#Selma

[deadpresidents]

this might be a dumb question since you have a whole blog about presidents but do you have a specific political hero?

Muammar Qaddafi...just kidding!

My hero has always been John Lewis.

"When you see something that is not right, you must say something. You must do something. Democracy is not a state. It is an act, and each generation must do its part to help build what we called the Beloved Community, a nation and world society at peace with itself.

Ordinary people with extraordinary vision can redeem the soul of America by getting in what I call good trouble, necessary trouble. Voting and participating in the democratic process are key. The vote is the most powerful nonviolent change agent you have in a democratic society. You must use it because it is not guaranteed. You can lose it.

You must also study and learn the lessons of history because humanity has been involved in this soul-wrenching, existential struggle for a very long time. People on every continent have stood in your shoes, through decades and centuries before you. The truth does not change, and that is why the answers worked out long ago can help you find solutions to the challenges of our time."

-- John Lewis, essay written shortly before his death on July 17, 2020.

[styllwaters]

Epic genetically modified women plus one shrimp

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Some of you may remember Selma, my leopard seal hybrid girl who used to teach Vreaz. Sadly she isn't around for the main storyline. Kayoko (orca) is the head diplomat for Genizix-modified sophonts in the Zhagaviit Galactic Community. Like Selma, she's one of the few experiments left from Earth.

[shibuyatokyo]

Selma

[imanisays]

MOOD.

[everyframeapainting20]

This shot from "Selma" frames Martin Luther King Jr. and Lyndon B. Johnson beneath the looming portrait of George Washington, layering the image with visual and historical tension. Washington—frozen in oil and framed in wood—represents America’s lofty ideals but also its foundational contradictions. Positioned between past and present, MLK and LBJ embody the fight to close the gap between those ideals and the lived reality of racial injustice. The composition doesn’t just stage a conversation—it stages a reckoning. MLK’s push for voting rights collides with Washington’s legacy as both a symbol of democracy and a man who upheld slavery, making the portrait a silent but potent reminder of the unfinished work of equality. It’s a shot that demands we examine who we honor, what we inherit, and whether progress is ever truly out of frame.

[todaysdocument]

Letter from S. Jonce to U.S. District Attorney Harlan F. Stone, Requesting that He Investigate the Activities of the Ku Klux Klan in Selma, Alabama

Record Group 60: General Records of the Department of JusticeSeries: Straight Numerical FilesFile Unit: 198589 Section 5 [1/3]

198589-

Selma, Ala Dec 5, 24

U,S DIST ATTY Stone

Washington D,C,

Dear Sir,

I wish to call your attention to the Klu ,Lk Klan which has been organised here here recently they are trying to run this section they are running negros awayand if one klan has greivance against them or any one they warn them to leave or they will take them out and giv them a flogginthey have about 1000 members here and there their hall is over W,R R city Ticket OfficeIn The Gillman BuildingThey meet there every Thursday night And they gets Difrent Persons up there before themAnd they handle them Very Ruff They had L,C. Farley ManagerUp There and gav

Gave him 2 Weeks to leaveAnd He LeftAS you well Know Farley Co Is a eastern Company They had Mr Merry W"lker s Son Up Before Them andHandled him very ruffalso Had a negro named Shannon W Who lived on Harry Smith Place to leave inA weekAnd Smith went to the ring leadersand resented about renning his ne negro tennants ,most of The state and Officials Belong to thi Klan ang one who does not belongto it has a poor showing And the onlyShowing a person is to appeal to the U,S atty , T

Go have the Us Grand jury to investigateThese thingsAs i Give ,you a few whoo came undermy personal knolledge the ring leaders of the klans herearrPhillip Shanks, Ed Keeble Dr Frank Jones DR Renyolds Dr Thomas Drummond G Gains Mack Strong, Dr ChristenberyRoscoe Hinson EM... E,M,McDaniels Charlie JonesThey are also fighting the Jews a And The Catholic and Putting on A boy cot against these people Any Clas or Band of menWho can Run This sectionRegard to the rights of the mases people makes this country un safe for people to live in and it takeshis rights of freedom awayAnd if it continues to go on no telling where it willgo as a few willrruleand people will have to doand vote as the klan ordersn.

Wish you would have this matterd investigated whe the next grand jury nmeets and see if this affair does not to s so far as to take the rights and libberty of american citzen,

S,yours Truly

S, Jonce,

[thenhc]

[winxixia]

Ideas for charms

It's giving me an excuse to play with my art supplies hahaha

[unteriors]

12th Street, Selma, Virginia.

[kemetic-dreams]

Selma Burke began playing with clay around the age of seven. And with that experience, she discovered a love of making sculptures. “It was there in 1907 that I discovered me,” she said, looking back.

While Selma loved art, her mother encouraged Selma to pursue a financially stable career. So Selma studied nursing and took a job as a private nurse in New York City in the late 1920s.

But in New York City, Selma found much inspiration from the Harlem Renaissance scene. She found a community of artists and began making art a more significant part of life.

To improve her skills, Selma began taking art classes at Sarah Lawrence College. She then traveled to Europe for training and projects. In 1941, Selma earned an MFA from Columbia. And the year prior, while still a student herself, she opened the Selma Burke School of Sculpture.

Selma dedicated herself to teaching and making art. She would go on to create sculptures of numerous famous figures, including Duke Ellington and Martin Luther King Jr. However, her most famous work was a portrait of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. That portrait hangs today at the Recorder of Deeds Building in Washington, D.C.

[unplaces]

Hogan Alley, Selma, Alabama.

[timmurleyart]

Art of MLK. 👑(Mixed media on paper)🌟

[shibuyatokyo]

Selma

[littlemomotian]

Minhas mães minhas mães

[todaysdocument]

Letter from Mrs. E. Jackson in Favor of Voting Rights

Record Group 233: Records of the U.S. House of RepresentativesSeries: Bill Files of the Committee on the Judiciary

Tell her I condemn Gov Wallace for his shameful conduct in undue use of tear gas and war tactics in Selma and am cooperating with the administration to punish the offenders and to prevent(?) recurrance(?) of the mischief(?)

1460 Sterling Pl. #16

Brooklyn 13, N.Y.

March 8, 1965

Dear Sir:

For God sakes help those poor innocent people in Selma Alabama. If your voice or vote can be of service now is the time to use it. We can't sit by any longer and watch the shocking events in Ala. Send troops there not overseas and protect those people right to vote. It's sicken and as a mother of four sons I can't stand it any longer. To think that one day my sons could lose their lives protecting those ignorant people down there is unbearable.

Sincerly,

Mrs. E. Jackson.

Mrs. E. Jackson wrote to the House Judiciary Committee the day after Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama. She was reacting to scenes of police brutality during a voting rights march that many Americans witnessed on television news programs. The interlined handwriting in pencil is likely that of House Judiciary Chairman Emanuel Celler, who was Mrs. Jackson's representative in Congress and an active supporter of voting rights legislation in the House.

[ideas-4-stories]

Gaban: Why are you two always out when there’s rainstorms? Buggy: It’s so fun to jump in puddles and it’s refreshing! I love the smell of fresh rainfall and-

Shanks: Selma bet me 20 Beil that I couldn’t get hit by lightning, he’s was WRONG!