Skip to content
learning toward revolution
"The Thinker" bookend, short-haired figure with head resting on chin, in conversation with small gargoyle, winged creature with one hand resting on face

Virginia Avniel Spatz

thought, study, and writing hub

  • Some Abolitionist Learning
    • Police and Schools
    • Abolition Geography
    • Policing: General
  • DC Safety
    • DC Police Reform Related Docs
    • Redefining Safety: in DC and beyond
    • Special Police and “Community Security”
    • DC and Police, Immigration, Schools, etc.
  • Conversations toward Repair
    • Repair Conversations
  • Journalism
    • News, Views, Pews, and Air Waves
      • Private Security with Badge (and Gun)
      • East of the River News
      • Views from the Pews
  • Pandemics and Economics in History
  • Faith in Worship and Action
    • Faith, Interfaith, and Judaism
  • About
    • Publications
    • Contact Me

Martin Luther King

5 Apr 201626 Jun 2016 vspatz

…walked off with the aggressor

“For the vast majority of white Americans, the past decade*—the first phase—had been a struggle to treat the Negro with a degree of decency, not equality. White America was ready to demand that the Negro should be spared the lash of brutality and coarse degradation, but it had never been truly committed to helping him … Continue reading …walked off with the aggressor

4 Apr 201626 Jun 2016 vspatz

Racism: Sickness Unto Death?

“It is time to re-order our national priorities. All those who now speak of good will...now have the responsibility to stand up and act for the social changes that are necessary to conquer racism in America,” wrote SCLC president in a 3/4/68 press release, concluding: “If we as a society fail, I fear that we … Continue reading Racism: Sickness Unto Death?

Follow Virginia Avniel Spatz on WordPress.com

Archives

Follow Virginia Avniel Spatz on WordPress.com
Website Powered by WordPress.com.
  • Follow Following
    • Virginia Avniel Spatz
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Virginia Avniel Spatz
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...