Column: We lose history about as fast as we gain holidays

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Column: We lose history about as fast as we gain holidays

Harris Blackwood

For The Times

Published: Jan 8, 2022, 1:32 AM

In the next few days, we will observe the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on what would have been his 93rd birthday. While we have seen many of the old guard of the civil rights movement both age and die, our image of King is fixed on the 39-year-old man who was shot down on a motel balcony in Memphis.

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Column: Then and now: What’s in a name?

Harris Blackwood

For The Times

Published: Mar 6, 2025, 7:07 PM

I find it unusual that we allow children to name grandparents and dogs. My mother has been dead for years and she wanted to be called Grandmother.

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