Islam ... continued
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many tribes that had made up the Arab world beforehand. Islam now
developed as a combined spiritual and earthly community, with
political and military power working hand in hand with spiritual power
and guidance. At the same time the community developed the religious
and ethical codes of behavior that still provide the foundation of
Muslim life.
1927 - birth of Leontyne Price, first African American international
opera star
12 - 1809 - birth of Abraham Lincoln; 1909-founding of the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
14 - Valentine's Day (St.Valentine ministered to prisoners);
1817-birth of anti-slavery activist Frederick Douglass: "Power
concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will."
15 - 2003-In over 100 countries, 15,000,000 people demonstrate against
Bush's war on Iraq. Largest coordinated protest in world history!
Message is clear: world's people do not accept US warmaking nor
empire building.
16 - 1870 - birth of Leonora O'Reilly, union leader and co-founder of
NAACP
17 - 1942 - birth of Huey Newton, co-founder of Black Panther Party
18 - 1931 - birth of Toni Morrison, author;
1934 - birth of Audre Lorde, in her own words, a "Black, lesbian,
mother, warrior poet" and: activist, teacher, cancer survivor and
author of 17 books of prose and poetry.
20 - 1956 - US rejects Soviet proposal to ban nuclear weapons tests
and deployment
21 - 1936 - birth of Barbara Jordan, first Congresswoman from the Deep
South
22 - 1732 - birth of George Washington, first president of US (slave
owner & hemp grower)
23 - 1868 - birth of E. B. Du Bois, African American scholar,
educator, and cofounder of the NAACP
26 - Eleanor Roosevelt resigns from Daughters of the American
Revolution in protest of their not allowing African American Marion
Anderson to sing at Constitution Hall.
28 - 1958 - Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament begins in London.
Origin of peace symbol.
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Dream Deferred
Langston Hughes
What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore -
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over -
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load
Or does it explode?
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Care and Concern
1-14-05
Good morning. This is Paul, temporary bachelor and acting UFL Program
Director. Erika asked me to keep you all up to date. She and her
mother are doing pretty well, all things considered.
She got Rosa back home to Koscola ( Coach -a -la) Tuesday. The
doctors , hospital, and relatives were very helpful, once Erika made
it very clear she was taking Rosa home. (I can almost hear the doctor
saying the Hungarian equivalent of "Yes, Dear.")
The first 2 days were very exhausting for Erika - "much harder than
even I expected" she admitted. Rosa was in good spirits and talkative
but her pain meant she needed/wanted to be turned often. And the
incontinence created a few problems which I don't need to go into.
But by Thursday, things seemed better. Rosa was able to sit up a bit,
was eating a little more, and actually felt one of the electrode pads
being pulled off her bad leg. Erika had started the EMS (electronic
muscle stimulation) and physical therapy. Erika was also able to
get some rest and a shower, thanks to a lot of help from Rosa's
friends and neighbors. Too much 'help' sometimes - so may phone calls
and visits that sometimes Erika can't get the therapy and household
chores done. One of Rosa's friends - who's slightly autistic -
insisted on loudly serenading her from the street. You have to
experience Koscola to really appreciate life there.
I talk with Erika just about every morning (afternoon in Hungary) and
have relayed all your thoughts and best wishes. She really
appreciates all of you and how concerned and helpful you've been.
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