Thanks for all the birthday wishes.My day was wonderful ending with dinner at Sambuca with 20 close friends.
Want to also inform you all that Okemah Sockwell Wiggins,husband fell and hurt himself,paralyzed from neck down.I went to Houston to see him and was told he would be moved into a spine rehab.He attended reunion with Okemah very nice man.Please keep Hank and Okemah Wiggins in your prayers.
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1 – July 8 + The Mesquite Arts Council presents an exhibit by Carl Sidle in the Main Gallery. Hours are M-F 8a-5p and during performances. Call the Arts Council for information at 972/216-6444.
4 Carl Sidle reception in the Main Gallery from 4:30 to 6:30p.
7 + The Mesquite Arts Council presents JazzBreaks on the Plaza with the MJRE (Mesquite Jazz Repertory Ensemble) Big Band and Curt Bradshaw. The show begins at 7:30p and it’s FREE! Picnic dinners sold on-site from Go-Diva Catering [reservations required]. For more information visit our website atwww.mesquiteartscenter.org or call 972-216-6444.
5 +Texas Area Artists will host their monthly meeting and artist demonstration at 2p. The public is invited. Call 214-566-8269 for information.
10 -25 Mesquite Community Theatre presents Proof by David Auburn. Catherine, a troubled young woman, has spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable father, a famous mathematician. Now, following his death, she must deal with her own volatile emotions. Call 972/216-8126 or visitwww.mctweb.org for more information. Performances are held at the Mesquite Arts Center: Black Box theatre Friday and Saturday, June 4 and 5 at 8p, Sunday, June 6 at 230, Friday, June 11 and 12 at 8p, Sunday, June 13 at 230, Thursday, June 17 through Saturday, June 19 at 8p.
6 +The Mesquite Symphonic Band, under the direction of Dale Coates, has scheduled their outdoor summer concert series entitled “Music in the Park”. The band invites everyone to bring their families and friends, lawn chairs, and blankets and relax to the sounds of marches, show tunes, classical numbers and contemporary music. Door prizes will be awarded by drawings to both adults and children of items donated by area merchants and businesses. Concessions will also be available for purchase with proceeds benefiting the band’s sheet music fund. For more information on “Music in the Park”, call 972-216-8125, or visit www.MesquiteSymphonicBand.com. 311 Gross Road Mesquite, TX 75149-3201
14 The Mesquite Arts Council presents JazzBreaks on the Plaza, the Mike Morrison Trio at 7:30p FREE! Picnic dinners are sold on-site from Go-Diva Catering [reservations required] or bring your own! For more information visit our website atwww.mesquiteartscenter.org or call 972-216-6444.
13-15+Mesquite Community Theatre will hold auditions for THE OCTETTE BRIDGE CLUB by P.J. Barry at 7p-9p in the Black Box Theatre. Call 972-216-8126 or visit www.mctweb.orgfor more information.
13 + The Mesquite Symphonic Band presents Music in the Park at Westlake Park at 7:15p. Admission is FREE. For more information call 972/216-8125.
13 The “Monthly Paint-In” begins at 10a. All artists are invited to bring their projects and share successes with others. Free! Call 214-566-8269.
13 Mesquite Creative Arts Club monthly meeting begins at 7p and features an artist demonstration. Call 972/463-6004 for more information.
21 + The Mesquite Arts Council presents JazzBreaks on the Plaza with the Mike Drake Trio at 7:30p FREE! Picnic dinners are sold on-site from Go-Diva Catering [reservations required] or bring your own! For more information visit our website atwww.mesquiteartscenter.org or call 972-216-6444.
20 +The Mesquite Symphonic Band presents Music in the Park at Westlake Park at 7:15p. Admission is FREE. For more information call 972/216-8125.
27 + The Mesquite Symphonic Band presents Music in the Park at Westlake Park at 7:15p. Admission is FREE. For more information call 972/216-8125.
