#Alabama Black Belt Festival

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Celebrating the Festival of the Cranes like Teddy!

This year my friend Annie Jansen and I chose to celebrate the Festival of the Cranes like Teddy Roosevelt! This spectacular event took place January 12-14, in Decatur, Alabama. The festival showcases the migration of 14,000 Sandhill Cranes and endangered Whooping Cranes. These cranes come to Decatur, and the Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge (WNWR). You may be asking, why celebrate the event like…

[inquisitorius-sin-bin]

14, 21, and 33 for the weirder asks.

Thank you for asking!

14. do you love the smell of earth after it rains?

Sure, it reminds me of being in college and going on the dirt roads in Tuskeegee after a fresh rain, looking for frogs and salamanders

21. something you’ve kept since childhood?

Not a lot unfortunately. I mentioned some stuffed animals in my last post. I think I have a box of my childhood artwork because my parents didn't want it and it was taking up space in their house so its like my drawings from elementary and middle school.

33. the last adventure you’ve been on?

I went to the Black Belt Birding Festival, which takes place in the Black Belt Prarie Ecosystem of Alabama. Marshall and I arrived at Moundville Archeological Site a couple of hours early for our talk there because we had never been to Moundville and had an interest in the history of the site. When we got there, we were the only people in the entire park, so we explored this historic Native American site (respectfully) and the nature trails and the museum there and learned a lot.

It was a really great experience. Historically the site has been owned by the nearby university and studied by their history department, but in more recent times they've partnered with living Native American Nations with historical ties to the site in how to present the information in a respectful and culturally appropriate manner. The site was already abandoned before colonists arrived in the 1600's, so it is doubly important to study what life there was like before the arrival of Europeans.

Also just on a fascinating note, Moundville is thought to be a city of largely patricial folk, skilled crafters, spiritual and political leaders, and other people from the surrounding areas brought their dead in to the city to be buried there. Nowadays the living Nations have festivals at Moundville where they demonstrate their crafts and spiritual practices as they believe they may have been practiced at Moundville at the time.

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The Princess’s Secret- Chapter 1

Africa, 12:15 p.m.

People of Africa, arise and to work!

You have conquered the soil and won your rights;

Your freedom will be born of your courage.

Lift up your eyes, the future is yours.

The people of Africa, sung while waiting for the precious royal family to come out off the famous Warrior Palace. 

They were happy and love their country.

However, the precious darling to much of the whole continent of Africa and the world, Ciara, was not so happy. As she was in her motorcade, looking at the spectators, she saw the happiness that she had years ago.

Ciara looked away from the crowd, and looked at the seat next to her. 

Her husband.

Trevante, wasn’t sitting there due to his grandmother “acting” like she really needed him in the car. Ciara saw between that lie that his grandmother told him.

However, Tre didn’t.

Ciara saw his grandmother invite, Sasha, a woman who “suppose” to be Trevante’s wife in his grandmother eyes and her advisors. Sasha was the “native”, black woman who would bring up a “great” heir for the throne.

Ciara and Trevante have been trying to have a baby since they have been married. Out of the six years they have been married, they have experience five miscarriages and had child.

Unfortunately, a tragic event took the child.

Ciara finally looked down at her navy blue dress and saw the tear stains on her dress. She wiped her tears and looked in her purse to fix up her makeup.

Toby, Cierra’s and Tre’s driver, pulled up to the gates of the palace. As he was waiting for the guards to open it, Toby looked at Princess Ciara. He saw the tears  and the small mascara stains on her cheeks. 

“ Princess, you okay?” Toby asked as he pulled through the gates. Ciara straighten up and looked at the back of Toby’s head. 

“ Toby, I’m okay.” Ciara answered while finishing up her makeup. As she said that through her teeth, Toby and Ciara knew that she was lying. Toby and Ciara tooked up a friendship with some occasional flirtation. Toby developed a crush on her.

Ciara wouldn’t dare cheat on him, but sometimes it would be great to have her husband to take up for her. Toby always made a way for Ciara to smiled and told her the things she need to here whenever the Queen brought her down. 

“ Okay princess, this is your spot.” Toby spoke up for the Princess to snapped out of her thoughts. 

Ciara looked around and saw the cameras flashing and ready for her to come out. Ciara thought to herself, “ Fake smile.” 

Ciara finally looked up at Toby and smiled at him: not a fake one. 

“ You got this beautiful.” Toby stated with much pride. However, he realized that he spoke out of terms with one of the royal family members. As he looked back at Ciara, she smiled and nodded.

“ Thanks Toby.” Ciara spoke as the door open with a guard with his hand out.

Toby smiled, knowing that he made the Princess smiled.

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New York, 6:30 a.m.

“ Ummm homeboy, I don’t do lips and it is time for you to go” Nikki said while looking at her one night stand.

“ Baby, now come on, let me get to know you!” The one night stand said while looking at Nikki. Nikki walked over to the door and open it. She looked back at the man, whom finish in 10 minutes, and was also very clingy.

“ Man, you weren’t that good and baby you ain’t that cute. Now sashay away” Nikki proclaim with much boom to her voice.

The man picked up his clothes and left Nikki’s apartment. With that,Nikki shut the door, and went to living room in her high rise apartment  in New York.

Nikki wasn’t just any old body in New York. Nikki is the editor-and-chief of the most proclaim black magazine in New York: Melanin. With Melanin only been known in the black community from the previous editors- and chiefs.

Nikki changed that in the past year of her being the head. Now the magazine is a well publish and own magazine. Beating out there top competitor, Togue, she made the leading magazine be something for the culture.

Nikki got her big binder for the issue of August with Beyoncé and Serena Williams on it. She sat down and turn on the TV to the Royal News Channel.

As she turn it on, she heard her phone ring. She sat down and picked up the phone off her coffee table and answered.

“ Okay girl, I got some news you will like! It’s about the royal family!” Natalie shouted over the phone. Nikki smiles as she heard her little sister,the person who knows everything and her personal assistant, breathing hard over the phone.

Before Nikki could answer, Natalie already answered.

“ Well girl, I heard that Princess Ciara is very unhappy. They say that Queen Aysia is very mean with her, which I believe is very untrue. That means you can find out from the Princess yourself.” Natalie stayed while finishing up in a rush.

