Author Archives: Rebecca M. Blackwell

This photo was taken at the site of Major Ridge’s home near Rome, GA.  Major Ridge was a chieftain of the Cherokee people, and both a perpetrator and victim of injustice.  As a large landowner, Major Ridge had slaves (both other Native Americans, and those enslaved from Africa).  Facing the inevitable removal of the CherokeeContinue reading “Lenten Photo Discipline – Day 4: Injustice (x3)”

      See me, feel me, touch me,      heal me. ~ Tommy, The Who I was totally captivated when I saw this mural a few years back in Philly.  It is in the middle of a historical neighborhood that has suffered much and is now rising from the ashes.  I particularly like theContinue reading “Lenten Photo Discipline – Day 3: See”