27-2 Missoula Theatre Camp – Cinderella will be presented by the Mesquite Arts Center: Grades 1-12 (must be at least 6 years old). Led by two professional tour actor/directors from MCT, this intensive week-long camp culminates in a full-scale musical theatre production, featuring campers as actors or assistant directors. The production is designed with suitable parts for every age, skill and experience level. IMPORTANT: If your child is selected, he/she will be expected to be available EVERYDAY (unless otherwise notified) beginning right after the audition through the two (2) Saturday performances. A ticketed performance will take place on Saturday, July 2 at 3:30 and 5:30 Camp is Monday through Friday from Noon – 4:30 p.m. Maximum camp enrollment 25 kids - $70.00 payable immediately following auditions for those who are cast.
Who may audition? All children kindergarten through grade 12. Previous experience not required, just a lot of enthusiasm, a great smile, the ability to sing on key and most importantly, good listening skills. No prepared material is required. The audition takes about two (2) hours during which time the participants MUST be prepared to stay quietly in their seats without their parent(s). The names of those selected to participate will be announced at the close of the audition, and the first rehearsal will begin after a short lunch break and announcements. Parents must provide their children with lunch on audition day if they are chosen and there after.
28 + The Mesquite Arts Council presents JazzBreaks on the Plaza with the MJRE (Mesquite Jazz Repertory Ensemble) Big Band and Curt Bradshaw. The show begins at 7:30p and it’s FREE! Picnic dinners sold on-site from Go-Diva Catering [reservations required]. For more information visit our website atwww.mesquiteartscenter.org or call 972-216-6444.
Local Cultural Grants Deadline is August 1st
THE (SCIENTIFIC) DEATH OF JESUS
AT THE AGE OF 33, JESUS WAS CONDEMNED TO THE DEATH PENALTY... AT THE TIME, CRUCIFIXION WAS THE "WORST" DEATH.. ONLY THE WORST CRIMINALS WERE CONDEMNED TO BE CRUCIFIED... YET IT WAS EVEN MORE DREADFUL FOR JESUS, UNLIKE OTHER CRIMINALS CONDEMNED TO DEATH BY CRUCIFIXION, JESUS WAS TO BE NAILED TO THE CROSS BY HIS HANDS AND FEET...
EACH NAIL WAS 6 TO 8 INCHES LONG..... THE NAILS WERE DRIVEN INTO HIS WRIST... NOT INTO HIS PALMS AS IS COMMONLY PORTRAYED.....
THERE'S A TENDON IN THE WRIST THAT EXTENDS TO THE SHOULDER.. THE ROMAN GUARDS KNEW THAT WHEN THE NAILS WERE BEING HAMMERED INTO THE WRIST, THE TENDON WOULD TEAR AND BREAK.. FORCING JESUS TO USE HIS BACK MUSCLES TO SUPPORT HIMSELF SO THAT HE COULD BREATH...
BOTH OF HIS FEET WERE NAILED TOGETHER... THUS HE WAS FORCED TO SUPPORT HIMSELF ON THAT SINGLE NAIL THAT IMPALED HIS FEET TO THE CROSS...
JESUS COULD NOT SUPPORT HIMSELF WITH HIS LEGS BECAUSE OF THE PAIN.. SO HE WAS FORCED TO ALTERNATE BETWEEN ARCHING HIS BACK, THEN USING HIS LEGS JUST TO CONTINUE TO BREATH.. IMAGINE THE STRUGGLE, THE PAIN, THE SUFFERING, THE COURAGE...
JESUS ENDURED THIS REALITY FOR OVER THREE HOURS, YES, OVER THREE HOURS! CAN YOU IMAGINE THIS KIND OF SUFFERING? A FEW MINUTES BEFORE HE DIED.. JESUS STOPPED BLEEDING.. HE WAS SIMPLY POURING WATER FROM HIS WOULDS.
FROM COMMON IMAGES, WE SEE WOUNDS TO HIS HANDS AND FEET,, AND EVEN THE SPEAR WOUND TO HIS SIDE.. BUT DO WE REALIZE HIS WOUNDS WERE ACTUALLY MADE IN HIS BODY.
