Why I’m writing about this subject. Current actions to remove Confederate statues and change the names of schools are in the news in Virginia. I have special reasons for offering suggestions on these sensitive issues. In 2005 I had a “born-again African American experience”. An emeritus professor of chemistry at the University of Missouri, Kansas […]
Confederate Monuments, Road Signs, And School Names: Don’t Put Them Out Of Sight And Mind
June 24, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Ernest Manheim’s Encounter With Jomo Kenyatta at the London School of Economics
July 24, 2015 by Leave a Comment
On March 8, 2013 results of the presidential election in Kenya gave Uhuru Kenyatta, son of the famed first President of independent Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta, a narrow win (1). Kenyatta was a Kikuyu like his father. The runnerup in this history-evoking and bitterly contested election was Raila Amollo Odinga, a member of the Luo tribe, He was the […]