Author’s note: my upcoming book, “The Warrior Princesses Vs. The Ku Klux Klan” features a number of chapters about my efforts to bring about justice in the Clyde Kennard case. This sample chapter, “Judge Pickering” tells about an unlikely and … Continue reading
Phil Spector, innocent? NO! David Mamet’s “Phil Spector” HBO film is an embarrassment to all Mamet fans and a total disgrace as history. I am a historian. I analyze films. Rarely, if ever, has a historical movie … Continue reading
Freedom Summer During “Freedom Summer,” 1964, three brave young men, James E. Chaney, Michael Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman volunteered through the Congress Of Racial Equality (“CORE”) to help African Americans in Mississippi gain the right to vote. The Ku Klux … Continue reading
The “Curse” Of Ford’s Theater: The Murder of Abraham Lincoln Changed America Forever. Beyond the obvious personal tragedy–the murder of a husband, father, uncle, stepson, and husband so loved by his family and the overwhelming grief of a bewildered nation, … Continue reading
Stu Wexler, a superb teacher from New Jersey, is the author of the following article about the necessity of reopening the an investigation of the murder of Martin Luther King. The ideas and words are his. I believe the reopening of … Continue reading