A HAMMER DRIVING LARGE NAILS THROUGH THE WRIST, THE FEET OVERLAPPED AND AN EVEN LARGER NAIL HAMMERED THROUGH THE ARCHES, THEN A ROMAN GUARD PIERCING HIS SIDE WITH A SPEAR..
BUT BEFORE THE NAILS AND THE SPEAR.. JESUS WAS WHIPPED AND BEATEN.. THE WHIPPING WAS SO SEVER THAT IT TORE THE FLESH FROM HIS BODY.. THE BEATING WAS SO HORRIFIC THAT HIS FACE WAS TORN, AND HIS BEARD RIPPED FROM HIS FACE..
THE CROWN OF THORNS CUT DEEPLY INTO HIS SCALP.. MOST MEN WOULD NOT HAVE SURVIVED THIS TORTURE.. HE HAD NO MORE BLOOD TO SHED, ONLY WATER POURED FROM HIS WOUNDS.. THE HUMAN ADULT BODY CONTAINS ABOUT 35 LITERS(JUST LESS THAN A GALLON) OF BLOOD.. JESUS SHED ALL 35 LITERS OF HIS BLOOD..
HE HAD THREE NAILS HAMMERED INTO HIS MEMBERS; A CROWN OF THORNS ON HIS HEAD AND, BEYOND THAT, A ROMAN SOLDIER WHO JABBED A SPEAR INTO HIS CHEST.. ALL THESE WITHOUT MENTIONING THE HUMILIATION HE PASSED AFTER CARRYING HIS OWN CROSS FOR ALMOST 2 ,KILOMETERS, WHILE THE CROWD SPAT IN HIS FACE AND THREW STONES......
JESUS HAD TO ENDURE THIS EXPERIENCE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE FREE ACCESS TO GOD, SO THAT OUR SINS COULD BE "WASHED" AWAY.. ALL OF THEM, WITH NO EXCEPTION.....
JESUS CHRIST DIED FOR YOU! FOR YOU WHO NOW READ THIS.. DON'T BELIEVE THAT HE ONLY DIED FOR OTHERS, THOSE WHO GO TO CHURCH OR FOR PASTORS, BISHOPS, ETC..HE DIED FOR ALL OF US..IT'S EASY TO PASS GOSSIP AND FALSE STATEMENTS, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO GOD, SOMETIMES YOU FEEL ASHAMED TO TELL OTHERS BECAUSE YOU ARE WORRIED OF WHAT THEY MAY THINK ABOUT YOU..
ACCEPT THE REALITY, THE TRUTH THAT .. "JESUS IS THE ONLY SALVATION FOR THE WORLD" GOD HAS PLANS FOR YOU,, TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS WHAT HE EXPERIENCED TO SAVE YOU.. TAKE A MOMENT TO APPRECIATE THE POWER OF GOD IN YOUR LIFE, FOR DOING WHAT PLEASES HIM.. IF YOU ARE NOT ASHAMED, FOLLOW HIS INSTRUCTIONS IN MATTHEW 10:32-33, EVERYONE THEREFORE WHO ACKNOWLEDGES ME BEFORE OTHERS, I ALSO WILL ACKNOWLEDGE BEFORE MY FATHER IN HEAVEN, BUT WHOSOEVER DENIES ME BEFORE OTHERS... I ALSO WILL DENY BEFORE MY FATHER IN HEAVEN.....
YES, I LOVE GOD, HE IS MY SOURCE OF LIFE AND MY SAVIOR.. HE KEEPS ME ALIVE DAY AND NIGHT.. WITHOUT HIM I AM NOTHING, BUT WITH HIM, I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH HIM WHO STRENGTHENS ME,, PHILIPPIANS 4:13!!
THIS IS THE SIMPLE TRUTH... IF YOU LOVE GOD AND YOU ARE A BELIEVER AND TRUST IN SALVATION THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, TELL ALL YOU LOVE!!
