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Opinion: Let's expand children's educational horizons, not limit them

desotocountymuseum@gmail.com (Robert Lee Long) — Tue, 6 Oct 2020 04:00:09 -0500

“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.”

Opinion: Living together as neighbors

desotocountymuseum@gmail.com (Robert Lee Long) — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 04:00:07 -0500

In Memphis and throughout the Mid-South, Chinese immigrants, now U.S. citizens, have left their mark.

Opinion: Coping with COVID shouldn't be political

desotocountymuseum@gmail.com (Robert Lee Long) — Tue, 8 Sep 2020 06:02:47 -0500

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.

Opinion: Citizenship is a precious gift

desotocountymuseum@gmail.com (Robert Lee Long) — Sat, 5 Sep 2020 15:39:55 -0500

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.

Opinion: Trump's foreign relations gem deserves to shine

desotocountymuseum@gmail.com (Robert Lee Long) — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 11:09:32 -0500

"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.

Long: 'We need more label-defying people like Charles Evers'

desotocountymuseum@gmail.com (Robert Lee Long) — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 04:00:13 -0500

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.

The world came together to fight polio. Why not the coronavirus?

desotocountymuseum@gmail.com (Robert Lee Long) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 06:09:03 -0500

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?

Opinion: Has the GOP's 'big tent' folded?

desotocountymuseum@gmail.com (Robert Lee Long) — Thu, 6 Aug 2020 04:00:11 -0500

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.

Opinion: GOP in 'civil war' over masks

desotocountymuseum@gmail.com (Robert Lee Long) — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 04:00:11 -0500

Masks don’t conceal identities – they reveal them, identifying the wearers during this pandemic as caring, compassionate, intelligent folk.

Opinion: Crossroads for a movement

desotocountymuseum@gmail.com (Robert Lee Long) — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 04:00:06 -0500

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.

Opinion: Strickland faced a no-win situation when police met protesters outside City Hall

desotocountymuseum@gmail.com (Robert Lee Long) — Mon, 6 Jul 2020 10:09:07 -0500

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.

Opinion: When the South found its heart and soul — and what it needs to do now

desotocountymuseum@gmail.com (Robert Lee Long) — Thu, 2 Jul 2020 16:28:49 -0500

We cannot undo the past. But we most certainly can learn from the mistakes of the past.