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Fences
During the 1950s Blacks were continuing the “Northern migration” from the Jim Crow oppression in the south to the northern states. Blacks felt that in the North at least some…
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Lion
Have you as a child been lost — even for 5 or 10 minutes? How about being lost when you were 5 years old? How about being lost at 5…
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Jackie
We all have days in our lives that we will remember for as long as we take breath and God grants our mental competence. Many of those are personal… our…
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Loving
When I was reared in rural Indiana in the 1950’s, I never saw living (as opposed to pictures) people of color other than on those rare occasions my brothers, sisters,…
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Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
Many of us have ambivalent feelings about the wars our country fights. Even if we have concerns for the justifications given to our troops to be in harm’s way overseas,…
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Denial
Who among us would ever deny that the Holocaust has occurred? A person might make that statement if they were a white supremacist, or live in Iran, but even then…
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The Girl on the Train
I suspect most of us have had to deal with someone plagued by the condition (some would say disease) of alcoholism. In American society we are offered an alcoholic drink…
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The Light Between Oceans
Lighthouses hold a romantic fascination for most of us. Standing on the edge of civilization, broadcasting a beacon of light to those struggling to get back home, showing the way…
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One Hundred Thirty-Six Years of Ben-Hur
Few adults have not come across some version of Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. The hugely popular book, written by Civil War General Lew Wallace, is said to be…
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Copperhead
For the most part we in the Northern states look upon the Civil War as a tragic but noble and necessary episode to preserve the Union. And most of us…
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