The Civil Rights Act of 1964 laid the foundation for the Voting Rights Act of 1965, but it also addressed nearly every other aspect of daily life in a would-be free democratic society.

All the world loves a ghost. The evidence of that simple statement can be found by looking in nearly every direction.

First steps are always the hardest but until they are taken the notion of progress remains only a notion and not an achievement.

Un-winged and naked, sorrow surrenders its crown to a throne called grace.

The issue, perhaps, boils down to one of how perceptions or misperceptions of racial difference impact various 'individuals', or groups of 'individuals', experience of freedom in America. Some would argue that it goes beyond hampering their "pursuit of happiness" to outright obliterating it.

Classic romantic love is an emotional attraction between two individuals in which they may share a heightened awareness of mutual adoration. Erotic love, traditionally, has been described as shared sexual attraction.

Beauty from another world gave birth to your voice-- sent to rescue scorned hearts from traumatized nights.