After perusing the day's headlines.... ***Kudos to the Honorable Vernetta R. Perkins, my Spelman Sister and old colleague who was sworn in yesterday as the first Black woman to serve on the Dallas County Bench in historic Selma, Alabama. As you may recall, Selma was ground zero for many of the critical moments of the Civil Rights Movement, including the infamous date of March 7, 1965, "Bloody Sunday," one that soon found peaceful protesters, led by the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis (then the leader of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee), who were beaten unmercifully by police officers that were determined to thwart their march to the state's Capitol Complex in Montgomery.
Share this post
The Friday Flashpoints!
Share this post
After perusing the day's headlines.... ***Kudos to the Honorable Vernetta R. Perkins, my Spelman Sister and old colleague who was sworn in yesterday as the first Black woman to serve on the Dallas County Bench in historic Selma, Alabama. As you may recall, Selma was ground zero for many of the critical moments of the Civil Rights Movement, including the infamous date of March 7, 1965, "Bloody Sunday," one that soon found peaceful protesters, led by the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis (then the leader of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee), who were beaten unmercifully by police officers that were determined to thwart their march to the state's Capitol Complex in Montgomery.