As the 70th anniversary of Queen Aysia ruling, there was going to be a big festival. With that, Queen Aysia wanted Nikki herself to interview her family and others for her feature in the magazine.

Nikki looked up to her TV, catching Princess Ciara coming out her motorcade. She saw the smile, the fake smile, that Nikki knew all to well.

Nikki knows what is BS being born on the Westside of ATL. When she was younger, Nikki learn that you need to observe people before you talked to them. Also, learning to looked out for a details especially when her brother got shot.

As Nikki, kept looking at the TV screen, she saw Ciara with her fake smile. Nikki could tell the Princess was unhappy, with the puffiness under her eyes from crying about 30 minutes ago. Also, she could see that Ciara was a genuine human being that goes with her spirit to help anybody and everybody.

She watch as Princess Ciara walked to her husband, Trevante. Nikki saw that Trevante was a loving and kind person . A man that loves his wife, but a man that try to please everybody to keep the peace. As the Princess and Prince took hands, while everybody whom was watching the couple’s moment.

Nikki could tell Ciara was scared, by how hard she squeeze his hand. Her smiles turn into a grin in someway, a grin that had grimace behind it, that made Nikki angry.

“ Nikki, you still there?” Natalie question to her sister.

“ Yeah, however, this African Royal Family interview just got a little more interesting” Nikki boldly stated.

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Africa, 6:30 p.m.

“Princess Ciara, hunny you need to get ready.” Adah, Cierra’s aide and maid, shouted while closing the blinds.

With no answer, Adah looked back at the Princess. Ciara looked up with tears coming down her eyes.

“ Oh honey!” Adah shouted while jogging over to the Princess. Adah got to her and hug her. With that, Ciara cried harder into her shoulder.

Adah knew what was upsetting her and it upset Adah.

While the Royal Family was on the balcony of the Warrior Palace, Ciara was told to stand inside the palace and not along with her husband, whom was standing on the balcony along his grandmother and immediate family.

Ciara wasn’t upset about that, she was mostly upset that the Queen told Sasha to stand in the position that Ciara was suppose to stand at. Trevante didn’t stop Sasha from grabbing along to his arm. To the world it seem like the childhood best friends, but to Ciara and other people in the Royal Family that was different.

Some of the non-immediate family of the Royal Family looked at Ciara in sympathy. Ciara tried to shake the tears, but she couldn’t. With everything from not being able to have a baby and Tre not standing up for her: she busted out crying.

She did not only get the attention of the family that was inside, but everybody that was in the balcony. She met eyes with her husband’s and she ran to their wing of Warrior Castle.

“ Ciara, honey I’m so sorry!” Adah said with much sadness behind her voice. Adah could hear the hurt in Ciara’s voice. Adah has been apart of the royal family staff since Trevante was born. She saw how the Queen been for  30 years ,and was one of her biggest critics in the staff.

“ If you don’t speak up, you will die unheard.” Adah said quoting an African proverb while rubbing Ciara’s back.

Adah, always told her to speak her mind back to the Queen. However, she understands that the Queen can get even more down and dirty and ruin Ciara if she really wanted to.

With Ciara keep on crying, the bedroom door open up. Adah looked to see Prince Trevante standing looking at her and Ciara.

Trevante dark skin was glowing from the Shea Butter and Baby Oil he moisturize with everyday. He walked in with his African Army Accolades Belt over his left shoulder.

“ Hello Adah.” Trevante said with his deep Nigerian accent. Trevante lived in Nigeria with his father until he left for college.

Trevante looked at his wife and just shooked his head. Tre felled in love with the overly shy girl at Alabama State. The shy woman who took him to eat McDonald for the first time. They talked about the economy and different human rights issue instead it being about his status and wealth.

Seeing his wife cry, made Trevante feel like he fail as a husband. However, his grandmother was his mother. Prince Trevante’s mother died after she gave childbirth at the hospital. Queen Aysia was the person to help comfort her child, Prince Aray, and take care of her grandson like a mother. So whenever his grandmother says something, he does.

“Adah, could you leave please?” Trevante ask with his booming voice. Adah knew that Tre ask it as a question to be nice, however she also knew that it was an order. 

Adah pulled Ciara head up from her shoulder and looked at her. She looked at Ciara’s eyes and she saw the hurt that she was going through. Adah smiled at Ciara, and let her go to go out of the room.

As she pass Tre, she gave him a look and left.

Trevante walked over to the couple’s bed and stood by one of the gold pillars at the foot of the bed. 

“ Ciara, why was you crying. That really upset my grandmother.” Tre confessed with some anger behind it. Ciara scoffed and looked at him.

“ Trevante, your grandmother have been trying to break us up since we got married! Then she makes me stay in the back and let Sasha, the woman that suppose to be princess in her eyes, stand by you during the Royal March!” Ciara spoked softly, taking her eyes off of him.

“ Cierra, Sasha is one of my best friends! My grandmother knows that! She knows I love you! Ciara, I am going to always listen to my grandmother because knows what best!” Trevante screeched the last part to her. Ciara just nods her head and just looked down at her lap.

“ So if she flats out say, get a divorce from me, would you listen then?” Ciara questioned slowly while looking her husband in his eyes with much anguish behind it.

Trevante stared at her, he didn’t know what to say. Of course, he wouldn’t divorce his wife because that was the only person he could be normal with and he loves her dearly. However, his grandmother was the matriarch of the family, and she always knew what was “best”.

With the silence in the air, Ciara had her answer. Ciara start crying hard and shaking her head. She quickly got up and head to the bathroom in the couple’s room. Tre tried to go after her, but the he met the door instead.

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Africa, 11:30 p.m.

With African drums playing in the background, the ball for the Royal March was just starting. This is not the typical ball that Royals have. This is a ball where dancing, eating, and having fun was suppose to overflow. While all of this was happening, at the royal table, Ciara sat alone and watch the crowded.

As per usual, she was by herself and away from her husband due to the Queen’s “needs” to be met. Ciara saw Tre with Sasha the whole night. 

