Author Archives: Richard Guzman
Father Mike Pfleger and Other Gospel Extravaganza Memories
Saturday, January 26, 2013, North Central College: the 25th Anniversary concert of the Gospel Extravaganza, an event I helped start that many years ago. My cell phone went in and out of my pocket all evening, partly because my wife … Continue reading
Remembering London – Part 4: Nationalism and Cheese
At the northeast end of Hyde Park is Speakers’ Corner where on Sunday afternoons an assortment of crazies and true believers hold forth in exercises of free speech. The British cherish these as symbols of their democracy, even as they … Continue reading
MLK Jr: Conquering Racism, Militarism, and Economic Exploitation
On April 4, 1967, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered a speech at New York’s famous Riverside Church. Giving it the title “Beyond Vietnam—Breaking Silence,” King called for “radical departures from the destruction of Vietnam.” He had been moving towards this speech for two years, “[M]oved,” he … Continue reading