Nicole J. BurtonMar 2, 20201 minCome AgainFor all the upside of visiting Alabama and Mississippi, and there's much to recommend--The history of the black freedom struggle that...
Nicole J. BurtonMar 1, 20201 minVisiting Alabama and MississippiAs my visit to Alabama and Mississippi ends, I encourage those who've said they'd like to visit the Civil Rights Trail in these two...
Nicole J. BurtonFeb 29, 20202 minIf You Don't Vote, You Don't CountBefore leaving Jackson, I walk down Capitol Street past the site of the 1963 Woolworth's lunch counter sit-ins by Tougaloo College...
Nicole J. BurtonFeb 28, 20201 minKing of the BluesI thought I'd spend an hour at the B.B. King Museum in Indianola but two and half hours later, I told the cashier in the gift shop, "You...
Nicole J. BurtonFeb 27, 20202 minDelta Blessings & CursesFannie Lou Hamer is one of my heroes. I went with pleasure to her memorial park and gravesite in Ruleville, Sunflower County. Around the...
Nicole J. BurtonFeb 25, 20201 minCOFO HeadquartersTo sit in the headquarters where Robert Moses and company coordinated the Summer in Mississippi project known as Freedom Summer 1964 is...
Nicole J. BurtonFeb 25, 20202 min"Lift Every Voice and Sing"I was warmly welcomed at Mount Helm Baptist Church in Jackson. The congregation was wearing red for "Heart Sunday" and the sermon was...
Nicole J. BurtonFeb 24, 20201 minWe Shall Overcome Warring NarrativesI tried to find a Saturday morning 12-step meeting but Google maps doesn't speak "Jackson" and I ended up in abandoned lots so I went...
Nicole J. BurtonFeb 24, 20201 minJackson BoundI drove west eighty-five miles to Jackson, the state capital, through rolling terrain, pine forests, and flooded fields. I'm staying...
Nicole J. BurtonFeb 23, 20202 minThe Riddle of MeridianMamie and Don of the Century B&B made me a wonderful breakfast and learning about my research, Don offered to drive me to James Chaney's...
Nicole J. BurtonFeb 22, 20201 minMontgomery to SelmaHeavy rain dampened my enthusiasm to walk about Montgomery but before leaving I visited the Freedom Rides Museum in the old Greyhound Bus...
Nicole J. BurtonFeb 19, 20201 minMontgomery, Alabama: The LegacyResearching a new play about a women's civil rights project in Mississippi during Freedom Summer 1964, I thought I'd first visit the new...
Nicole J. BurtonMar 14, 20191 minHow Yoga Helps Me WritePreparing for my author event at Bikram Yoga Riverdale this Saturday, I'm reflecting on how yoga helps my writing. Yoga is a moving...
Nicole J. BurtonApr 10, 20181 minOne Dark Secret RevealedOne week to go and a new version of my play, Swimming Up the Sun, will be shown to the world. Anticipation, curiosity, focus--okay,...
Nicole J. BurtonOct 2, 20171 minWhat is “Adoptionism?”A pro-adoption belief that people who are infertile are entitled to raise the disadvantaged offspring of the poor. By “infertile,” I mean...
Nicole J. BurtonOct 1, 20171 minHow Writers Choose SubjectsMy first novel, Adamson's 1969, the coming-of-age story of a Englishman in America, will be published next year. For long-form works such...
Nicole J. BurtonOct 30, 20131 minAdopted: For the Life of Me (Documentary)This award-winning PBS documentary by Jean Strauss about adult adoptees searching for their roots will surely move and entertain you....
Nicole J. BurtonNov 12, 20121 minUK Book Launch - Chosen: Living with AdoptionA new anthology from the British Association of Adoption and Fostering called Chosen - Living with Adoption will launch this Friday,...
Nicole J. BurtonAug 19, 20121 minAPC Publishes New War Novel BLOOD CHITApippa Publishing Company published its second title this week. It's an extraordinary war novel, BLOOD CHIT, by Grady Smith. I'm so proud...
Nicole J. BurtonAug 11, 20121 minSwimming Up the Sun - The Adoption PlayJoin me for the first full reading of Swimming Up the Sun - The Adoption Play at the Kennedy Center, Sat. Sept. 1 at 1:00 PM in the North...