Tag Archives: Thurgood Marshall

the fifties: getting funky with disaffection

Posted on December 25, 2012 by Dave

Must we be nostalgic about the 1950′s? Hardly the Golden Age many make it out to be. If we turn over the shiny stone, there were more than a few creepy-crawlers underneath… James Dean created a character who reflected the … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged 1950's American Civil Rights movement, Arthur Shore, Autherine Lucy, Charles Mingus, David Dennis Freedom Rider, Freedom Riders, James Dean, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Martin Luther King, Orval Faubus, paul schutzer photography, senator joseph mccarthy, Thurgood Marshall | Leave a comment

DARK KNIGHTS & THE LAST OF THE WHITE COLD LOVERS

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Dave

”I’d been prepped for understanding by my parents and grandparents, who constantly spoke of the regressive, racially pathological south. They took me to South Carolina almost every summer throughout my youth. I had seen and experienced the ugliness and petty … Continue reading →