This blog is very timely as we observe the state of the world today. What is taking place is the result of mans action and God's divine judgement. It is as it was in the days of Noah. Sin is out of control and that great Nation or civilization has fallen. As one world passes away another is on the rise. The intent of this blog is to foster harmony through dialog. My eternal prayer is that we share and learn from eachother in a spirit of brotherhood. We are called to build God's Kingdom here on earth. It has been a long time coming but the time is at hand for the Genesis resurrection.
My suggestion is that we all read Genesis Chpt. 1,2,3 again and consider what we were taught, before we comment. We should search for common ground rather than focusing on our differences. So my dear brothers and sisters let the dialog begin and pray that the Holy spirit will guide us. Shalom, shalom!
Again, thanks to the responsible party for posting this great YouTube video. It has over 450 views already. And was very enlightening, learned a lot and glad to know OurStory over his-story is being preserved in Dallas; and thanks to David Newman and Donald Payton, other cities are catching on, employing Newman, even. An absolutely fantastic situation for Dallas. Upon my return, it'll be the first place to visit, well, one of the first at least...Peace In Bulldog Family
Our Pastor Andre Byrd of New Covenant Chiristian Fellowship Church has been nominated by Epitome Magazine for prayer of the year. He is quite deserving of this honor and recognition.He turly has a heart for God.
To vote click www.epitomemagazine.org link copy and paste the url to your browser. On the lower right side you will see an icon VOTE click the icon and it will take you to the ballot you will have to vote in all categories so you vote will be counted.
Thank You
Jean and Johnny Thomas
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| MARY ELLEN JOSEPH RANSOM |
Friday, Feb. 11, 2011, 7:00 p.m. FAMILY OF FAITH CHRISTIAN CENTER 434 W CAMP WISDOM RD. DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS |
Friday, Feb. 11, 2011, 7:00 PM FAMILY OF FAITH CHRISTIAN CENTER 434 W CAMP WISDOM RD., DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS |
Per Katherine, Mary's sister, this will be the only service. |
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| Walter Travis ("The Mayor of the Roseland Homes") |
VISITATION: Friday, February 11, 2011 from 10am-5pm at Laurel Land Memorial Chapel. WAKE: Friday 6-8:00 pm Laurel Land Funeral Home, 6000 South R.L. Thornton Frwy Dallas 75232 |
Saturday 2:00 PM, Oak CLiff Presbyterian Church 6000 Hampton Rd. @ Hwy 67 Dallas 75232 |
Visitation all day and evening wake are being held Friday. |
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Walter Earl Travis Sr. Travis, Walter Earl Sr. Passed away on Thursday, February 3, 2011. He leaves to celebrate his going home to his children, all of Dallas, Texas. Daughters: Linda Bates (Leonard), Wanda, Cheryl & Kimberly; sons: Walter, Jr. (Annette), Rich, James & Robert; stepchildren: Deborah & Kimberly Jordan; one first cousin William Smith & a host of grandchildren, great grandchildren, aunts, nieces & nephews, cousins & other relatives & friends. He was preceded in death by his parents Robert & Claudia Travis, wife Shirley, sister Robbie Mickels, brothers: James, Alexander, John and Loving partner Bettye Jordan Travis. Visitation will be held on Friday, February 11, 2011 from 10am-5pm at Laurel Land Memorial Chapel with the wake from 6-8pm. Funeral services will be held at 2:00pm Saturday, February 12, 2011 at Oak Cliff Presbyterian Church, 6000 S. Hampton Rd., Dallas, TX 75232. Rev. Clay Allard officiating and eulogy. |
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| Gloria Steele, Class of 1961. |
(Services are Pending. Family is not sure if they will bring her to Dallas for services or have services in Tyler, TX where she was residing when departed.) |
(Services are Pending. Family is not sure if they will bring her to Dallas for services or have services in Tyler, TX where she was residing when departed.) |
(Gloria lived on Alonso Place near Washington with Sisters: Margaret (Pee Wee), Mae Ethel, Louise, Charlene & Brenda Steele. |
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Friday, February 11, 2011, 7-9 PM First Baptist Church of Hamilton Park 300 E. Phillips Street Richardson, TX 75081 |
Saturday, February 12, 2011, 11 AM First Baptist Church of Hamilton Park 300 E. Phillips Street Richardson, TX 75081 |
THE COMMUNITY MEMORIAL TRIBUTE Sunday, March 6, 2011 at 5:00 PM at The Black Academy of Arts and Letters |
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Friday 2/11/11, 6pm-7pm Pleasant Grove Mortuary, 7800 Lake June Road, Dallas, TX { 214-398-8301 } |
