Charles E. Richardson
RICHARDSON: Not enough hands in hands
Sometimes my imagination is all too vivid. The other day I saw a tall lanky guy crossing the street with his just-learning-to-walk young son. My brain flashed back to a time decades earlier when I was holding a little hand of my own. They grow so quickly.
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About Charles E. Richardson
Charles E. Richardson is a Knight Fellow at Duke University and the University of Maryland. He's taken courses in journalism and not-for-profit governance at Harvard. He has served on several civic boards and is the past state chairman for Kids Voting - Georgia and former chairman of the board for the Professional Association of Georgia Educators Foundation.
Charles E. Richardson
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CHARLES E. RICHARDSON
RICHARDSON: The twists of history
It was shortly after midnight June 12, 1963 -- 50 years ago this week -- when NAACP Field Secretary Medgar Evers returned to his modest Jackson, Miss., home at 2332 Margaret Walker Alexander Drive. Inside were his wife, Myrlie and his children, Darrell, 9, Reena 8, and James 3.
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CHARLES E. RICHARDSON
RICHARDSON: ‘It’s in their nature’
It was a thing of beauty -- like a well-executed football play. Republican members of the local delegation, state Rep. Allen Peake and state Sen. Cecil Staton, drew up a play that almost worked to perfection. As in football, they took advantage of the other team’s weaknesses -- in this case...
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CHARLES E. RICHARDSON
RICHARDSON: Trio of success out of the same pod
What does Jasmine Hill, a rising senior at the University of Georgia majoring in accounting, have in common with her two brothers, Brandon, a rising junior at Morehouse majoring in political science, and Marcus, who will enter his freshman year at UGA studying computer science in the fall?
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CHARLES E. RICHARDSON
RICHARDSON: Something’s just not right
Last Tuesday, my newspaper sat up from my lap and screamed at me. Yes, screamed. At the top of Page 1A was a story of the capture of two men and a woman, none over the age of 19, accused of killing Russell Jacobs and James Wood. Another 17-year-old thought to be involved in the murder was still ...
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CHARLES E. RICHARDSON
RICHARDSON: Relay for Life is the essence of Macon
Last week, I participated in the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. I wasn’t alone. I was accompanied by the real folks of Macon and Middle Georgia. There are a lot of us.
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CHARLES E. RICHARDSON
RICHARDSON: Our rocks are crumbling
There are clear signs that point to a society that’s going to Hell in a handbasket. Stay with me now, this might take a while.
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CHARLES E. RICHARDSON
RICHARDSON: ‘He was a good kid’
“He was a good kid.” Words spoken by John Johnson Jr., the father of 18-year-old John Johnson III, after his son was shot and killed last weekend at a party. Police say the murder was gang related.
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CHARLES E. RICHARDSON
RICHARDSON; Any solution to gun debate?
“Just how stupid can this person be? He wants to take out a lot of people ... so he uses a knife? Wow ... what a loser! All he had to do was walk down the street, buy an assault rifle, then return to campus. What poor decision making! Bet that guy is a liberal and never fired a gun in his...
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CHARLES E. RICHARDSON
Richardson: What’s our excuse?
There has rightly been a lot of ballyhoo over the release of “42” -- a biopic about the life of Jackie Robinson. It was filmed mainly in Macon, starring Harrison Ford as Branch Rickey, the president and general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, and Chadwick Boseman as Jackie Robinson.
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CHARLES E. RICHARDSON
RICHARDSON: Time to renovate?
There are ghosts all around us. Some good, some bad. These ghosts can make us excel to the highest heights in our quests to do them one better, or they can shackle us, making our progress a long, slow slog or halt it altogether.
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