Mar 13, 2025
This is the 1961 mug shot of activist Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, arrested for participating in a sit in. Law enforcement tested her for mental illness because they couldn’t understand why a white woman would fight for civil rights.
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This is the 1961 mug shot of activist Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, arrested for participating in a sit in. Law enforcement tested her for mental illness because they couldn’t understand why a white woman would fight for civil rights.
Ketchup, mustard, and sugar being poured on the heads of college students at a sit-in protest regarding segregation in a Jackson, MS Woolworth's store, 1963.
"people are arrested for holding signs and I've heard a cop saying to a person "I'm arresting you on terrorism charges", while that person is just holding a sign, which is insane"
Saving lives is not terrorism
Brilliant minds think alike on Gaza
... both Jewish and non-Jewish students, inspired by anti-Apartheid protests in Beinecke Plaza decades earlier, had gathered for a week-long sit-in to demand that Yale divest the portion of its endowment invested in the stocks of military contractors, which make the weapons Israel is currently using in its war with Hamas in Gaza. The students were protesting under the Occupy Beinecke coalition, which includes Yale Jews for Ceasefire, a group of Jewish students dedicated to fighting for a ceasefire in Gaza as well as sustainable peace and equality within the region.
At every turn, I have encountered a community of activists and organizers that is eager to listen, ready to learn and committed to including
The lesson will be to reject the abuses of force; the abuses of authority; to embrace respect for people's differences and hopefully, a retreat from politicizing or pitting against each other what are ultimately universal values of peace and the betterment of all for all, and get to enjoy them instead. One hopes. There is an awful lot of pain and hatred trying to be implanted at the moment, and it's going to take a superhuman effort to forgive after the madness passes. We will have to rally around the positives and focus towards the future.
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Standing tall at North Carolina A&T State University, the February One Monument honors the Greensboro Four and their courageous stand for civil rights. This powerful symbol of change reminds us of the enduring impact of their bravery and determination. Read more about their legacy in my blog post: https://americatbe.wordpress.com/2024/10/03/honoring-courage-the-february-one-monument-in-north-carolina/