One thing that was clear that Tre would defintiely do anything for his grandmother even divorce in Ciara’s eyes. She saw them laugh and touch, which she was prohibited by the Queen and her advisors to touch her own husband, but Sasha could. 

Ciara held in her tears for once and didn’t cry. As she finish eating Jollof rice, she saw King Zane come over. King Zane was the complete opposite than his wife, he was loving and caring of his grandson’s wife. He saw the kindness, and the gentleness of her soul that she gave whenever she do royal duties.

“ How is my favorite granddaughter-n-law ?”  King Zane roared with his deep baritone voice with his drink his hand. Ciara looked up from her plate, with a mouth full of Jollof rice.

“ Well, I don’t blame you for eating some Jollof now!” King Zane laughed at Ciara while sitting besides her. King Zane looked over the crowded and saw his wife talking to some of the lieutenants of the Army with his son, Prince Ade, following right behind her. To his daughter, Princess Angel, dancing with one of royals from Spain. To his youngest son, Prince Aray, drinking with some royals from Italy and England.

He looked back to Ciara, about to speak, until he saw that she was staring at something. He looked the same way she did, and saw that his grandson and Sasha was dancing very closely. With her hands rubbing all up and down his arms and Trevante not stopping.

King Zane got up, and went to the mic.

“ Hello everyone, I would like to give a special announcement to my beautiful granddaughter-n-law!” King Zane announce capturing all the attention due to his voice and fun personality. He looked towards Ciara, which she was smiling, and continue on.

“ My announcement to her, is one of my famous dad jokes!” King Zane laughed out with some people laughing. King Zane put on his glasses and took out his phone and spoke out.

“  Did you hear the rumor about butter?” ,King Zane pause while looking at the crowded, “Well, I'm not going to spread it!" King Zane finish while laughing at it. Everybody wasn’t laughing at the joke, but was laughing how cringy it was and how much King Zane was cracking up.

“ Well that is all folks, I’m only a one joke at a time type of guy!” King Zane laughed while walking towards Ciara. She was laughing along besides him. Even though Ciara didn’t need to know why he went up there, she was glad he did.

“ I got to go to the restroom!” Ciara said while still laughing at King Zane. King Zane looked at his granddaughter- n-law and shooked his head. As Ciara left, Toby wave to her. He was invite due to him being a close friend with a lieutenant. 

To hers and Toby not knowing, Queen Aysia saw the exchange. She knew they was friends, but Trevante didn’t know how close they really were. 

Ciara headed to the bathroom after the waving to Toby. As she got in there she saw Sasha and her buddies. They all looked at Ciara and Ciara looked back at them. 

“ Hello, Princess Ciara.” Sasha snorted out while looking at the only thing that kept her from Trevante. Ciara looked at her and shook her head and move to one the sinks to freshen up.

“ Oh, so the Princess can’t talk no more. Well you really don’t talk ever!” Sasha jeered at her with her two friends laughing in the back.

Ciara looked at her, and all she saw was her having her hands all over Tre.

“ Leave my fucking husband along!” Cierra cursed at Sasha while giving her glare.

“ Oh so the Princess want me to leave Tre along. The Queen don’t like you! Princess, you know when Tre was not at home that night last Saturday and was on a trip for the Army. Guess where he was, my bed! He made me feel so good and made love to me all night long!” Sasha tease while walking towards Ciara.

“ He tells me everything that you don’t do. For instance, you haven’t gave him a baby. A simple thing for a woman to do. Plus, your first child is dead because of you!” Sasha teased some more putting emphasizes on the last sentence. 

As she said those words, Ciara didn’t know what overtook her. She looked at Sasha and punch her in the face. With that, a brawl was on between the ladies. Ciara got her choke and didn’t let go. 

With that, Ciara kept holding her neck. Ciara didn’t hear the guards, the Queen, Trevante, and some of the rest of Royal Family coming into the bathroom. Tre saw that Sasha looked like she was going limp.

 Tre picked up Ciara and pulled her to a wall.

“ What the hell is wrong with you!” Trevante screamed at Ciara. Ciara looked at him and pushed him.

“ You!” Ciara screams back with much anger. She looked around looking at the Queen and her advisors. They all looked at Ciara in digusted. With that Ciara, left the bathroom in tears and go back to the one place that she is not outcasted: her bedroom.

“ Now this is what I am talking about! Why you married that girl, she mentally crazy for hurting Sasha like that!” Queen Aysia said looking at Tre. Some of the guards help Sasha up and took her away. With that the only person left in there was Tre.

He shook his head and left the bathroom.

As the door close, the toilet flush.

Nikki walks out of the stall, clicking the voice memos recording off. She went to the sink and wash her hands. As she did that, she thought about what just happen and saw how the Princess was indeed in a very unhappy spot and how Natalie was definitely wrong about the Queen.

With that, she was going make sure that every secret would be told.

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Well you guys this is my first chapter for The Princess’s Secrets.

Who is the bad guy in this story: Ciara, Tre, Queen Aysia, Sasha??

Hope you guys like and please comment if you really did like it a lot!!!! Please reblog and have fun with it!!!

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Holidays 11.14

Holidays

American Teddy Bear Day

Children’s Day (India)

Chinggis Khan Day (Mongolia)

Day of the Colombian Woman

Dobruja Day (Romania)

International Day Against Illicit Trafficking in Cultural Property

International Girls Day

International Selfie Day

Inuit Asking Festival (Eskimo)

Leftover Trading Day

Loosen Up, Lighten Up Day

Mobile Brigade Day (Indonesia)

Moby Dick Day

Momentum World Day of Giving

Monet Day

National Block It Out Day

National Education Support Professionals Day

National Family PJ Day

National Figure It Out Day

National Seat Belt Day

Odd Socks Day (UK)

Operating Room Nurse Day

Readjustment Movement Anniversary (Guinea-Bissau)

Remembrance Day (Cayman Islands)

Spirit of NSA Day (Nat'l Speakers Ass'n)

Streetcar Day (NYC)

World Diabetes Day (UN)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Coast-to-Coast Toast Day

National Pickle Day (a.k.a. Pickle Appreciation Day)

National Spicy Guacamole Day (a.k.a. Homemade ‘Guac’ Day)

