Lawrence Edward Hinchee
Bio
I am a new author. I wrote my memoir Silent Cries and it is available on Amazon.com. I am new to writing and most of my writing has been for academia. I possess an MBA from Regis University in Denver, CO. I reside in Roanoke, VA.
Stories (128/0)
United States Postal Service closes Virginia historical post office over exhibit
The Postal Service said that it closed a small, historic Virginia post office located in the same building as a museum about racial, segregation earlier this summer due to concerns about the museum’s historical display. In Germany, Poland and other countries, symbols of the Nazis atrocities still stand and in most cases are being renovated. School children are required to visit the concentration camps to learn of the Nazi past so there is no repeat. Shouldn't we as a country be doing the same so we don't repeat the past?
By Lawrence Edward Hinchee6 months ago in Education
Oliver White Hill, SR (1907–2007)
Oliver White Hill, Sr. (May 1, 1907 — August 5, 2007) was an American civil rights attorney from Richmond, Virginia. His work against racial discrimination helped end the doctrine of “separate but equal.” He also helped win landmark legal decisions involving equality in pay for black teachers, access to school buses, voting rights, jury selection, and employment protection. He retired in 1998 after practicing law for almost 60 years. Among his numerous awards was the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which U.S. President Bill Clinton awarded him in 1999. (Source: Wikepedia) Though he spent most of his life working and living in Richmond, he did live in my hometown of Roanoke. The house in which he lived in as a child is just up the road from where I work, in a predominantly African American community. His winning the Presidential Medal of Freedom should have been awarded earlier, but thankfully it wasn’t awarded posthumously.
By Lawrence Edward Hinchee7 months ago in Education
Who was Charles Jackson French?
Charles French is a World War II hero you will hear very little about. The reason why is about as obvious as the reflection from a mirror. In September 1942, Charles was pulling a life raft with fifteen injured sailors around his waist. He swam for six to eight hours. Now imagine doing that in shark infested waters, oh by the way the Japanese are trying to kill you and oh you have to deal with racism as well.
By Lawrence Edward Hinchee7 months ago in Serve
Censorship of History by banning books
After the McMinn County School Board voted in January to remove “Maus,” a graphic novel about the Holocaust, from its eighth-grade curriculum, the community quickly found itself at the center of a national frenzy over book censorship.
By Lawrence Edward Hinchee7 months ago in Education
Favorite songs adult playlist (part 5) Country
Let’s start with Mr. Garth Brooks who had several songs banned from radio because of the content. This was in the 1990’s and I believe this is when the political correctness police started rear its ugly heads. If you are listening to this concert his fans know the words to his songs and do sing along. This one is the thunder rolls.
By Lawrence Edward Hinchee7 months ago in Beat
Racism is racism no matter how you slice and dice it
Is this the 1940’s or is it 2022? If a private co-op tried to create a similar housing that banned persons of color the NAACP would have filed a lawsuit so fast that the property would have shut down. If you try to have anything that is similar to Black Entertainment Television for whites only again the NAACP will file a lawsuit for inclusion. But what I am reading out of the University of California, Berkeley smacks of racism. How can it not? In his article they refer to the student who are persons of color pays to have a place to stay that is free of white people violence. I am not understanding this at all. I thought we had done away with Jim Crow, separate but equal and I thought the anti-discrimination act of 1964 did away with this bull shit? I thought the civil rights act put an end to this crap.
By Lawrence Edward Hinchee7 months ago in Education
The candle in the window
"The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window." I was camping with my scout troop, and we knew the cabin existed but had no clue what lay in store for us that night. As the night wore on, the wolves howled an eerie sound, something we had never experienced when camping in this area before,
By Lawrence Edward Hinchee9 months ago in Horror
Fun time with my scout troop
When I first joined my scout troop the scoutmaster showed me how to make a really good meal for camping. After I was shown how to make it, that would be by favorite meal to make, but I would add a few variations to it. He showed me how to make what he called a foil dinner. It was a real simple recipe to make.
By Lawrence Edward Hinchee9 months ago in Feast
Malicious Mother Syndrome/Parent Alienation Syndrome
When this syndrome occurs, a divorced or divorcing parent seeks to punish the other parent, sometimes going far enough as to harm or deprive their children in order to make the other parent look bad. Though most commonly called malicious mother syndrome, both mothers and fathers can be capable of such actions
By Lawrence Edward Hinchee9 months ago in Families
Summer Camp Adventures
I remember as a kid going camping with my scout troop. Our first night in camp our scoutmasters would make a dump cake for all of us boys and the adults, especially our summer camp. Most of the time, the scoutmasters would make a cherry dump cake. Our scoutmasters would have to make about ten dump cakes on Sunday because we had fifty boys and ten adult leaders with us. That is a lot of bellies to fill, especially little bellies. It was always difficult to start the charcoal when it rained. We had some really bad downpours.
By Lawrence Edward Hinchee9 months ago in Feast
