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I Saw Lincoln (You Should Too!)

Posted on November 17, 2012 by Steve Simms

I saw Abraham Lincoln, not in person, of course, but in the new movie, Lincoln, directed by Steven Spielberg and staring Daniel Day-Lewis as Lincoln. I was expecting a drama about the life of Lincoln, but this was not that. … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Greatest Books

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Steve Simms

What are the world’s 10 greatest books? Here are the top 10 books that have had the most impact on my life: 1) The Bible: I’ve read it almost daily for 42 years. There have been times that I have … Continue reading →

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Black Is Beautiful (Just Ask Retailers About Black Friday)

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Steve Simms

Black is beautiful! “It’s the most wonderful day of the year.” That’s a song retailers might sing about Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving Day when their business begins to turn a profit for the year. It’s an honor to … Continue reading →

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A Slaveholder Lie Still Circulates In 21st Century America

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Steve Simms

Slaveholder propaganda is still circulating in America in the 21st Century, even in the black community. Here are three examples: 1) A few years ago a black man I had never met stopped his beautiful pick-up truck beside me as … Continue reading →

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How A White Guy Experienced Jim Crow As A Black Guy

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Steve Simms

Black Like Me is the story of how John Howard Griffin, a white man, colored his skin black and traveled around the segregated, Jim Crow South in the late 1950s. The cover reads: “What was it like, really like to be … Continue reading →

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