it:
The colored people have repeatedly proved their devotion to the high ideals of our country. They gave their services in the war with the same