Tag Archives: Black History Month

A Dream of Black and White Together

Spiritual Sunday My mother and I went to hear St. Olaf’s sublime choir at Sewanee’s All Saints Chapel Thursday night. (This in spite of the fact that we both attended St. Olaf’s archrival, Carleton College.) Amongst the program’s “peace on earth” offerings was an arrangement of Langston Hughes’s “I Dream a World.” I share it […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged , , , | Comments closed

we have always loved each other

Ushering in Black History Month with a lovely Lucille Clifton poem about the need to keep believing in oneself.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged | Comments closed

Clifton Brings Black History Alive

Lucille Clifton insists on the telling the historical truth, even if it makes whites uncomfortable.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged , , , , , | Comments closed