DAILY PHOTO: Mother and Son, 1975. The little boy in this picture paid tribute to his mom recently when he posted this photo on Reddit. Sadly, she died from COVID19 on May 8, 2020. I contacted him (Millwood798) and requested permission to share the picture. He was so gracious and obliged. “I miss her chocolate […]
I Have A Dream Today (Daily Photo)
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. (My Lord) I have a dream today. –Martin Luther King, Jr., August 28, 1963 How many people are in the […]
A Long Line of Warriors (Black Coffee With White Friends)
My girl, did you not know that you and I almost weren’t? We come from a long line of warriors who didn’t make it. Those warriors battled long and hard, war after war. But though they may have been physically battered and bloodied and left for dead, oh my goodness, spiritually they wielded swords that […]
Daily Photo: Children’s March for Survival, 1972
Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, and a great excuse to look back on some of the first protests of Generation X, including the first time Gen-Xers marched in Washington. The year was 1972 and the event was called the Children’s March for Survival. Today’s Daily Photo features children who attended the event. They […]
1970s Chicago: 20 Beautiful Pics of Children
The following pictures of Generation X in 1970s Chicago were part of the Documerica series sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Series. Creative Commons License applies. Which picture do you like the best? I love the one of the boy coming out of the walk-up convenience store. I love the phone booth, the RC Cola […]
The Monumental Grief of Lucky Lake
Through a dry and thirsty land, water from the Kenyon heights Pours itself out of Lake Sangra’s broken heart There in the Sahara winds Jesus heard the whole world cry For the healing that would flow from His own scars… Rich Mullins, My Deliverer, 1998 In the early 1950s, the last decade before desegregation, a developer […]
5 Forgotten Protests of Generation X
The Children’s March For Survival, 1972 On March 25, 1972, 30,000 people, most of them African-American school children, gathered on the streets of Washington D.C. to protest welfare reforms. The protest was called the Children’s March for Survival. The kids all carried homemade signs, braved cold temperatures and encircled the White House. They represented the 13th generation of […]