by Tom DeWolf | Jun 12, 2013 | Race, Oppression, Privilege, Trauma and Healing
It was fifty years ago today, June 12, 1963, that an assassin’s bullet took the life of Medgar Evers in the driveway of the home he shared with his wife, Myrlie Evers, and their three children in Jackson, Mississippi. I strongly encourage my readers and friends...
by Tom DeWolf | Aug 22, 2009 | Coming to the Table, History, Genealogy, Race, Oppression, Privilege, Trauma and Healing
My first visit to Jackson coincides with my current reading of Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63, by Taylor Branch. Being in the community where many significant events occurred during the civil rights era greatly impacted my time there and served...