Saturday, 2/12/11 1:00 PM Faithful Missionary Baptist Church 6366 Bonnie View Rd., Dallas, TX |
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Martin Luther King, Jr., (January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968) was born Michael Luther King, Jr., but later had his name changed to Martin. His grandfather began the family's long tenure as pastors of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, serving from 1914 to 1931; his father has served from then until the present, and from 1960 until his death Martin Luther acted as co-pastor. Martin Luther attended segregated public schools in Georgia, graduating from high school at the age of fifteen; he received the B. A. degree in 1948 from Morehouse College, a distinguished Negro institution of Atlanta from which both his father and grandfather had graduated. After three years of theological study at Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania where he was elected president of a predominantly white senior class, he was awarded the B.D. in 1951. With a fellowship won at Crozer, he enrolled in graduate studies at Boston University, completing his residence for the doctorate in 1953 and receiving the degree in 1955. In Boston he met and married Coretta Scott, a young woman of uncommon intellectual and artistic attainments. Two sons and two daughters were born into the family.
In 1954, Martin Luther King became pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. Always a strong worker for civil rights for members of his race, King was, by this time, a member of the executive committee of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the leading organization of its kind in the nation. He was ready, then, early in December, 1955, to accept the leadership of the first great Negro nonviolent demonstration of contemporary times in the United States, the bus boycott described by Gunnar Jahn in his presentation speech in honor of the laureate. The boycott lasted 382 days. On December 21, 1956, after the Supreme Court of the United States had declared unconstitutional the laws requiring segregation on buses, Negroes and whites rode the buses as equals. During these days of boycott, King was arrested, his home was bombed, he was subjected to personal abuse, but at the same time he emerged as a Negro leader of the first rank.
In 1957 he was elected president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an organization formed to provide new leadership for the now burgeoning civil rights movement. The ideals for this organization he took from Christianity; its operational techniques from Gandhi. In the eleven-year period between 1957 and 1968, King traveled over six million miles and spoke over twenty-five hundred times, appearing wherever there was injustice, protest, and action; and meanwhile he wrote five books as well as numerous articles. In these years, he led a massive protest in Birmingham, Alabama, that caught the attention of the entire world, providing what he called a coalition of conscience. and inspiring his "Letter from a Birmingham Jail", a manifesto of the Negro revolution; he planned the drives in Alabama for the registration of Negroes as voters; he directed the peaceful march on Washington, D.C., of 250,000 people to whom he delivered his address, "l Have a Dream", he conferred with President John F. Kennedy and campaigned for President Lyndon B. Johnson; he was arrested upwards of twenty times and assaulted at least four times; he was awarded five honorary degrees; was named Man of the Year by Time magazine in 1963; and became not only the symbolic leader of American blacks but also a world figure.
At the age of thirty-five, Martin Luther King, Jr., was the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize. When notified of his selection, he announced that he would turn over the prize money of $54,123 to the furtherance of the civil rights movement.
On the evening of April 4, 1968, while standing on the balcony of his motel room in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was to lead a protest march in sympathy with striking garbage workers of that city, he was assassinated.
Selected Bibliography
Adams, Russell, Great Negroes Past and Present, pp. 106-107. Chicago, Afro-Am Publishing Co., 1963.
Bennett, Lerone, Jr., What Manner of Man: A Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. Chicago, Johnson, 1964.
I Have a Dream: The Story of Martin Luther King in Text and Pictures. New York, Time Life Books, 1968.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., The Measure of a Man. Philadelphia. The Christian Education Press, 1959. Two devotional addresses.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., Strength to Love. New York, Harper & Row, 1963. Sixteen sermons and one essay entitled "Pilgrimage to Nonviolence."
