by Tom DeWolf | Jan 15, 2012 | History, Genealogy, Race, Oppression, Privilege, Trauma and Healing
Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia on this day, January 15, in 1929. To commemorate the occasion I read his Letter from Birmingham Jail that was written in response to a published statement by eight Alabama clergymen in which they claimed his actions...
by Tom DeWolf | Jan 10, 2012 | Movies, Reviews
George Lucas, producer director of some of the most profitable films in Hollywood history (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, etc), has been working on Red Tails, an action-packed, special effects-laden World War II movie for 23 years. He paid for it himself. He figured a...
by Tom DeWolf | Mar 9, 2010 | Appearances by Tom, History, Genealogy, Inheriting the Trade
I had never heard of “Flat Stanley” when my lifelong friend Mike Godfrey wrote and asked if his son could send me his “Flat Justin” to spend some time with me. Mike and I grew up together because our parents were best friends. We went on...