Everett Jenkins Birthday Blog

According to Wikipedia, today is the 70th anniversary of the historic case of  Brown v. Board of Education .   Brown v. Board of Education - Wikipedia This case was to change America by ending racial segregation.  However, it is now 70 years later and America is more segregated than ever. Brown v. Board of Education, 70 years on, is both revered and unfulfilled (msn.com) MSN MSN As part of a discussion that certain members of my Amherst Class of 1975 would like to partake in, it might be beneficial for everyone to ask the question "After 70 Years of Brown v. Board of Education, Why Haven't We Made More Progress?" As fate would have it, I am still going through the Year of 1930.  One of the individuals who was born in 1930 happens to be Derrick Bell Derrick Bell - Wikipedia Derrick Bell was a brilliant lawyer who, for a time, was an ardent believer in pursuing justice for aggrieved minorities through the justice system.  However, over time, he came to realiz...

I spent Mother's Day in an unusual way.  I spent an hour with my ex-wife and my youngest daughter at their house on the other side of town. I brought two dozen roses and some See's Candy to help celebrate the day.  My ex is, after all, the mother of our four children and deserves to receive the recognition for being a mother on this special day.  It was a pleasant time, we talked about our dance at my oldest daughter's wedding in March, about the ongoing saga of Meghan and Harry, and about the brand-new announcement I received that my brother's daughter is expecting her first child.  There was so much to catch up on.  It was a rather pleasant time and part of a trend of recent get togethers that were pleasant.  We both acknowledge that we are very different people, but we can set aside those differences on such occasions.  Indeed, I am planning on getting Barbecue for Memorial Day and my ex has been invited to come over to my house to join us for what ...

  I recently received my copy of the   Amherst  magazine and, as is my custom these days, I began my reading by go to the back pages where the In Memory pages are.  In this Spring 2024 issue, on the last In Memory page, I was a bit startled to read about the passing of David Wills. You can read a local obituary for Professor Wills here David Wills Obituary (1942 - 2024) - South Hadley, MA - Daily Hampshire Gazette (legacy.com) While I was at Amherst College, I only took one Religion course and it happened to be in my senior and it happened to be with Professor Wills.  I do not remember any specific discussions, but I still have my Amherst College books, including the classic book by Reinhold Niebuhr,  Moral Man and Immoral Society: A Study of Ethics and Politics Moral Man and Immoral Society: A Study in Ethics and Politics  is a 1932 book by  Reinhold Niebuhr , an American  Protestant   theologian  at  Union Theological Seminar...