King, Martin Luther, Jr., Stride toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story. New York, Harper, 1958.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., The Trumpet of Conscience. New York, Harper & Row, 1968.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? New York, Harper & Row, 1967.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., Why We Can't Wait. New York, Harper & Row, 1963.
"Man of the Year", Time, 83 (January 3, 1964) 13-16; 25-27.
"Martin Luther King, Jr.", in Current Biography Yearbook 1965, ed. by Charles Moritz, pp. 220-223. New York, H.W. Wilson.
Reddick, Lawrence D., Crusader without Violence: A Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. New York, Harper, 1959.
From Nobel Lectures, Peace 1951-1970, Editor Frederick W. Haberman, Elsevier Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1972
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Martin Luther King Jr. could hardly believe his eyes when he left the segregated South as a teenage college student to work on a tobacco farm in Connecticut."On our way here we saw some things I had never anticipated to see," he wrote his father in June 1944. "After we passed Washington there was no discrimination at all. The white people here are very nice. We go to any place we want to and sit any where we want to."
The slain civil rights leader, whose birthday is observed Monday as a federal holiday, spent that summer working in a tobacco field in the Hartford suburb of Simsbury. That experience would influence his decision to become a minister and heighten his resentment of segregation.
"It's clear that this little town, it made a huge impact on his life," said John Conard-Malley, a Simsbury High School senior who did a documentary with other students on King's experiences in Connecticut. "It's possibly the biggest thing, one of the most important things, people don't know about Martin Luther King's life."
Until then, King was thinking of other professions such as becoming a lawyer, Conard-Malley said. But after his fellow Morehouse College students at the tobacco farm elected him their religious leader, he decided to become a minister.
In his later application to Crozer Theological Seminary King wrote that he made the decision that summer "when I felt an inescapable urge to serve society. In short, I felt a sense of responsibility which I could not escape."
"Perhaps if he hadn't come to Connecticut, hadn't picked tobacco up here, hadn't felt like a free person, hadn't felt what life was like without segregation and been elected the religious minister, he may not have become such a leader in the civil rights movement," Conard-Malley said.
Nicole Byer, a junior at Simsbury High School who narrates the documentary, noted that King was roughly the same age as the students who produced the documentary. Such early experiences can have a profound influence on young people, she said.
"Everything right now influences us," Byer said. "Any small experience can change the direction of what we do right now."
In a letter to his mother three days after he wrote his father, King marveled over a trip he took to Hartford.
"I never thought that a person of my race could eat anywhere but we ate in one of the finest restaurants in Hartford," King wrote. "And we went to the largest shows there."
He wrote a week earlier of going to the same church in Simsbury as white people. His new calling as a religious leader was emerging, too.
"I have to speak on some text every Sunday to 107 boys. We really have good meetings," he wrote.
William Duschaneck, an 88-year-old Simsbury resident interviewed by the students, said he played baseball with King in town. King was a strong pitcher, though the future preacher of nonviolence never drilled a batter, he said.
"He was a good ballplayer. He beat us a couple times," Duschanek told The Associated Press, laughing. "It was interesting to hear him talk. He had a nice voice. He talked about God and so forth."
King described the work on the tobacco farm as easy.
"I have a job in the kitchen so I get better food than any of the boys and more. I get as much as I want," he wrote to his mother.
In a speech in Hartford in 1959, King recalled how hot it was working on the tobacco field and how he looked forward to relaxing on weekends in Hartford.
Byer says King and other students often worked in temperatures that reached 100 degrees or higher. The students, who were earning money to pay for college, made about $4 per day, Byer said. They lived in a dormitory built at the edge of the tobacco field.
King was nicknamed "Tweed" by his friends because he often wore a tweed suit to church, said Alexis Kellam, whose late father, Ennis Proctor, worked with King that summer in Connecticut.
King's friends teased him that the hot sun in the tobacco fields caused him to preach, his sister, Christine Farris, told The AP.