2nd Monday in November

American Education Week begins [Monday of 2nd Full Week]

Barack Obama Day (Perry County, Alabama) [2nd Monday]

World Orphans Day [2nd Monday]

Feast Days

Alberic of Utrecht (Christian; Saint)

All Saints of the Carmelites (Christian; Saint)

All Souls of the Benedictine family (Christian)

Bal Diwas (India)

Barlaam of Kiev (Eastern Orthodox Church)

Dubricius (a.k.a. Dyfrig or Devereux; Christian; Saint)

Equorum Probatio (Old Roman cavalry parade)

Gustavus Adolphus (Positivist; Saint)

Hypatius of Gangra (Christian; Saint)

Joseph Pignatelli SJ (Christian; Saint)

Justinian I (Eastern Orthodox and Lutheran Church)

Laugh Like a Lunatic Day (Pastafarian)

Laurence O'Toole (Christian; Saint)

Moccas (Celtic Pig Godess Festival)

Nikola Tavelic (Christian; Saint)

Philip the Apostle (Eastern Orthodox Church)

Samuel Seabury (Anglican Communion)

Sappho Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Serapion of Algiers (Christian; Saint)

Sidonius (a.k.a. Saëns; Christian; Saint)

Venera (a.k.a. Veneranda; Christian; Saint)

The Whipley Triplets (Muppetism)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Fortunate Day (Pagan) [46 of 53]

Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]

Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 52 of 60)

Premieres

The Black Album, by Jay-Z (Album; 2003)

Live Rust, by Neil Young (Live Album; 1979)

Love Actually (Film; 2003)

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Film; 2003)

Murphy Brown 9tv Series; 1988)

Quantum of Solace (US Film; 2008) [James Bond #22]

Smooth Criminal, by Michael Jackson (Song; 1988)

Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Strevenson (Novel; 1883)

Today’s Name Days

Nikolaus, Sidonia (Austria)

Filio, Filip, Filipa (Bulgaria)

Laurencije, Nikola, Nikolina (Croatia)

Sáva (Czech Republic)

Frederik (Denmark)

Alve, Alvi, Alviine (Estonia)

Iiris (Finland)

Sidoine (France)

Karl, Nikolaus, Sidonia (Germany)

Filippos, Gregory, Philip, Philipia (Greece)

Aliz (Hungary)

Giocondo, Venera (Italy)

Fricis, Fridrichs, Vikentijs (Latvia)

Emilis, Judita, Ramantas, Saulenė (Lithuania)

Fred, Freddy, Fredrik (Norway)

Aga, Agata, Damian, Elżbieta, Emil, Emiliusz, Jozafat, Józef, Judyta, Kosma, Laurenty, Lewin, Ścibor, Ścibora, Serafin, Wszerad (Poland)

Irma (Slovakia)

José (Spain)

Emil, Emilia (Sweden)

Philip (Ukraine)

Aphrodite, Chrystal, Cristal, Crystal, Kristal, Krystal, Venecia, Venice, Venus (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 318 of 2022; 47 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 1 of week 46 of 2022

Celtic Tree Calendar: Hagal (Constraint) [Day 17 of 28]

Chinese: Month 10 (Lùyuè), Day 21 (Xin-Wei)

Chinese Year of the: Tiger (until January 22, 2023)

Hebrew: 20 Cheshvan 5783

Islamic: 19 Rabi II 1444

J Cal: 18 Mir; Threesday [18 of 30]

Julian: 1 November 2022

Moon: 67%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 10 Frederic (12th Month) [Gustavus Adolphus]

Runic Half Month: Nyd (Necessity) [Day 5 of 15]

Season: Autumn (Day 53 of 90)

Zodiac: Scorpio (Day 23 of 31)

Calendar Changes

November (Julian Calendar) [Month 11 of 12]

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 11.14

Holidays

American Teddy Bear Day

Children’s Day (India)

Chinggis Khan Day (Mongolia)

Day of the Colombian Woman

Dobruja Day (Romania)

International Day Against Illicit Trafficking in Cultural Property

International Girls Day

International Selfie Day

Inuit Asking Festival (Eskimo)

Leftover Trading Day

Loosen Up, Lighten Up Day

Mobile Brigade Day (Indonesia)

Moby Dick Day

Momentum World Day of Giving

Monet Day

National Block It Out Day

National Education Support Professionals Day

National Family PJ Day

National Figure It Out Day

National Seat Belt Day

Odd Socks Day (UK)

Operating Room Nurse Day

Readjustment Movement Anniversary (Guinea-Bissau)

Remembrance Day (Cayman Islands)

Spirit of NSA Day (Nat'l Speakers Ass'n)

Streetcar Day (NYC)

World Diabetes Day (UN)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Coast-to-Coast Toast Day

National Pickle Day (a.k.a. Pickle Appreciation Day)

National Spicy Guacamole Day (a.k.a. Homemade ‘Guac’ Day)

2nd Monday in November

American Education Week begins [Monday of 2nd Full Week]

Barack Obama Day (Perry County, Alabama) [2nd Monday]

World Orphans Day [2nd Monday]

Feast Days

Alberic of Utrecht (Christian; Saint)

All Saints of the Carmelites (Christian; Saint)

All Souls of the Benedictine family (Christian)

Bal Diwas (India)

Barlaam of Kiev (Eastern Orthodox Church)

Dubricius (a.k.a. Dyfrig or Devereux; Christian; Saint)

Equorum Probatio (Old Roman cavalry parade)

Gustavus Adolphus (Positivist; Saint)

Hypatius of Gangra (Christian; Saint)

Joseph Pignatelli SJ (Christian; Saint)

Justinian I (Eastern Orthodox and Lutheran Church)

Laugh Like a Lunatic Day (Pastafarian)

Laurence O'Toole (Christian; Saint)

Moccas (Celtic Pig Godess Festival)

Nikola Tavelic (Christian; Saint)

Philip the Apostle (Eastern Orthodox Church)

Samuel Seabury (Anglican Communion)

Sappho Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Serapion of Algiers (Christian; Saint)

Sidonius (a.k.a. Saëns; Christian; Saint)

Venera (a.k.a. Veneranda; Christian; Saint)

