My letter to Senator Johnny Isakson

The Honorable Johnny Isakson United States Senate 131 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator Isakson, I knew you back in the day, when I was a state government spokesman and you were a legislator. I admired you and voted for you in both gubernatorial and Senate races. We haven’t spoken in thirty years, but I’m writing today because I’m deeply concerned about the turn our federal government is taking, especially considering many of the cabinet nominees President-Elect Trump has put forward. Several of these picks are disturbing; they suggest that Mr. Trump has animosity toward a functioning government. Specifically, the EPA and Education nominees are at odds with the goals and functions of these departments to protect the environment…

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“Driving While Black” is a real thing

My websites are back after a several month shutdown following hacker attacks.  I plan to be writing more, although right now, I need to get a book finished.  I felt an urgency in sharing this, however. The New York Times has just published  an article entitled “The Disproportionate Risksof Driving While Black.”   Wanted to share it with people now and add more later. I hope to build on this piece, because the problem it deals with is the cornerstone of what’s wrong. #blacklivesmatter

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1965: Georgia Legislature refuses to seat “the infamous Mr. Bond”

 January 1965: Georgia House of Representatives refuses to seat Rep.-elect Julian Bond (D-Atlanta) due to his position against the Vietnam War. In Reconstruction Georgia, the legislature expelled all its black members. Both times, the federal government was forced to reinstall democracy in Georgia. Among his constituents: Martin Luther King Jr. The following excerpt on Bond’s case comes from The Way It Was in the South: The Black Experience in Georgia, by Donald L. Grant, edited by Jonathan Grant. Published by The University of Georgia Press. (All rights reserved). Much of the book was written and researched in a building named after Bond’s father, Horace Mann Bond, onetime president of Fort Valley State College (now University). The South Georgia legislator railing against “the infamous Mr. Bond” was Bobby…

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#iftheygunnedmedown which picture would they use?

Trending on Twitter: #iftheygunnedmedown which picture would they use?  Read more about the Michael Brown case.  Or is it a case yet? Police are refusing to release the name of the police officer who killed the unarmed black teen.

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