Letters and a map document humane & racial justice movements that pointed the way for Martin Luther King Jr. ARK, Virginia––Bus driver Alan Lemon, then 59, hoped to find antiques that might be sold online in 2018 when he and a friend decided to explore the attic of his great grandfather John W. Lemon’s long […]
How “Quality of Mercy” Swallowed the humane movement (part 2)
1963 history sidestepped controversies that revitalized the cause (See also Quality of Mercy Part 1.) By the end of the era in humane work that William Alan Swallow most thoroughly chronicles in Quality of Mercy (1963), an era coinciding with the 40-year career of Swallow’s longtime close associate Eric H. Hansen (1903-1965), most mainstream U.S. […]
How “Quality of Mercy” Swallowed the humane movement (part 1)
Effects of 1963 rewrite of history are still felt (See also Quality of Mercy, Part 2) Animal Welfare Institute founder Christine Stevens (1918-2002), introduced as Mrs. Roger Stevens, and National Humane Education Society founder Anna Briggs (1910-2011), introduced as Catherine Briggs, were probably the last people alive who were noted as humane movement leaders by […]