In her book "Through It All: Reflections on My Life, My Family, and My Faith," Ferris wrote that her brother underwent a "metamorphosis" as a result of his time in Connecticut.
"That was quite an experience," Farris said.
King's widow, Coretta Scott King, wrote in her memoir, "My Life With Martin Luther King Jr." that her husband talked of the exhilarating sense of freedom he felt in Connecticut that summer.
That taste of freedom ended as King returned home. When he got to Washington, he had to ride the rest of the way to Atlanta in a segregated train.
"After that summer in Connecticut, it was a bitter feeling going back to segregation," King wrote in his autobiography. "I could never adjust to the separate waiting rooms, separate eating places, separate rest rooms, partly because the separate was always unequal, and partly because the very idea of separation did something to my sense of dignity and self-respect."
Clayborne Carson, a history professor and director of the Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University, said King's time in Connecticut played a role in his decision to become a minister and in influencing his views about segregation. He said shortly before King came to Connecticut that summer, a bus driver ordered him to give up his seat for a white passenger on the way to Atlanta.
"These experiences came fairly close to each other," Carson said. "I think the two things together sharpened his sense of resentment about segregation in the South."
I have been think about some of the things my mom did to make me happy when I was little. When she woke me for school this is what she said.
" I was up so tiptoe early that the flowers were all pearly as they waited in there places for the son to dry there faces." This gives me a wonderful feeling when I think about my mom . She passed away June 25, 2010.
What are some of the things your mom is doing are did in the pass to make you smile?
Jean Thomas / Johnny Thomas wife
As Christmas Day winds down ....
....It is my dearest hope that you and I keep The Spirit of Christmas and its Joys in our hearts All Year Long!! ~ Love to all of you and abundant Blessings in the rest of this year and in all of the year to come!
I have had four Radio Interviews and have my fifth one coming on Jan. 4, 2011. I have been invited to a 5 day, Radio Program. week to be set after the Host review "How to Survive on a LIttle."
Also, I have been offered a chance to have my own Radio Pilot Program for 13 weeks. I will be totally in charge. This is to discuss my book "How To Survive on a LIttle." I am in the process of getting a sponsor or sponsors for the cost of $6,900.
This could be a great opportunity for me and my books if I am able to do this. I am asking that my BTW family pray for me. And if it's God's Will, it will be.
Note**I don't know how to work the BTW site very well. I accidently discover this area.
To all of you,
I pray that God continues to bless us all abundantly during this exciting season as we all remember the true reason for this season!
Love you all, Bonita
On December 18th.. 2010.... My Best Friend.... And The Only Man Other Than My Family That Truly Loved Me.... Left His Earthly Abode....... For His Heavenly Home. When I was Thirteen Years Old My Mom Let Me Call James My Boy Friend... ......
But What She Didn't Know Was He Had Already Told Me I Was His Girl Friend And He Was Going To Marry Me... When I Was Older >>>>>>>>>>>>>
.... And He Did. On February 24, 1959 We Were Married..... And For The Next 27 Years... And Two Children
....... Life Changed Forever.......
Even Though We Were Divorced........ We Still Existed As A Family...... We Vacationed As Family...... And Raised Our Children Together And In Agreement With Each Other Until They Were Adults >>>>>>>> I Learned The Meaning Of True Love From James.............. And How To Treat Someone That You Truly Love..
When You Say "I Love You," You Are Actually Saying You Have Awakened A Place In Me Where I Am Love........
Deep Within our Being Is A Place Of Peace.. Joy.. And Knowing.... It Is A Place Called Love!! A Relationship Is Placing one's Heart And Soul In The Hands Of Another While Taking Charge Of another In One's Soul And Heart.... When We Enter A Relationship.. We Don't Often Think Or See Beyond The Physical Being.... We Are Attracted to The Body, Face Personality. We Make Like What the Person Does Or How They Do It And Want To Be A Part Of That...We May Even Experience a Pull From Within That We Can't Actually Explain.......... But How Often Do We Stop To consider The True Depth Of The Person We Are Attracted To?? There Is A Being Before Us Who Has A Past, Present And Future...... There Is Flesh And Bones, Hurts And Scars,, Feelings.. Thoughts And Ideals...... When We Enter The World Of Another being We Must Be Willing To Be A Part Of It All... When Someone Entrusts Their Heart To You They Are Giving You A Piece Of Their Soul..... You Cannot Treat A Soul Casually... You Must Protect, Nurture And Handle It With Care.. Our Interactions With One Another Go Far Beyond The Face.. Body And Hair... Experience Is A Good Teacher But She Runs Up Big Bills.......... Every Encounter Is An Experience Of Growth........
