Author Archives: William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

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About William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

Award-winning poet, playwright, and essayist. Author of four books of poetry, "Black Shadows and Through the White Looking Glass: Remembrance of Things Past and Present"; "Sometimes Blue Knights Wear Black Hats"; "The Black Feminine Mystique," "The Black Blood of Poetry," and a novel, "Streets of Rage," and a collection of short stories, "Conundrums: Stories of Law & Justice," written under his pen name Easy Waters. All four books are available on Amazon.com. Waters has over 25 years of experience in the criminal legal system. He is a change agent for a just society and a catalyst for change.

This day in history – March 22, 1901

Posted on March 22, 2018 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

White woman and black man are arrested in Atlanta, Georgia, for walking and talking together on the street. From the Equal Justice Initiative’s A History of Racial Injustice – 2018 Calendar. “The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) is proud to present … Continue reading →

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This day in history – March 21, 1981

Posted on March 21, 2018 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

After a Mobile, Alabama, jury acquits a black man of killing a white police officer, Ku Klux Klan members randomly kidnap and kill 19-year-old Michael Donald, a black man, and hang his body from a tree. From the Equal Justice … Continue reading →

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This day in history – March 20, 1924

Posted on March 20, 2018 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

Virginia’s Eugenical Sterilization Act is signed into law and later becomes the model sterilization law for other states and for Nazi Germany. From the Equal Justice Initiative’s A History of Racial Injustice – 2018 Calendar. “The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) … Continue reading →

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This day in history – March 19, 1939

Posted on March 19, 2018 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

Lloyd Gaines, a black man, disappears months after U.S. Supreme Court orders him admitted to University of Missouri School of Law; family suspects he was murdered. From the Equal Justice Initiative’s A History of Racial Injustice – 2018 Calendar. “The … Continue reading →

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This day in history – March 18, 1831

Posted on March 18, 2018 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

U.S. Supreme Court declares in Cherokee Nation v. State of Georgia that Indian tribes are “domestic dependent nations” whose relationship to the U.S. “resembles that of a ward to his guardian.” From the Equal Justice Initiative’s A History of Racial … Continue reading →

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On this day in history – March 17, 1851

Posted on March 17, 2018 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

Southern physician Samuel Cartwright claims discovery of “Drapetomania,” a disease that makes African Americas want to run from slavery, and prescribes whipping and amputation as treatment. From the Equal Justice Initiative’s A History of Racial Injustice – 2018 Calendar. “The … Continue reading →

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On this day in history – March 16, 1995

Posted on March 16, 2018 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

Mississippi legislature votes to ratify Thirteen Amendment, abolishing slavery, after having rejected it in 1865. From the Equal Justice Initiative’s A History of Racial Injustice – 2018 Calendar. “The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) is proud to present A History of … Continue reading →

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On this day in history – March 15, 1713

Posted on March 15, 2018 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

Tuscarora Indians withstand colonists’ siege of Fort Neoheroka in North Carolina Terrority for three weeks before most burn to death in fire that destroys fort; survivors join Iroquois tribe. From the Equal Justice Initiative’s A History of Racial Injustice – … Continue reading →

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On this day in history – March 14, 2015

Posted on March 14, 2018 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

This week, protestors march after University of Oklahoma’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity is taped singing a song using the n-word and: “You can hang him from a tree, but he’ll never sign with me.” From the Equal Justice Initiative’s A … Continue reading →

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This day in history – March 13, 2015

Posted on March 13, 2018 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

Uncovered evidence of San Francisco police officers’ racist text messages referencing cross burning and lynching is released to news media. From the Equal Justice Initiative’s A History of Racial Injustice – 2018 Calendar. “The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) is proud … Continue reading →

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