The Whipley Triplets (Muppetism)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Fortunate Day (Pagan) [46 of 53]

Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]

Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 52 of 60)

Premieres

The Black Album, by Jay-Z (Album; 2003)

Live Rust, by Neil Young (Live Album; 1979)

Love Actually (Film; 2003)

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Film; 2003)

Murphy Brown 9tv Series; 1988)

Quantum of Solace (US Film; 2008) [James Bond #22]

Smooth Criminal, by Michael Jackson (Song; 1988)

Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Strevenson (Novel; 1883)

Today’s Name Days

Nikolaus, Sidonia (Austria)

Filio, Filip, Filipa (Bulgaria)

Laurencije, Nikola, Nikolina (Croatia)

Sáva (Czech Republic)

Frederik (Denmark)

Alve, Alvi, Alviine (Estonia)

Iiris (Finland)

Sidoine (France)

Karl, Nikolaus, Sidonia (Germany)

Filippos, Gregory, Philip, Philipia (Greece)

Aliz (Hungary)

Giocondo, Venera (Italy)

Fricis, Fridrichs, Vikentijs (Latvia)

Emilis, Judita, Ramantas, Saulenė (Lithuania)

Fred, Freddy, Fredrik (Norway)

Aga, Agata, Damian, Elżbieta, Emil, Emiliusz, Jozafat, Józef, Judyta, Kosma, Laurenty, Lewin, Ścibor, Ścibora, Serafin, Wszerad (Poland)

Irma (Slovakia)

José (Spain)

Emil, Emilia (Sweden)

Philip (Ukraine)

Aphrodite, Chrystal, Cristal, Crystal, Kristal, Krystal, Venecia, Venice, Venus (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 318 of 2022; 47 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 1 of week 46 of 2022

Celtic Tree Calendar: Hagal (Constraint) [Day 17 of 28]

Chinese: Month 10 (Lùyuè), Day 21 (Xin-Wei)

Chinese Year of the: Tiger (until January 22, 2023)

Hebrew: 20 Cheshvan 5783

Islamic: 19 Rabi II 1444

J Cal: 18 Mir; Threesday [18 of 30]

Julian: 1 November 2022

Moon: 67%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 10 Frederic (12th Month) [Gustavus Adolphus]

Runic Half Month: Nyd (Necessity) [Day 5 of 15]

Season: Autumn (Day 53 of 90)

Zodiac: Scorpio (Day 23 of 31)

Calendar Changes

November (Julian Calendar) [Month 11 of 12]

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Hi all, Wow, June is almost over. What does time mean in this age of being sequestered? For those of you who read my FB comments, you might have noticed a sense of uneasiness about how to address where we are at this moment. As a white, aging, Jewish man, what do I have to say about issues of race? I don’t want to come off preachy or inauthentic. I said a few things, and perhaps I can do a bit better. This week, James Faust, the Artistic Direct and aesthetic center of the Dallas International Film Festival wrote a powerful post on Facebook. I have known and respected James for a long time, since the days of the Deep Ellum Film Festival and I’ve never heard him talk about his experience as a black man. In his post (which I hope you read) he shares his experiences, many of them, of the everyday racism he faces in America. His stories are not just about Dallas, but incidents that have happened all over the world.  I’m sure what he wrote is just a small sample and it made me think that what we need to do is just shut up and listen.  Hear the stories, hear the pain in peoples’ voices, and see the pain in their eyes.   Hearing stories can lead to change and there are many films you can watch and podcasts to hear. If you are interested in seeing it, Mark Birnbaum and I made a film years ago, which is mostly about people telling their own stories. Thanks to Steve Dirks, we have a new transfer from the ancient ¾ in master, and you can see it online. This week on Cinematic Conversations, we will discuss Hale County This Morning, This Evening by RaMell Ross, which is on Amazon Prime.  Our co-host will be Christian Vasquez, filmmaker, writer, cinematographer, and mensch. Christian has been shooting video of the demonstrations for the last few weeks and I know this will be an inspiring conversation. Catch it Thursday night at 7:30 on Zoom. Send me an email and I will get you the link. If you have been to any of the others, it is the same link.

RaMell Ross's Academy Award-nominated Hale County This Morning, This Evening, one of the year's most critically acclaimed films is a dreamy and an intimate journey through the world of Hale County, Alabama, a richly a detailed glimpse into life in America’s Black Belt Full of sublime moments, the film immerses the viewer in the southern Black American experience in a place where Walker Evans and James Agee once chronicled the lives of poor white sharecropping families in Let Us Now Praise Famous Men in the 1930s, but today is an oft-misunderstood African American community. The film is "pure cinematic poetry" wrote A.O. Scott in The New York Times. Next week (7/2/20), we will talk about Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods on Netflix. We have heard that some theaters are opening up and this week our first in-person festival is coming back. The USA Film Festival is holding its 50th festival (boy, that is a big deal) at the Angelika.   The festival was created by Bill Jones and Kitt Carson and was, as best I know, the first film festival in Dallas.  I remember seeing the world premiere of Thin Blue Line at the festival and many other great programs over the years.  For those that listened to the first Cinematic Conversations, you’ll remember Richard Peterson who did a great job programming the festival. I am sure there will be some great tributes to them throughout the weekend. There are not many cultural institutions that have lasted this long.

I know what you are thinking, and I agree that it is too soon to go back. We are thinking of October for DocuFest and I’m still concerned that might be too fast, as well. I love my audience and do not want to see harm come to them off. The USA Film Festival is committed to doing their best. The Angelika will be closed except for the festival-goers, there will be no handing of tickets, all programs are free, but you need to reserve tickets online. I have not seen any of these films, so I cannot recommend anything specific.  I would’ve loved to come out to see the fest.  I just wish they could have waited until it was safer. Call me chicken, but I am in the target demographic that does not survive the virus. Also this week, DIFF is showing Goonies as a drive-in on June 24th.  Speaking of drive-in movies, there is a rumor of a new drive-in theater in Trinity Groves. More info on this as I learn more. Here is what I know about openings. The Studio Movie Grills will be open Friday, with some films free and others $5.00. AMC will open on July 15th. Some Cinemark theaters are open now. There are currently no opening dates for The Texas Theater or Magnolia Theater. Meanwhile, film production is starting up. I have heard of various commercials shooting, with lots of precautions and care.  It will be interesting to see how low budget productions move on when crew members have multiple roles and there is no budget for a dedicated person to make sure things are wiped down and safe.