I Will Fear No Evil: For Thou Art With Me..... Psalm 23:4
No Matter What Is Happening In our Relationships, Fear Nothing And No One... When You Walk With The Consciousness Of The Creator.... There Is Nothing To Fear.. Do Not Fear That People Will Harm You Or Leave You..... Do Not Fear People Who Threaten You.... Do Not Fear Obstacles That Confront You.... You Are Walking With The Strong Arm Of The Law.... Do Not Fear Disapproval.. Criticism..... or Judgment.. Know That The Only Energy That Has Any Power In Your Life Is The Gift Of Breath From God.... Do Not Fear Places.. Darkness...Separation Or Divorce.....Being Alone.... Cast Aside... For When You Walk With the Master.. You Are In The Best Company Available....
Loosing Someone You Love~~~~~~~~~~
Those Who Don't Know How To Weep With Their Whole Heart....... Don't Know How To Laugh Either....
When We Lose A Loved One To Death,... It Is Perfectly Normal To Grieve.... We Must Honor And Recognize Each Stage Of The Grief and Every Emotion We Have... There Will Be Shock, Denial, Anger, Confusion, Fear, Helplessness, Numbness, And Eventually, Acceptance... There Will Be A Point When We Don't Know What To Do... At That Point We Must Understand And Accept, There Is No Death; There Is No End; There Is Only Transformation.. When We Allow Ourselves To Grieve... We Release The Negative Thoughts And Emotions That Make It Easier To Accept The Changes... Grief Is Natural... Normal... And To Be Expected.. We Owe It To Ourselves And The Memory Of The Relationship To Grieve And Cleanse Our Soul.........
Good Night My Sweet Prince!!
Pvt. Devon J. Harris, a 2004 graduate of Dallas' Skyline High School , quickly demonstrated his prowess at clearing improvised explosive devices from the path of American troops in Afghanistan.
He was deployed to the combat zone in October, shortly after a three-day visit home to North Texas.
"His unit was very proud of Devon. He had gone on several missions disarming those IEDs," said his father, Tennyson Harris of Rowlett. "He'd gotten so good, they put him in the lead Humvee. They had a lot of confidence in him."
Pvt. Harris, 24, was killed in Wardak province, Afghanistan, on Saturday when insurgents attacked his combat-engineering unit with a rocket-propelled grenade.
Services are pending the return of his body Friday from Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.
Pvt. Harris was born in Dallas, where he was an active member of Southern Hills Church of Christ. He played the violin and wanted to become a history teacher.
After graduating from Skyline, he attended Southwest Christian College in Terrell for two years. He joined the Army in August 2009.
He was a member of the Brigade Special Troops Battalion of the 10th Mountain Division of Fort Drum in New York, but his unit had been based at Fort Polk, La., for the past year.
Pvt. Harris' generosity was apparent on his visits home, his father said.
"He would buy his friends different items, and then he wouldn't have enough money to catch the bus to go back," Mr. Harris said. "He'd come to me and say, 'Daddy, I need some bus fare so I can get back to Polk. ... I had to help someone.' "
In addition to his father, Pvt. Harris is survived by his stepmother, Felicia Harris of Rowlett; his mother, Sorainya Harris of Mesquite ; his brothers, Christopher Johnson of Mesquite, David Parker of Lancaster and Michael Rufus of Dallas; and his sisters, Ashley Harris of Mesquite (his twin sister), Monica Harris Smith of Cedar Hill and Stephanie Rufus of Rowlett.
