(To listen to the audio of this blog post, use the purple play button.) · Sheriff Fay F. Brown's Badge: Early Birds at the Funeral Parlor· It’s Friday, September 23, 1927, in Hutchinson, Kansas, at the Johnson & Sons Funeral Home, 134 Sherman Avenue, east. People are arriving for the funeral service of Harvey E. Albrecht. * Mary Adella Albrecht, widow of Harvey Albrecht, looked in the mirror before exiting the funeral home’s bathroom. Out loud, she said, “I can do … [Read more...] about Sheriff Fay F. Brown’s Badge: Early Birds at the Funeral Parlor
Ku Klux Klan
Sheriff Fay F. Brown’s Badge: July 4th Celebration
(To listen to the audio of this blog post, use the purple play button.) · Sheriff Fay F. Brown's Badge: July 4th Celebration Hutchinson, Kansas, planned a big July 4th celebration in 1927. It started with a parade. * The brand-new Ford Model T touring car parked in the middle of Fifth Avenue and Main Street, facing south, lurched forward. It was 10:30 the morning of July 4th, 1927. The parade had begun. Hutchinson Mayor Chester Lyman, 49, and several city commissioners … [Read more...] about Sheriff Fay F. Brown’s Badge: July 4th Celebration
Do the Right Thing
(To listen to the audio of this blog post, use the purple play button.) · You Can Make a Difference · It’s safe to say that white nationalist members and sympathizers prefer the racist 1915 film, “The Birth of a Nation” over the anti-racist 2018 blockbuster movie, “The BlackkKlansman.” In the early 1900’s the leading white nationalist organization of the day was the Ku Klux Klan. The KKK was organized after the Civil War in order to counter the 13th Amendment that abolished … [Read more...] about Do the Right Thing
