Opinion: When the South found its heart and soul — and what it needs to do now
We cannot undo the past. But we most certainly can learn from the mistakes of the past.
Robert Lee Long
Columnist
Robert Lee Long is a retired newspaper editor and a contributing columnist for The Daily Memphian. He is also a historian and theologian and formerly served as a radio correspondent for Mississippi Public Broadcasting.
There are 12 articles by Robert Lee Long :
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July 2020
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Opinion Opinion: Strickland faced a no-win situation when police met protesters outside City Hall
Mayor Jim Strickland has been in a no-win situation with the City Hall occupation, especially being a white mayor in a predominantly African American city. And while the ending of the protest was not ideal, history shows it could have been a lot worse.
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Guest ColumnistsOpinion: Crossroads for a movement
Four years ago, James Meredith, others from Mississippi and I were invited to take part in a series of college speaking engagements about progress our state had made in the area of civil rights. Most in the audience were amazed that Meredith, the civil rights legend, was still alive. I can attest that my friend is very much alive, spirited and has something to say.
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Guest ColumnistsOpinion: GOP in ‘civil war’ over masks
Masks don’t conceal identities – they reveal them, identifying the wearers during this pandemic as caring, compassionate, intelligent folk.
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August 2020
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Guest ColumnistsOpinion: Has the GOP’s ‘big tent’ folded?
The party with which I have self-identified for much of my adult life, the Republican Party, has failed to live up to its “big tent” credo of inclusiveness and belonging.
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Guest ColumnistsThe world came together to fight polio. Why not the coronavirus?
Isn’t it a shame that to battle the novel coronavirus, a major campaign has not yet been launched unilaterally and on a global scale?
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Opinion Long: ‘We need more label-defying people like Charles Evers’
Evers was elected the first African-American mayor in Mississippi post-Reconstruction and he would mount an unsuccessful gubernatorial bid to become Mississippi’s first Black governor in 1971.
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Guest ColumnistsOpinion: Trump’s foreign relations gem deserves to shine
"Although Trump’s critics are often loathe to “give the devil his due,” this foreign relations accomplishment by the Trump Administration should be allowed to shine," says Robert Lee Long.
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September 2020
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Guest Columnists Opinion: Citizenship is a precious gift
We are all part of this rich, multi-ethnic family which calls itself American. We are all part of an interwoven tapestry, thread together with freedom, faith, sacrifice, survival and endurance.
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OpinionOpinion: Coping with COVID shouldn’t be political
The coronavirus doesn’t care whether you are a Democrat, independent or Republican. So far, more than six million people have contracted the virus and more than 187,000 in the U.S. alone have died from the disease.
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Arts & Culture Opinion: Living together as neighbors
In Memphis and throughout the Mid-South, Chinese immigrants, now U.S. citizens, have left their mark.
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October 2020
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Guest Columnists Opinion: Let’s expand children’s educational horizons, not limit them
“Phasing out the heroes, myths and legends as they pertain to America’s unique story is damaging to our shared cultural identity, our mosaic of greatness.”
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