• America,  Presidential history

    The Impeachment Trial of Donald J. Trump

    On Saturday, February 13, 2021, the Senate acquitted Donald J. Trump for the second time. Former President Trump is the first president to be impeached more than one time. The single article of impeachment was for the charge of incitement of insurrection; an insurrection that occurred on January 6, 2021 immediately following a preplanned “Save America” rally, featuring Donald Trump. The mob headed to the capital at the direction of Trump, “let’s walk down Pennsylvania Avenue” . They preceded to storm the capital in order to stop the counting of certified electoral votes resulting in a violent interference of the peaceful transfer of power to officiate president elect Joe Biden.…

  • America,  Presidential history

    One Term Presidents Voted Out

    One Term Presidents : for further reading on this topic This list of presidents, who served only one term, DOES NOT include those who left office for a reason other than losing the election. John Adams, 1797-1801 John Quincy Adams, 1825-1829 Martin Van Buren, 1837-1841 Franklin Pierce, 1853-1857 Benjamin Harrison, 1889-1893 William Howard Taft, 1909-1913 Herbert Hoover, 1929-1933 Jimmy Carter, 1977-1981 George H.W. Bush, 1989-1993 Donald J. Trump, 2017-2021

  • America,  Firsts in History

    Ruth Bader Ginsburg has Died at Age 87

    Ruth Bader Ginsburg was the first Jewish woman to serve on the Supreme Court. After Sandra Day O’Connor, she was the second woman to serve. Ruth Bader Ginsburg died from metastatic pancreas cancer today, Friday, September 18, 2020. Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg’s dying wish was, to quote her, “My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.” Ruth Jane Bader was born on March 15, 1933 in Brooklyn. She went on to live an amazing life, where she overcame numerous hurdles and achieved many firsts. A true heroine of our time who is greatly revered and she will continue to be a powerful…

  • Black History,  Civil Rights

    John Miles Lewis Remembered

    Congressman and civil rights leader, John Lewis, was remembered today, Thursday, July 30, 2020, at his longtime place of worship, Ebenezer Baptist church. Congressman Lewis, the son of sharecroppers, was born on February 21, 1940 in Pike County, Alabama. Before his service in the House of Representatives, 5th Congressional District of Georgia (1987-2020), he was a civil rights icon. In 1961 Lewis became one of the original Freedom Riders; 13 activists who protested the segregation of interstate transportation facilities, including bus stations, as being unconstitutional. Three former presidents attended Representative Lewis’s funeral; Clinton, Bush and Obama, while President Carter, 95,  and his wife, Rosalynn, were unable to attend. The Carter’s…

  • America,  Black History,  Civil Rights

    Emancipation Proclamation

    Juneteenth Emancipation Order June 19, 1865 commemorates the day General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas leading the union occupation force and bringing with them the news of the Emancipation Proclamation. Read more about the holiday of Juneteenth: “Emancipation wasn’t a gift bestowed on the slaves; it was something they took for themselves, …” New York Times Opinion Piece Washington Post Article on George Floyd Protest