Thoughts and Works in Progress

The Slave Chapel at Bremo Bluff, Virginia

The slave chapel at Bremo Bluff, Virginia

The Pontiac at GlenRio

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a Texaco gas station with a white Pontiac out front, the ghost town of Glenrio, TX

Martin Luther King in Connecticut

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15 year old Martin Luther King spent time here working on tobacco farms and become inspired about change.

Nat Turner Rebellion

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Probably the most significant uprising (after Jan 6? ) in American history. Lots of legends and stories here...Nat Turner rebellion

Werowocomoco and Powhatan

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Among one of the most important sacred sites to Native Americans. The tribal village would have been along the shore, with the community leaders, temples and civic buildings further at the back of the site. What is: Werowocomoco. It…

Lorraine Hotel, Memphis, Tennessee

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What is: the original signage at the Lorraine hotel before it became the motel. During the creation of the National Civil Rights Museum in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the original hotel building was renovated to include reminders of…