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The Everlasting Light

Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it givith light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may [...]

2019-12-15T15:21:06-06:00February 27, 2019|Goodwin|

The Return of the Silent Majority

Fifty years ago, in January 1969, Richard Nixon was sworn in as the thirty-seventh president of the United States. His legacy as President was marred by the Watergate investigations and his eventual resignation from office which overshadowed the way in which he won the office. His central campaign rhetoric was designed to garner support from [...]

2019-12-15T15:21:07-06:00February 5, 2019|Goodwin|

Uncommon integrity

I, (NAME), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the [...]

2019-12-15T15:21:08-06:00December 5, 2018|Goodwin|

Democratic hypocrisy

Democracy (noun) – The belief in freedom and equality between people, or a system of government based on this belief, in which power is either held by elected representatives or directly by the people themselves.   -- Cambridge Dictionary Over a hundred years ago W.E.B. Dubois asked if one could be black and an American. He saw [...]

2019-12-15T15:21:08-06:00December 4, 2018|Goodwin|

Crazy like a fox

We pledge ourselves to use all lawful means to bring about a reversal of this decision (Brown v Board of Education) which is contrary to the Constitution and to prevent the use of force in its implementation.   -- Southern Manifesto, March 1956 Its time our Republic admits to two uncomfortable truths. The first is that our [...]

2019-12-15T15:21:08-06:00November 21, 2018|Goodwin|

Time warp

I’m a big fan of science fiction. I grew up on a daily diet of the original Star Trek series. I watched mesmerized, with my Major Matt Mason action figure in my hand as I watched the moon landing in 1969. One of my favorite science fiction storylines involve time travel. I found just the [...]

2019-12-15T15:21:08-06:00November 6, 2018|Goodwin|

The team

We live in an amazing world. There’s little chance my great grandfather, Big Pappa, could have ever envisioned world-wide communications at the click of a mouse. I’d like to say Big Pappa was a simple man. A country preacher from Gonzales, Texas. But he was so much more. He always told me that my brains [...]

2019-12-15T15:21:08-06:00October 21, 2018|Goodwin|

History and Honesty

Recently I was asked to review a new history textbook. While the prose was pretty good and the facts were basically the facts, the information surrounding the presidency of Barack Obama gave me pause. History will forever remember the initial response of the Republican brain trust immediately after Obama was acknowledged as the 44th president. [...]

2019-12-15T15:21:09-06:00September 25, 2018|Goodwin|

The revolution “was” televised

Fifty years ago, black revolutionaries adopted the phrase “the revolution will not be televised” in response to the vast social upheaval of the 1960s. Many Vietnam War protestors believed the new medium of television would be the venue that illustrated the change in American democracy. However, black revolutionaries believed television would not capture the full [...]

2019-12-15T15:21:09-06:00September 12, 2018|Goodwin|

Democratic Party – Fifty Years Later

In 1968, the Democratic Party met in Chicago to nominate its candidate for president. The Party was in chaos after the violent deaths of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. While King was not an acknowledged political figure, his non-violent social stance and his views on American involvement in Vietnam was influencing public policies. [...]

2019-12-15T15:21:10-06:00August 8, 2018|Goodwin|

Contents

-- The Troubling History of Big Tobacco’s Cozy Ties With Black Leaders

-- African-American books of Interest, 2015-2016

-- Black Artists and the March Into the Museum

-- As it nears its 50th year, Kwanzaa strives for relevance

-- TBHPP Bookshelf: "No Color Is My Kind, The Life of Eldrewey Stearns and the Integration of Houston"

-- This Week In Texas Black History, Dec. 20-26

-- Ron Goodwin Blog

-- Submissions wanted

Contents

-- A brief history of Islam in America

-- New book chronicles African-American characters in "The Little Rascals"

-- Study: Black athletes and “The height of hypocrisy in higher education”

-- TBHPP Bookshelf: "Disney's Most Notorious Film: Race, Convergence, and the Hidden Histories of Song of the South"

-- This Week In Texas Black History, Dec. 27-Jan. 2

-- Ron Goodwin Blog

-- Submissions wanted