[slyke25]

2014-16

Below are the shows I covered from ‘2014-16.

(v) = Video included in review

(p&s) = photos were taken with a point & shoot camera (early concerts)

5.9.16  Frightened Rabbit (HOB)

5.9.16  Caveman (HOB)

5.7.16  Fruit Bats (Once Ballroom) (v)

5.7.16  Horse Feathers (Once Ballroom) (v)

5.1.16  Bob Mould (Paradise)

5.1.16  Ted Leo (Paradise)

4.30.16  Matthew Logan Vasquez (Cafe 939) (v)

4.30.16  Dustin Lovelis (Cafe 939)

4.23.16  Operators (Middle East Upstairs)

4.23.16  Bogan Via (Middle East Upstairs)

4.4.16  Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros (Sinclair)

4.3.16  Wolf Alice (Brighton Music Hall)

4.3.16 Slaves (Brighton Music Hall)

3.23.16  Lake Street Dive (HOB)

3.23.16  The Suffers (HOB)

3.16.16  Deer Tick (Somerville Theatre)

3.16.16  Mutual Benefit (Somerville Theatre)

3.4.16  Daughter (Somerville Theatre)

3.4.16  Wilsen (Somerville Theatre)

2.26.16  Kaleo (Brighton Music Hall)

2.26.16 Firekid (Brighton Music Hall)

2.25.16  Joe Pug (Sinclair)

2.25.16  Mandolin Orange (Sinclair)

2.19.16  Josh Ritter (HOB)

2.19.16  Elephant Revival (HOB)

2.13.16  The Devil Makes Three (HOB)

2.13.16  Langhorne Slim (HOB)

2015 Favorite Photos (Review)

11.18.15  Lake Street Dive (Club Passim) (v)

11.6.15  Nathaniel Rateliff & The Nightsweats (Royale)

11.6.15  Landlines (Royale)

10.19.15  Josh Ritter (Sinclair) (v)

9.27.15  Boston Calling Day #3 (Alabama Shakes, Dirty Bangs, Bully, Fidlar, Daughter, Twin Shadow, Mister Wives, Nate Ruess, Ben Howard, Hozier)

9.26.15  Boston Calling Day #2 (Grey Season, Skylar Spence, Doomtree, Stephen Malkmus, Sturgill Simpson, Father John Misty, Walk the Moon, Chromeo, Chvrches, Alt-J)

9.25.15  Boston Calling Day #1 (Gregory Alan Isakov, Of Monsters and Men, The Avett Brothers)

9.14.15  Langhorne Slim & The Law (Sinclair)

9.14.15  Twain (Sinclair)

8.1.15  Van Halen (Xfinity Center)

7.26.15  Newport Folk Festival Day 3 (The Ballroom Thieves, Christopher Paul Stelling, Brian Fallon, Jon Batiste, Rodrigo Amarante, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Nightsweats, Lord Huron, Field Report, The Felice Brothers, First Aid Kit, Blake Mills, Laura Marling, Hozier, J Macis, Shakey Graves, Dylan ‘65 Tribute, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Willie Watson, Dawes, Robyn Hitchcock)

7.25.15  Heartbreaker Banquet NFF - Jane Pickens Theatre (Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear, Erica Wennerstrom of the Heartless Bastards, Shakey Graves, Nikki Lane, Jonny Fritz, Dave Rawlings, Lucius) (v)

7.25.15  Newport Folk Festival Day 2 - (Spirit Family Reunion, Joe Fletcher, The Barr Brothers, Joe Pug, Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn, Traveller, Langhorne Slim and the Law, Nikki Lane, Jason Isbell, Courtney Barnett, Sturgill Simpson, Tommy Stinson, James Taylor, Sufjan Stevens, The Decemberists)

7.24.15  Newport Folk Festival Day 1 - (Haunt the House, The Goodbye Girls, Joe Pug, Bahamas, Elephant Revival, Angel Olsen, Leon Bridges, The Lone Bellow, Calexico, Strand Of Oaks, The Tallest Man On Earth, Iron & Wine and Ben Bridwell, Heartless Bastards, My Morning Jacket, Roger Waters)

7.23.15  Watkins Family Hour & Friends (Jane Pickens Theatre) - Sara Watkins, Fiona Apple, Joe Pug, Hiss Golden Messenger, The Lone Bellow (v)

7.11.15  Levitate Music Festival (Marshfield) - The Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Stick Figure, Galactic, Dr. Dog, Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue

6.23.15  The Hunts (Cafe 939) (v)

6.23.15  Panic Is Perfect (Cafe 939)

6.8.15  Mumford and Sons (Xfinity Center)

6.8.15  The Maccabees (Xfinity Center)

6.8.15  Son Little (Xfinity Center)

6.6.15  Noel Gallagher (Opera House)

5.24.15  Boston Calling Day #3 (The Ballroom Thieves, Halsey, The Lone Bellow, Lucius, Jason Isbell, Vance Joy, TV On the Radio, Tenacious D, Jack Black, The Pixies)

5.23.15  Boston Calling Day #2 (Krill, DMAs, Mo, Run the Jewels, Tove Lo, Gerard Way, Marina and the Diamonds, St. Vincent, Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, My Morning Jacket)

