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FOCUS, Wentworth: From Nuremberg to Pittsburgh

By Marjory Wentworth, contributing editor | In 2016, the lawyers from the International Criminal Court asked me to write a poem for the 70th Anniversary of the closing of the military tribunals at Nuremberg. At the time, I was finishing writing the book We Are Charleston, Tragedy and Triumph at Mother Emanuel, immersed in the unfathomable grief of the families and survivors. Charleston was still recovering from one of the worst hate crimes in American history

The links between racism and anti-Semitism are innumerable. In fact, the NAACP has Jewish roots. The organization was founded by both black and white civil rights activists, including a Jewish man named Henry Moskowitz. …

by Special to Charleston Currents · 11/12/2018 · 1 comment · Focus, Good news, My Turn

Remembering Ken Burger, 1949-2015

We’re saddened this morning by the loss of longtime Post and Courier columnist Ken Burger, who died Tuesday following a long battle with prostate cancer.

Let’s remember him by being inspired from reading his outstanding, poignant writing, such as this sage advice from “Baptized in Sweet Tea,” a collection of columns published in 2011:

1. Always return phone calls: “Calling people back, you see, is a sign of respect, even if they don’t deserve it.”

by Andy Brack · 10/21/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Views