tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post5344223758269900537..comments2023-09-29T06:00:09.242-05:00Comments on Julie Pippert: Using My Words: A post not about Martin Luther King, Jr. on the occasion of his birthday (observed)Julie Pipperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169574697104642479noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-71786296815623512262007-01-22T16:13:00.000-06:002007-01-22T16:13:00.000-06:00Interesting blog! I did not know about Barbara Jor...Interesting blog! I did not know about Barbara Jordan..<br /><br />Robyne <br />www.creativewritintravel.blogspot.comRobynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804147408839880732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-27507393837202363782007-01-16T09:21:00.000-06:002007-01-16T09:21:00.000-06:00Barbara Jordan has always astounded me. I love th...Barbara Jordan has always astounded me. I love the Constitution almost the same way I love Handel's Messiah. It is a brilliant document that demonstrates the final product being so much greater than the individual contributions from the farmers and lawyers who drafted it. Its clearly a flawed document, but the redundancy built into its systems were so well crafted that even the mistakes in the original document (the 3/5ths provision, for example) were fixed by the very systems the Constitution established.<br /><br />Barbara Jordon has always been remarkable to me because she stands alone as an African American woman who believes in the Constitution and its very ability to provide justice to the people. So many African American folk and political heroes preached of revolution (albeit civil and not political) but she alone preached of the powers of the Constitution itself as the gateway to civil rights. And In the end, she was right. It wasn't a march or Rosa Parks or a cross burning or even the civil war that restored civil rights. It was the an act of congress, passed by both popularly elected representative bodies, signed by the President and upheld by the Supreme Court. And it couldn't have happened any other way.Boneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16504810076352510226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-1395212766625203922007-01-15T23:22:00.000-06:002007-01-15T23:22:00.000-06:00what a terrific portrait. truly. and the essence ...what a terrific portrait. truly. and the essence you were working to convey..i agree.<br /><br />i just watched a documentary about Shirley Chisholm - the first black congresswoman...she was a powerful and amazing woman in her own right as well.Girlplustwohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07056576921114387218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-48089642707993495352007-01-15T15:48:00.000-06:002007-01-15T15:48:00.000-06:00Excellent post, thanks!Excellent post, thanks!Mom O Matichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00663817788501199975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-85390939703719514362007-01-15T12:27:00.000-06:002007-01-15T12:27:00.000-06:00Thanks for the word portrait of Barbara Jordan. It...Thanks for the word portrait of Barbara Jordan. It was interesting to learn a bit more about her. <br /><br />The women who have influenced me most would be Maya Angelou, bell hooks and Alice Walker. <br /><br />I agree with the essence of your post. <br /><br /><br />Peace, <br /><br />~Chanithailandchanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171731740204067889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-25266740677998582182007-01-15T11:18:00.000-06:002007-01-15T11:18:00.000-06:00I love this post. Thanks.
(and - GO BRAIN POWER. ...I love this post. Thanks.<br /><br />(and - GO BRAIN POWER. Yes.)Her Bad Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03535958887714152413noreply@blogger.com