5.22.15  Boston Calling Day #1 (Sharon Van Etten, Tame Impala, Beck)

5.18.15  Courtney Barnett (Sinclair)

5.18.15  Chastity Belt (Sinclair)

5.18.15  Darren Hanlon (Sinclair)

5.13.15  The Tallest Man On Earth (Calvin Theatre) (v)

5.13.15  Madisen Ward and Mama Bear (Calvin Theatre)

5.11.15  Faith No More (Orpheum)

5.11.15  La Butcherettes (Orpheum)

5.8.15  Of Monsters and Men (Orpheum) (v)

5.4.2015  Sufjan Stevens (Citi Wang Theatre) (v)

4.7.15  Damien Rice (Orpheum)

4.7.15  My Bubba (Orpheum)

3.28.15  Shakey Graves (Royale)

3.28.15  Nikki Lane (Royale)

2.20.15  Sturgill Simpson (Paradise Rock Club)

2.20.15 Anderson East (Paradise Rock Club)

2.13.15  Chris Robinson Brotherhood (Paradise)

2.12.15  The Lone Bellow  (Paradise Rock Club) (v)

2.12.15  Will Daily (Paradise Rock)

1.26.15  London Grammar (House of Blues)

1.26.15  Until the Ribbon Breaks (House of Blues)

1.10.15 The Devil Makes Three (House of Blues)

1.10.15  Joe Pug (House of Blues)

2015 Favorite Concert Photos (Review)

2015 Favorite Concert Videos (Review)

11.24.14  Bear’s Den (Sinclair) (v)

11.24.14  Dan Mangan + Blacksmith (Sinclair)

11.18.14  Ryan Adams (Citi Performance Center)

11.16.14  Fitz and the Tantrums (House of Blues)

11.16.14  Big Data (House of Blues)

11.11.14  Empires (Church) (v)

11.11.14  Cold Fronts (Church)

11.10.14  Pete Yorn (Middle East) (v)

10.29.14  Vance Joy (Paradise)

10.29.14  Jaymes Young (Paradise)

10.20.14  Cold War Kids (Sinclair)

10.20.14  Avid Dancer (Sinclair)

10.13.14  Bastille (Agganis Arena)

10.13.14  Grizfolk (Agganis Arena)

10.10.14  Priory (Sincliar)

10.10.14  CliffLight (Sinclair)

10.3.14  Catfish and the Bottlemen (Great Scott) (v)

10.3.14  Air Traffic Controller (Great Scott)

9.30.14  Blake Mills (Sinclair (v)

9.30.14  Fiona Apple (Sinclair) (v)

9.30.14  Ymusic (Sinclair)

9.26.14  Tweedy (Berklee Performance Center)

9.26.14  Hospitality (Berklee Performance Center)

9.17.14  Jack White (Fenway Park) (V)

9.13.14  Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (XL Center)

9.13.14  Steve Winwood (XL Center)

9.10.14  Sylvan Esso (Sinclair)

9.10.14  Doe Paoro (Sinclair)

9.5.14  Boston Calling Day #1 (Future Islands, Neutral Milk Hotel, The National)

9.6.14  Boston Calling Day #2 (St. Nothing, Clifflight, S. Carey, Sky Ferreira, Bleachers, The Hold Steady, Lorde, Childish Gambino)

9.7.14  Boston Calling Day #3 (Gentlemen Hall, San Fermin, The War On Drugs, Lake Street Dive, Twenty One Pilots, The 1975, Spoon, The Replacements, Nas)

8.13.14  Passenger (House of Blues)

8.13.14  The Once (House of Blues)

8.13.14  Stu Larsen (House of Blues)

8.1.14 David Gray (BHB Pavilion)

8.1.14  John Smith (BHB Pavilion)

7.28.14  Drenge (Great Scott) (v)

7.28.14  Wax Witches (Great Scott)

7.28.14  Yellabird (Great Scott)

7.27.14  Newport Folk Festival Day #3 (The Deslondes, Ages and Ages, Caitlin Rose, Pegi Young & The Survivors, Gregory Alan Isakov, Dawes, Jeff Tweedy, Hozier, Hurray For the Riff Raff, Conor Oberst, Valerie June, Trampled By Turtles, Lucero, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Mavis Staples)

7.26.14  Heartbreaker Banquet - Jane Pickens Theatre (Shakey Graves, Shovels and Rope, Lucuis, Valerie June) (v)

7.26.14  Newport Folk Festival Day #2 (Willie Watson, John Reilly, The Oh Hellos, Pokey Lafarge, J. Roddy Walston & The Business, Benjamin Booker, Shovels and Rope, Shakey Graves, Houndmouth, Deer Tick, Lucuis, The Milk Carton Kids, Nickel Creek, Puss n’ Boots,Jack White)  (v)

7.25.14  Newport Folk Festival Day #1 (Mandolin Orange, Anais Mitchell and Jefferson Hammer, Death Vessel, Phox, The Devil Makes Three, Leif Vollebekk, Hozier, Jenny Lewis, Reignwolf, Robert Hunter, Lake Street Dive, Langhorne Slim and Spirit Family Reunion, Band of Horses, Bear’s Den, Jimmy Cliff, Ryan Adams (v)

7.10.14  Hamilton Leithauser (Sinclair)

7.10.14  Torres (Sinclair)

7.1.14  Phish (Xfinity Center)

6.26.14  Billy Joel (Fenway Park) (v)

6.26.14  Gavin Degraw (Fenway Park)

6.25.14  Iron and Wine (Casino Ballroom) NH

6.25.14  The Secret Sisters (Casino Ballroom) NH

6.23.14  Jamestown Revival (Sinclair)

6.23.14  The Wind and the Wave (Sinclair)

6.23.14  Kris Orlowski (Sinclair)

6.9.14  Damon Albarn (Royale) (v)

5.27.14  Delta Spirit (Midde East) (v)

5.25.14  Boston Calling Day #3 - (The Box Tiger, Tigerman Whoa!, The Districts, Built To Spill, Kurt Vile, Phosphorescent, Tegan and Sara, Bastille, Brand New, Modest Mouse)

5.24.14  Boston Calling Day #2 - (Magic Man, Maximo Park, Walk Off the Earth, Warpaint, The Neighborhood, Jenny Lewis, Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls, The Head and the Heart, The Decemberists, Death Can For Cutie)

