David LaMotte

Speaker • Author • Musician

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Happy anniversary Rosa

Dec 1, 2015
  Sixty years ago today, Rosa Parks was arrested for the first (but not last) time. We often tell the story of her famous arrest with so much of the story carved away that it almost ceases to be a true accounting, and sometimes we include a few outright falsehoods. Mrs. Parks was unquestionably a […]

Happy anniversary Rosa

by David LaMotte

  Sixty years ago today, Rosa Parks was arrested for the first (but not last) time. We often tell the story of her famous arrest with so much of the story carved away that it almost ceases to be a true accounting, and sometimes we include a few outright falsehoods. Mrs. Parks was unquestionably a […]

Rosa Parks’ OTHER arrest—Feb. 22, 1956

Feb 20, 2015
Almost no one knows about the second time Rosa Parks was arrested, and that context changes her story significantly. ... Read More →

Rosa Parks’ OTHER arrest—Feb. 22, 1956

by David LaMotte

Almost no one knows about the second time Rosa Parks was arrested, and that context changes her story significantly. … Read More →

What I Learned From Pete Seeger

Jan 28, 2014
It’s late Monday night and I’m staying up by the wood stove trying to catch up on some work.  Or at least I was. My plans for the night just changed.  A few minutes ago I received a note from my friend Laura saying that Pete Seeger left us about an hour ago.  Apparently the […]

What I Learned From Pete Seeger

by David LaMotte

It’s late Monday night and I’m staying up by the wood stove trying to catch up on some work.  Or at least I was. My plans for the night just changed.  A few minutes ago I received a note from my friend Laura saying that Pete Seeger left us about an hour ago.  Apparently the […]

A Brief Article on Heroes

Dec 27, 2009
I was asked to write a short piece for the Eagle, a quarterly magazine published by the Anglican Cathedral in Brisbane, on Desmond Tutu. Here it is… From Tutu Desmond Tutu speaking at the Rotary World Peace Symposium Archbishop emeritus Desmond Tutu is a hero of mine. I make that statement with full awareness that […]

A Brief Article on Heroes

by David LaMotte

I was asked to write a short piece for the Eagle, a quarterly magazine published by the Anglican Cathedral in Brisbane, on Desmond Tutu. Here it is… From Tutu Desmond Tutu speaking at the Rotary World Peace Symposium Archbishop emeritus Desmond Tutu is a hero of mine. I make that statement with full awareness that […]