5.23.14  Boston Calling Day #1 - (Cass McCombs, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Jack Johnson)

5.9.14  Foster the People (House of Blues)

5.9.14  St. Lucia (House of Blues)

5.4.14  Cage the Elephant (Orpheum) (v)

5.4.14  Foals (Orpheum)

5.3.14  David Gray (Colonial Theatre) (v)

4.30.14  The Milk Carton Kids (Paradise) (v)

4.30.14  Brian Wright (Paradise)

4.24.14  Twenty One Pilots (House of Blues)

4.24.14  NONONO (House of Blues)

4.24.14  Hunter Hunted (House of Blues)

4.21.14  Horse Feathers (Sinclair) (v)

4.21.14  Skinny Bones (Sinclair)

4.17.14  The War On Drugs (Paradise) (v)

4.17.14  White Laces (Paradise)

4.17.14  Sore Eros (Paradise)

4.8.14  The Silver Palms (Great Scott)

4.8.14  Indian Twin (Great Scott)

4.4.14  James Vincent McMorrow (v)

4.4.14  Aidan Knight

3.26.14  Boy & Bear (Sinclair)

3.26.14  Dresses (Sinclair)

3.23.14  Typhoon (Sinclair)

3.23.14  Lady Lamb the Beekeeper (Sinclair)

3.23.14  The Wild Ones (Sinclair)

3.8.14  Avett Brothers (TD Garden)

3.8.14  Old Crow Medicine Show (TD Garden)

3.6.14  Josh Ritter (Somerville Theatre) (v)

3.6.14  Gregory Alan Isakov (Somerville Theatre) (v)

3.5.14  Augustines (Brighton Music Hall) (v)

3.5.14  My Goodness (Brighton Music Hall)

2.25.14  Band of Horses (Somerville Theatre) (v)

2.25.14  Sera Cahoone (Somerville Theatre)

2.24.14  Bob Weir & Ratdog (House of Blues) (v)

2.21.14  Lake Street Dive (Sinclair (v)

2.21.14  Lazer Cake (Cafe 939)

2.18.14  Art Decade (Cafe 939)

2.18.14  These Wild Plains (Cafe 939)

2,18.14  AERS (Cafe 939)

2.14.14  Kodaline (Paradise Rock Club) (v)

2.14.14  LP (Paradise Rock Club)

2.13.14  Blackberry Smoke (House of Blues)

2.13.14  Delta Saints (House of Blues)

2.9.14  The Wild Feathers (Brighton Music Hall) (v)

2.9.14  Saints of Valory (Brighton Music Hall)

2.9.14 Jamestown Revival (Brighton Music Hall)

2.8.14  Speedy Ortiz (Tasty Burger)

2.8.14  Sneeze (Tasty Burger)

2.8.14  Idiot Genes (Tasty Burger)

2.8.14  The Channels (Tasty Burger)

2.6.14  Arctic Monkeys (Agganis Arena)

2.6.14  Deerhunter (Agganis Arena)

2.6.14  The Orwells (Agganis Arena)

2.4.14  Lord Huron (Royale) (v)

2.4.14  Night Moves (Royale)

1.31.14  Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (Alec Ounsworth solo) (J.P) (v)

1.23.14  Damien Jurado (Brighton Music Hall) (v)

1.23.14  Courtney Marie Andrews (Brighton Music Hall)

1.18.2014  The Pixies (Orpheum Theatre) (v)

1.18.2014  Fidlar (Orpheum Theatre)

1.17.2014  Swear and Shake (Great Scott) (v)

1.17.2014  Smoke Signals (Great Scott)

1.17.2014  The Novel Ideas (Great Scott)

1.16.2014  Neutral Milk Hotel (Orpheum Theatre)  (audio)

1.6.2014  Benefit For David Lamb of Brown Bird (Club Passim) (v)

[thomsen380]

The film just premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and looks at life in the predominantly African-American county, which is named after a Confederate general. Two weeks before he was assassinated 50 years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. spent the night in Hale County, Alabama, in the heart of the Black Belt of Alabama. He came to Greensboro on March 21, 1968, in an effort to rally support for his Poor People’s Campaign. Supporters of King had to hide him in a small wooden house on the outskirts of Greensboro as members of the Ku Klux Klan tried to hunt him down. It would be the last time King was in Hale County, Alabama. Two weeks later, he was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. The safe house where King stayed is now a museum.

[takebackthedream]

Bending the Arc of History Towards Justice in Alabama by Miles Mogulescu

“Deep in my heart, I do believe, that we shall overcome some day.”

Songs were integral to the civil rights movement. And no song was as iconic as “We Shall Overcome.” It inspired a generation of civil rights warriors, was sung at rallies, churches, marches, concerts, and by the SNCC Freedom Singers, Bob Dylan and Joan Baez to close the Newport Folk Festival in 1963.

And no places were as iconic to the civil rights movement as Selma and Montgomery Alabama. It was in Montgomery that Rosa Park first refused to give up her seat in the front of the bus to a white man, sparking the successful Montgomery Bus Boycott that brought a 26-year old preacher named Martin Luther King to national prominence and inspired a mass movement for justice.

It was in Selma that hundreds of activists faced down armed state troopers to attempt to march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge  and John Lewis was nearly beaten to death by Alabama police.

And a few weeks later, it was the Selma to Montgomery Civil Rights March that finally pushed Congress to enact the historic Voting Rights Act.

The Arc of History

The path towards equal rights for all has hardly followed a straight line, and there have been many setbacks along the way, not the least of which was Donald Trump’s electoral college victory.  And the 5-4 majority Republican Supreme Court recently eviscerated the Voting Rights Act, unleashing a slew of voter suppression efforts that aim to keep minorities and young people from exercising their Constitutional right to vote.

But in Alabama, at least on one day, we overcame overwhelming odds. Much of the credit goes to the people of Selma, Montgomery, and the rest Alabama’s Black Belt, as well as to whites in the state – both Republicans and Democrats -whose decency couldn’t bear the thought of a bible-thumping white child molester representing their state in the U.S. Senate  and being a symbol of Alabama for the world.

By the latest count, Doug Jones defeated Roy Moore by 20,715 votes statewide. But in Montgomery County, Jones won by 30,481 votes (nearly a 4-1 margin) and in Dallas County, of which Selma is the county seat, Jones won by 7007 (also nearly a 4-1 margin).

As Martin Luther King famously said, “The arc of history is long, but it bends towards justice.” And today in Montgomery and Selma and across Alabama, it did.

I went to bed humming “We Shall Overcome” with tears of joy in my eyes.  And tomorrow I’ll wake up, determined to continue the fight for racial, social, gender, and economic justice.

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